DON'T CALL ME----LOW LIFE PEOPLE

It was a week-day afternoon in 2001. I was given a dispatched call at a Anger Management location on E. Oltorf in South Austin. I drove to the place and there was a White female(mid-30's). She entered the cab and told me to go over by the old Airport. She also told me that her 'boyfriend was going to pay. Cool, no problem. This lady had issues. She reminded of a drug using hooker. Come to find out she was. We arrived at the house. Boyfriend wasn't there. The meter was around $13 dollars. She suggested....would I be interested in a sexual favor(B.J.). I said no thanks. She said drive around the block and her MAN might be at a friends house. He wasn't there. I was thinking of maybe getting some kind of collateral. We pull up to her house and the boyfriend had just gotten home. She asked for my 'card', stupidly I gave it. The boyfriend walked to my window and said "how much?". $13 dollars I replied. He paid me exact fare and walked away. He was vocally hostile to the girl...."where were you at? Where did you go?" She frantically said "we were trying to find you." The guy said..."get in the house!" I drove off.
Two weeks pass, I'm at the Airport working in my cab. My phone rings......"hello?" It was that girl. "whatcha doin?" she said. "I'm working" I replied. All of a sudden she went from calm lady to evil lady. "I need twenty dollars!" I said "what?" She said that if I didn't give her Twenty dollars she was going to tell my Company and the police I raped her. I didn't panic. YOU CAN'T HUSTLE A FORMER HUSTLER! I played along and said I'll call you back. I went down to load at the Airport. I loaded a fare heading N. Central Austin. During the fare she calls again this time demanding $40 dollars. "I'll call you back." I said. Hung the call up and got to my destination. Got paid my fare and left.
Having a Cell phone, her number she called from was there. I called her back and said that I was up north. I was contemplating in my head what kind of game could I play! Asked the girl did she know where the corner of 45TH and Burnet was and there was a Mobile gas station there. She said "Yeah, I'll be there in 10 minutes and I want $40 dollars." Another person got on the phone, with an aggressive voice "THIS IS SENATOR BARRIENTOS... SHE ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES IN MY OFFICE...YOU RAPED HER AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTS.....I'LL HAVE YOU ARRESTED! I said that it was no problem. I'll be there.

I had 10 minutes to come up with a plan.....(I did) I made a phone call.....(9-1-1, what's the emergency?) I explained to 9-1-1 what was going on. I was being 'blackmailed' and it wasn't going to happen. I was at the Mobile and realized something......I knew if they see a police car there, they would keep driving. Call again...(9-1-1, what's the emergency?) I explained that I had just called and to let whatever Patrol was coming not to pull into the Mobil. The dispatch understood. A couple minutes later, here comes a dirty, beat up Red Ford Explorer. The girl jumps out of the car, pointing fingers, raising all kind of hell. I put my hands up to the side and started to take steps backwards. The so-called "Senator" remained behind the wheel. As I was stepping backwards a Patrol car drives into the lot.(lights flashing) The officer jumped out of the vehicle and told the women to STOP AND STAY where she was at. He told me to go over by my cab and wait. The girl started to 'dramatize' yelling...."HE RAPED ME, HE RAPED ME...ARRRRRGHHH!" Crying like she was wearing 'onion' eye make-up. Another cop walked over to me and asked me...."What Happened?" Told my story.(AGAIN). The other cop was arresting the girl.....She had 'outstanding warrants'....go figure. A cop asked the driver, "your not a Senator!" The driver said ...."who said that?" The girl was yelling..."I'M GONNA GET YOU....YOU RAPER!........whatever. She couldn't fool a blind man on April's Fools Day. I went back to work. Actually Justified by the Law. WOW!