Murphy was pulled over by police, questioned for thirty minutes, then released, while Seiuli was arrested for an outstanding warrant on prostitution charges.

Seiuli was the cheerleading captain at Leone High School and was crowned Miss American Samoan Island Queen in 1993.

Murphy was questioned before being released because nothing illegal had occurred; however, Seiuli was arrested for an outstanding warrant for prostitution and sentenced to 90 days in jail.

[4] By morning, the story made international news, with the tabloid The National Enquirer paying Shalimar's fifteen thousand dollar bond in exchange for details on her arrest.

[2] Murphy hired Hollywood private eye Paul Barresi to help defuse the scandal, paying other trans women who had sold stories up to $15,000 per retraction.