Sugarloaf’s ‘Mansion Madam’ files for bankruptcy

So-called “Mansion Madam” Lisa Ann Taylor, the erstwhile stripper and former high-priced prostitute in Gwinnett County, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week.

“She’s trying to get a fresh start financially,” said her attorney, Michael Famiglietti, “and this is the first step toward doing it.”

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Lisa Ann Taylor tends bar at The Doll House on Cheshire Bridge Road in this January 2009 photo.

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Taylor, who’s known on stage as “Melissa Wolf,” could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Among the 10 creditors in Taylor’s filing is attorney Max Richardson, who two years ago represented Taylor against charges that she ran a brothel in one of metro Atlanta’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth.

The document, filed Monday, states that Taylor is between $500,000 and $1 million in debt.

Taylor, 44, pleaded guilty to prostitution and drug charges in October 2007. She was given seven year probation and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine in a year. In an interview in January, Taylor said her deadline for paying that fine had been extended to March. Famiglietti said he may seek another delay.