She said that after an interview, she was assigned to the test run with the man in Howard County. Afterwards, when she told Julia about the encounter, she was told, "Don't talk about such things on this line," she testified.
She began working for the company regularly as an escort, calling in at certain times to check in. Julia would call back with an address, time and client name, she testified, according to the transcript.
Clients paid her shortly after she arrived, she testified.
Describing a typical appointment, she said: "Generally I just took clues from the men, so whatever - however they want you to approach. Many of them, we talked for a while."
She said she didn't always have sex with the men with whom she met. When they did, she said, "it was mutual."
Julia instructed her to pay extra attention to new clients to ensure she was not meeting with "the wrong people," Dickinson said.
"If it's someone new, if it's a home, when you walk in, look around for pictures, things that make it look lived in," she said. "Ask for a utility bill and a driver's license so you can verify that the person lives there."
She said that of the $275 fee, she would keep $130 and give the rest to Palfrey's firm, sending her money orders to a post office box in California.
She said she quit working as an escort in April 2006 because of time constraints and because "I didn't like it."
In need of money, she later offered to return to work for Palfrey. But she filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter and didn't work for the firm again.
During cross-examination, Preston Burton, an attorney for Palfrey, asked whether Dickinson, with the exception of one appointment, discussed with Palfrey her specific duties as an escort.
"Not that I can recall," Dickinson replied.
Dickinson never mentioned her work at the Naval Academy during the hearing.
josh.mitchell@baltsun.com
Sun reporter Bradley Olson contributed to this article.
Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca C. Dickinson
Age:
38
Hometown:
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Enlisted in Navy:
1986.
Awards:
Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Navy "E" Ribbon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.
Recent assignments
Naval Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga., curriculum development, current.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, managed food service, 2004-2007.
USS Bunker Hill, guided missile cruiser, 2002-2004.
Naval Supply Corps School, 2000-2002.
Naval Leadership Training, Little Creek, Va., 2000.
USS Camden, fast combat support ship, 1997-1999.
