Monique von Cleef

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Born near the German border in the years gathering before World War II, Monique was the second of three children in a lower middle class Dutch family. She first became interested in B&D during the war. She was forbidden to go to the movies but she went with a girlfriend to see a Rudolph Valentino movie. At the time, she had never heard of Rudolph Valentino and there was also a German propaganda movie showing. In the German movie she saw a man getting whipped over and over again. This turned her on. It’s not that she had a dislike for men but seeing a man being whipped intrigued her and excited her.

Monique grew up to be an attractive woman who spoke in a husky voice, reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich. She was a big boned woman who often wrapped her blonde platinum hair in a French twist.

During her trial, a number of letters from her clients were submitted as evidence. One such letter was from an affluent Doctor.

“It is hard to imagine a man of my age and presumed intelligence writing a mash note, especially to one who is most certainly a professional courtesan. If nothing more, I do not yet entirely buy the story of the M.D. degree in psychiatry, and so forth, although I confess that spending a few minutes with you in sober conversation convinces me that such is not impossible. But no matter, you are adored and are most certainly mistress女主人 — a woman who leads a submissive partner of poor me.