police arrested a porn star at a Washington state airport Wednesday after she planned to kill a man by hiring a contract killer identified in court papers as “H.R.”
31-year-old Katrina Danforth, who reportedly appeared in adult films from 2005 to 2010 was taken into custody at Spokane International Airport and charged with five counts of using interstate commerce in the “commission of murder for hire.”
is accused of using the phone four times and the mail once between Oct. 20 and Nov. 10 in her attempt to organize the murder-for-hire plot.
She told KHQ while sitting in Spokane County Jail that she was arrested by federal agents “really early in the morning” and she didn’t know why.
“I don’t really know, precisely,” Danforth said.
the man targeted by Danforth lives in Idaho and was not harmed in the incident.
Danforth said in her initial court appearance that she couldn’t afford a lawyer. She faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for each count if convicted.
Danforth is due back in court on Dec. 21.
