By Shayna Jacobs
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT — The tale of two Midtown strippers and their bizarre prostitution trial neared a close Friday as one was set free and the other took the stand to talk about her professional duties.
Porn star Cassandra Malandri (a.k.a Alexia Moore) took the stand and briefly testified about her duties as a stripper, including "air sex" and a "simulated" lesbian show.
Falynn Rodriguez, Malandri's former stripping partner at Big Daddy Lou's Hot Lap Dance Club, had prostitution charges against her dismissed Friday when it was determined she had a less to do with an alleged group sex agreement.
Malandri is still on the hook and is scheduled to find out her fate on Tuesday.
The women, both 27, were charged with offering an undercover NYPD detective $5,000 in exchange for group sex the next day at an unspecified location.
"I do a show with my partner, Falynn Rodriguez," a petite, blond Malandri said on the stand. "It's a simulated girl-on-girl show."
Malandri flatly denied offering a threesome for "five and three zeros," as the undercover detective previously testified.
"I don't talk like that," Malandri said.
The women were also accused of offering him a 15-minute nude lesbian fondling show for $300, which would have also been illegal.
"What I really want to do is f*** you," the detective told Malandri, according to his testimony.
That statement led to the negotiations and verbal offer from Malandri, he testified.
"I knew you were a bad boy," was her response, according to the officer.
To be guilty of prostitution a person must offer to, agree to, or physically perform a sexual act for money.
Rodriguez's attorney said there was virtually no case against his client, who's only alleged involvement was telling the detective that she is the only one who performs a "tossed salad" on Malandri.
"There is no possible way that [prosecutors] have met their burden regarding [Rodriguez] in this case," said Adam Moser, her attorney.
Defense attorneys attempted to trump the credibility of the detective, the main witness who's verbal recollection was the sole piece of evidence regarding what took place at the strip club on June 20, 2008.
No video or audio recordings of the purported agreement were taken on the night of the detective's assignment.
"It's tragic that [prosecutors] could not present some type of evidence ... to support this charge," said Malandri's attorney Ikiesha Al-Shabazz.
"All he had to do was request [a recording device] and we wouldn't even be here today," she added.
The detective, who's identity has remained sealed for his protection, said he paid for two lap dances and was taken to the "champagne room" for a more intimate setting.
He said he took sips of vodka with Red Bull to fit into the strip club scene and left without contacting Malandri further.
