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Gay website at centre of Lord
Browne's lie
BETH HALE
UK
Daily Mail
Wednesday May 02, 2007
The name might convey an image of City respectability.
But the content of the Suited and Booted website is far from conventional.
Littered with images of naked and seminaked men, some of them in
bizarre fetish gear, many in suggestive poses, the home of 'London's
premier escort agency' is unlikely to have been material Lord Browne
would have been trawling from his polished desk at BP.
In fact security levels on many company computer systems would
restrict access to the site, which is pornographic in parts.
It is not known what drew Lord Browne to the site or when he first
visited. It could have been idle curiosity, or perhaps it was word
of mouth.
But at some point in 2002, it apparently led the multi-millionaire
to Jeff Chevalier.
The site has a gallery of 100 male 'escorts'. Some appear in leather
outfits and chains, others in a string of provocative poses some
with faces visible, others hidden to disguise their identity. Underneath
each image is a name. These include Romeo, Beloved and Big Alex.
Users can click on the image that takes their fancy and find individual
profile pages with personal information and the promise of more
pictures.
The homepage opens with the welcome 'Thank you for choosing to
visit our site' and the offer of a first-name, friendly and personal
service.
The agency advertises that it takes American Express, Visa and
Mastercard and, in a nod to the cosmopolitan make-up of London,
it also takes the euro and dollars.
It claims to be the UK's first and largest web-based agency and
an award winner, set up in 1998.
Bold lettering proclaims that all models featured on the site are
over 18.
Suited and Booted is advertised with a string of similar agencies
in listings columns on the Internet. One advertisement reads: 'Stunning,
educated guys with great personalities and friendly attitude. One
call to us and we make all the arrangements.'
Another promises 'discrete, friendly service from guys who enjoy
their work'.
Curiously suitedandbooted.com appears to have a social conscience.
A £1 charity donation is promised for every booking.
Yesterday the agency did not respond to phone calls or e-mail.
Visitors to the website saw a message stating: 'We apologise that
suitedandbooted.com is down due to technical reasons.'
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