Susan Finkelstein was desperate for tickets to see the Phillies play in the World Series. Perhaps she was a little too desperate.
The Philadelphia woman so desperately sought a couple of coveted World Series tickets that she offered to trade sex for them on Craigslist.
Finkelstein, 43, was arrested on Tuesday after Bensalem police saw her classified ad…
DESPERATE BLOND (sic) NEEDS WS TIX (Philadelphia)
Diehard Phillies fan – gorgeous tall buxom blonde – in desperate need of two World Series Tickets. Price negotiable – I’m the creative type! Maybe we can help each other! S.
Some undercover police officers set up a meeting with her at a local bar.
When police arrived, they say negotiations followed between Finkelstein and the officers, with her haggling sex with two men for a pair of tickets.
She was then handcuffed.
Her attorney, William J. Brennan, says Finkelstein was just trying to get World Series tickets, “not standing at 13th and Locust at 3 a.m., knocking your car window.”
“You’re talking about a 43-year-old woman who was overcome by Phillies fever,” he said. “All she was looking to do was take her husband to a World Series game. You know that Madonna movie ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’? This was ‘Susan Desperately Seeking.’ ”
Oh yeah. I bet her husband would be thrilled with her efforts.
Susan Finkelstein has a public Facebook profile and people are chiming in on her wall with their support. There’s even a new group called Support Susan Finkelstein & tell the police to drop charges. It already has 108 members.
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