Transexual Used Stolen ID In Prostitution Arrest

WFTV.com

Orange County, Fla. – A transgendered man, arrested for prostitution in Orange County, was booked into the jail as a woman, but his former roommate claims he stole her identity.

Richard Phillips was booked into the Orange County Jail as Brittany Ossenfort. But a woman with that same name, said that’s not who he is. According to Sheriff’s investigators, he is Richard Phillips.

The Holly Hill woman is outraged, that she’s listed, as being arrested for prostitution. The real Brittany Ossenfort said she lived with Richard Phillips for more than a year, but thought he was a woman.

She was shocked to later learn he was actually a man, and even more shocked that he used her name in jail.