Aubrey Plaza is set to portray infamous “Hollywood madam” Heidi Fleiss in a new biopic, according to Variety. Production on The Heidi Fleiss Story, which Plaza will also produce, will begin in Los Angeles this year. Fleiss ran what is believed to have been the largest ever high-end prostitution ring. The operation was busted in the early 1990s, leading to the exposure of several elite figures across Hollywood and politics. The film will reportedly follow the days before the impending trial, and Plaza will portray Fleiss during her frenzied efforts to leverage her powerful connections to get her case dropped. Fleiss was charged with pandering and later tax evasion and money laundering in 1994. Her pandering charge was eventually overturned, and after serving 20 months for the tax evasion charge, she turned to a lowkey life running a sanctuary for exotic birds. Plaza, who appeared in Parks and Recreation, The White Lotus, and Agatha All Along, has kept a relatively low-profile following the death of her husband Jeff Baena in January.
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