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Miami, Fla.-He stole their hearts, their money and their dignity. But the 58-year-old Canadian gigolo says he gave his victims the time of their lives(...)
Miami, Fla.-He stole their hearts, their money and their dignity. But the 58-year-old Canadian gigolo says he gave his victims the time of their lives(...)

Miami, Fla.-He stole their hearts, their money and their dignity. But the 58-year-old Canadian gigolo says he gave his victims the time of their lives(...)

Date4/15/1992
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  • Miami, Fla.-He stole their hearts, their money and their dignity. But the 58-year-old Canadian gigolo says he gave his victims the time of their lives(...)
  • Miami; Fla.-He stole their hearts; their money and their dignity. But the 58-year-old Canadian gigolo says he gave his victims the time of their lives. Sure I took their money; but they got their money's worth out of me; Leslie gall told The Star in a Florida prison; where he is serving 10 years for fraud;forgery and swindling a Ft.Lauderdale woman. During a year-long; love-'em-and-leave-'em escapade; after he jumped ball in Hamilton; the balding Lothario waltzed his way into the hearts - and bank accounts - of women from Florida to California. Most were over 60. [Incomplete]
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Original Toronto Star caption: Miami; Fla.-He stole their hearts; their money and their dignity. But the 58-year-old Canadian gigolo says he gave his victims the time of their lives. Sure I took their money; but they got their money's worth out of me; Leslie gall told The Star in a Florida prison; where he is serving 10 years for fraud;forgery and swindling a Ft.Lauderdale woman. During a year-long; love-'em-and-leave-'em escapade; after he jumped ball in Hamilton; the balding Lothario waltzed his way into the hearts - and bank accounts - of women from Florida to California. Most were over 60. [Incomplete]
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