Denver Prostitution Ring Records Stolen

Hundreds of documents, including a client list with the names of Denver's elite and politicians, kept by the former owner of a high-profile prostitution ring in Denver were stolen Monday in a home break-in, according to police.

Scottie J. Ewing, who once owned Denver Players and Denver Sugar escort services — identified by federal agents as a prostitution ring — told Denver police that thieves broke into his home Monday between 6 and 8 p.m., entered an upstairs office and took off with his computer and a large container of files.

"Both computer and files contained sensitive material," the police report says.

The files included a client list and appointment sheets.

The thieves gained entry by cutting a hole in the back screen door, knocking out a Plexiglass panel and unlocking it.

Ewing is presently serving a six-month home detention after a plea bargain with the IRS over unpaid taxes associated with the businesses. He was ordered to pay a fine of nearly $80,000 earlier this year.

Reached by telephone this afternoon, Ewing said: "I don't have any comment."

The detention allows him to work at his business, Sugar House, a restaurant and bar that caters to the swinger community.

Between early 2004 and mid-2005, Ewing's escort businesses charged customers $300 an hour, and escorts who worked for the service told 9News in 2008 that the business' client list included the city's elite.

Then-Chief U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham resigned from the bench that year after a 9News report alleged that Nottingham's name appeared on the escort service's client list.

Police investigated the scene of the crime Monday, tested for fingerprints and surveyed the neighborhood, according to the police report.

Brian Blackwell