Judge nixes accused madam's bail bid  April 9, 2012 5:23:16 PM
PDT A suburban mother accused of moonlighting as a multimillion-
dollar Manhattan madam was so keen to avoid legal trouble that
she left town for Canada within an hour of hearing about an
earlier prostitution investigation, prosecutors said Monday.
Prosecutors mentioned the hasty 2008 departure as Anna Gristina
made her latest of several bids to get her $2 million bond
reduced. A judge turned her down, saying another jurist had
acted rationally in setting the amount. Defense lawyer Gary
Greenwald said he planned to appeal.  Gristina, 44, has been
held since her February arrest. Prosecutors say she ran a pricey
prostitution service for 15 years and claimed to have law-
enforcement connections who could give her a heads-up if legal
trouble loomed. Her lawyers say she was simply trying to start a
legitimate dating service.  While prosecutors have previously
cited Gristina's 2008 Montreal trip in arguing that she's a
flight risk, they shed new light in