In an interview published in the UK's Daily Mail,
Estelle remembered how Grant repeatedly called her
"Cherry Red" during the incident 15 years ago. She said "I know he loved
it. He kept calling me Cherry Red because my lips were red, my shoes and
clothes were red. Even my
underwear was red. He kept complimenting me on my lips and my feet. I
guess he has a foot fetish, too."
According to Estelle, the attention of a
policeman was caused by Hugh repeatedly pressing the brake pedal of his
BMW with his foot, causing the brake lights to flash.
Charged with lewd conduct, she pled no
contest on September 6, 1995, and was fined $1350 for parole
violations and sentenced to 180 days in jail.
Estelle remembers that $50 trick as ‘God’s work.’ She has been reported
to have earned a total of $1.6 million from publicity related to her arrest
with Grant. As a result,
she and Brown bought a four-bedroom home in Beverly Hills. Estelle has
said the money she earned from interviews and endorsements after the
infamous 1995 interrupted oral pole dancing has allowed her to put her
daughters through private school and college. "Everything worked out for the
better," she said in 2007: "It helped me turn it into something positive … I
was blessed that it could get me out of that lifestyle." She subsequently
separated from Brown and, according to
The Reliable Source
on August 30, 2010, is running a record
company with a new boyfriend in Atlanta, and was quoted in
stating that "Hugh Grant was my Richard
Gere." (in
reference to Gere's film, Pretty Women).
So to celebrate Estelle's divine birthday, we
suggest watching Pretty Women (1990) while enjoying some Sausage Stuffed Dates .A
caveat. Don't eat these while driving.