Probation ordered in prostitution case Attorneys said the woman is embarrassed, remorseful and unlikely to reoffend By Kevin Moore News-Chronicle A Green Bay woman was fined and placed on probation Monday for keeping a house of prostitution. Mae Christine Lepak, 40, was sentenced by Brown County Circuit Court Judge William Atkinson to pay $1,000 and remain under supervision for three years. Lepak faced up to 10 years in prison, but reached a plea agreement with the Brown County district attorney's office. Assistant District Attorney Wendy Lemkuil said the fact that this was Lepak's first criminal offense weighed in her favor. A parole agent's presentence report said Lepak is "embarrassed and remorseful." She took out ads for an escort service and exchanged sex for money with men who answered the ads. Police said she operated out of her Trojan Drive apartment and local hotels. Lemkuil recommended that Lepak serve 30 days in jail to send a message that prostitution is "inappropriate conduct." Lepak's lawyer, Robert Parent, said Lepak told him she "made a mess of my life" and never denied her guilt. Parent said Lepak has become a productive member of society as a sales manager and said incarcerating her would have a negative effect on her children and finances. "The likelihood that this court will see her again is very low," Parent said. "This is an aberration." Lepak apologized to the court and her friends and said she should have exercised better judgment. Atkinson said he had "never seen a case where the line between criminal and victim is so blurred." He referred to Lepak's comments to an investigator that prostitution "sucks the soul of anyone that does it," and that "for a couple months of prostitution her life was a living hell." Atkinson said he doubted that Lepak would have pursued prostitution if her husband hadn't suggested it, or her prior business hadn't been in financial trouble. He said he believed the probation agent's report that Lepak was "no danger of reoffending." Atkinson's final order was that Lepak write at least a five-page paper on the negative experience of becoming a prostitute, and that copies be given to state juvenile centers to dissuade youths from the activity.