BONUS NUMBER 29: NEWS FLASH -- THE NIGHT MICKEY SQUIRES AND BRUNO PUT ON A VERY PRIVATE SHOW...for a Horny Billionaire!!
(Did You Sleep With the Models?)
A few minutes after I posted "He Grows Hair in Places Where Men Like to Find It" -- meaning sexy Bruno in Bonus 28 -- I heard from Mickey Squires, the unforgettable subject of Chapter Fourteen, a.k.a. "The Nicest Naked Man in the Business."
Here's what Mickey told me: "When I was in New York in the early 1980s, I became friends with Bruno and we later worked together."
"Tell me more," I said.
"I met Bruno at the Sheridan Square Gym in 1982. We became friends; he was very sweet and friendly. He had a boyfriend at the time, so there was no sex. And that was okay, because I really enjoyed his friendship.
"During that first year in New York I had a patron, so to speak. He was heir to the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank and yes, he obviously had money to spend on models and escorts. As a matter of fact, I made over $13,000 from this client alone. He was hugely turned on by "Mickey Squires," my professional persona. We did lots of cocaine, which of course he paid for. It was the eighties, don't forget, and coke was everywhere.
"But before I became his regular, I had to audition. When I arrived at his place there were two others on call: one was a bodybuilder from New Jersey, and the other one had to be the handsomest gay man in New York! After interviewing the three of us, the client chose me to party with him, and that's how I cleared thirteen thousand bucks for half a dozen sessions.
"One night this client phoned to say that he wanted Bruno and me to have sex while he watched. He would pay each one of us $3,000! Which was a lot more then, of course, than it seems now.
"Bruno agreed. Now remember, this was a first for us: we had never before had sex. So....
"We're in the middle of a hot scene when suddenly our client starts to yell: ‘I've lost the coke! Where the fuck is it?’ "
"Well, you can imagine such an interruption...Bruno and I helped him look for his stash but it was nowhere to be found. The client was so frustrated by the loss that he paid us and sent us on our way.
"Bruno lived at the Ansonia, the famous building on the Upper West Side. We went to his apartment to count the money and divide it up. Obviously, we both felt rich that night! I left the Ansonia, went to my apartment, and our friendship continued not only in New York but also after I moved back to Los Angeles.
"What happened to the client, you ask? Later I learned that his wealthy family found out how he was throwing money around from his trust fund. They put a stop to his wild spending sprees...closed the account. Goodbye, muscle escorts!
“Bruno and I stayed in touch until about ten years ago. When I moved to Palm Springs, he was living in San Francisco. At one point he planned to visit me down here but unfortunately that didn't happen, and we drifted apart as friends sometimes do.”
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