Offers A Police Discount

Nude maid service looks to expand to Houston: Owner is an Occupy "nerd" withmammoth plans

Talk of nude maids tends to pique interest — especially from the cops.
For $100 an hour, a "fantasy" maid will clean in varying degrees of nudity.
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Owner Melissa Borrett has been active with the occupy movement since it startedin Lubbock during the fall of 2011.
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In spite of Fantasy Maid's law enforcement discount, some Lubbock authoritiesfeel the company is required to have a local permit for a sexually-orientedbusiness.
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"While we do offer nude maid service," the maid service website warns, "this isnot a sexually oriented business. No physical contact is permitted and securitywill be present at all times."
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A little more than a month ago, Melissa Borrett was waiting tables and living at the Occupy Lubbock encampment.

Struggling to make ends meet, the 26-year-old decided to move forward with a brainstorm she'd had recently. Why not combine something practical (like cleaning) with something profitable and popular (like nudity)? And, thus, Fantasy Maid Service of Lubbock was born.

Customers can shell out $100 an hour for one maid or $150 an hour for two. Clients can request the amount of nudity — from lingerie to topless to fully naked. Aside from that, it's a fairly straightforward cleaning service.

"While we do offer nude maid service," the maid service website warns, "this is not a sexually oriented business. No physical contact is permitted and security will be present at all times."

"I was a waitress at a strip club, so I'm relatively comfortable in this type of environment," Borrett told CultureMap in a phone interview. "I'd been talking about the idea with friends for a while, and in February, I decided to just do it."

"I'm looking to expand the business to different cities," Borrett said. "Houston's actually one of the first places on my list. I have a fairly serious investor there right now."

As a single mother juggling work and school with her ongoing responsibilities with the occupy movement, Borrett found it was time to became her own boss. She hired three fantasy maids and began posting in the household services section of Craiglist. Business has been booming ever since.

"We have a large and incredibly diverse crowd of customers," Borrett said, "although, most are business professionals." She added that the company also offers law enforcement and military discounts.

All the success, however, has brought the scrutiny from area authorities. Lubbock Police Department sergeant Jonathan Stewart told local new reporters from KCBD-TV he considers Fantasy Maid Service a sexually oriented business that requires a $650 annual permit as well as a $5,000 surety bond or letter of credit.

"Just the fact employees are topless or semi nude in this case — it's just not allowed," Stewart said.

Borrett told CultureMap she not heard from the police since she started and is more concerned with growing the company at this time.

"The fantasy maids are just the first piece of an larger plan," she said. "I'm looking to expand the business to different cities. Houston's actually one of the first places on my list. I have a fairly serious investor there right now."

Borrett said she is working with a lawyer to iron out the details of Fantasy Maid's future and, as of yet, could not announce the full extent of her broader business ideas.

"I have big plans and hope to help out a lot of people along the way, especially people who've struggled financially or struggled with homelessness. I want others to be able to experience the success I've had," she explained.

"I'm kind of a hardcore Occupy nerd."

Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”

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