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==Aftermath==

On February 26, 2010 Providence police charged four women from two city spas on prostitution charges. Three of the women were charged with prostitution, and one of the women was charged with permitting prostitution.<ref>[http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/02/4-women-charged-in-prostitutio.html Update: 4 charged in Providence spa prostitution sting] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301090341/http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/02/4-women-charged-in-prostitutio.html |date=March 1, 2010 }}</ref>

On June 30, 2010, the first woman was allowed to have her prostitution records expunged under the new law. Attorney General Patrick Lynch plans to appeal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.projo.com/news/content/expungement_court_test_07-02-10_2OJ2L5I_v51.1914f16.html|title=In court, her life, once lost, restored|first=Katherine|last=Gregg|date=2010-07-02|publisher=''[[Providence Journal]]''}}</ref>