In reminiscing I realized one thing that wouldn’t fly today. I was 20, she was late 40s, probably 50 when I met Belle in the ‘70s. If the NYPD found out about my age she could have been arrested for that. LOL!

Seriously, Belle was a fine business person. From what I heard in the ‘80s and ‘90s and what I read, she was a successful hairstylist, her own shop, and as she became the BDSM legend Belle supposedly invested her earnings of her new career in Manhattan real estate.