Not Guilty of Dumping Body, Dominatrix Says
A dominatrix pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she chopped up a client after he apparently died of a heart attack during a bondage session, and then dumped the body parts in a trash bin, court officials said.
Barbara Asher, also known as Mistress Lauren M, was indicted by a grand jury in Norfolk County on charges of manslaughter and unlawful disposition of a body in the July 2000 disappearance of New Hampshire resident Michael Lord.
Asher of Quincy pleaded not guilty to the charges during a hearing in Dedham, court officials said.
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