A meshugga madam who taught people how to be sex slaves turned a stately $3 million Westchester home owned by an ultra-Orthodox rabbinical school into an S&M dungeon, police claimed yesterday.
Mistress of “The Sovereign Estate,” Sandra Chemero – who advertised the manse online as a place “where submissives and slaves are immersed in training” – was busted on charges of prostitution and weapons possession for having a stun gun.
Chemero’s lair is in the same tony Bedford Hills town that’s home to convicted felon Martha Stewart, designer Ralph Lauren and billionaire George Soros.
The 46-year-old dominatrix, who was arrested Tuesday, was free on bail by yesterday afternoon. Bedford cops said that they’re still investigating and that they are reviewing “seized business records” of her unorthodox operation.
Pictures on Chemero’s Web site show the S&M mistress using whips, chains, leather straps, and sex toys on her male clients.
In one sickening photo, she appears to be using a funnel and a tube to urinate into the mouth of a man who is bound and gagged.
Eviction papers were served on Chemero yesterday afternoon by a caretaker for K’hal Adas Kashau, the Orthodox rabbinical school next door which owns the property she had been renting for about six months.
“It’s against our religion. It’s against the Bible. We’ve never even heard of such a thing,” said a man who gave his name only as Samuel and said he was a rabbi at the school.
Samuel said that Chemero rented the house through a local real-estate agent, and that he and his fellow rabbis didn’t want police officers to tell them the tawdry details of what had been going on inside.
“Once it’s smut, once it’s dirt, we don’t want to know more details,” he said.
On the Web, Chemero’s business proclaims to be “a place like no other.”
“The Sovereign Estate is a female-led household, headed by an elegant, attractive dominant woman,” she advertised.
“Situated on four private acres, in a century-old stately manor, here life is devoted to female superiority, proper training and etiquette for the betterment of men.
“There is something unique about serving your Mistress in a home designed and appointed especially for her enjoyment. The Estate offers a myriad of opportunities found nowhere else,” it adds.
Asked what kind of equipment investigators found in the house, Bedford Police Lt. Robert Mazurak said “there were some items that we brought in,” including a laptop computer. But he declined to elaborate other than to describe the house as “spartan.”
Neighbors said were surprised to hear of the goings-on in the house.
“That’s life. There are all kinds of people with all kinds of quirks. I’d be more worried if they were selling drugs,” said Theo Anker, 65, a retired stockbroker.
“It’s surprising,” said Tom Molito, 60. “There’s a country song that says you don’t know what goes on behind closed doors, and I guess that’s true in any socio-economic situation.”
A bag labeled Babeland was on the floor inside the house’s foyer yesterday. Babeland is a Manhattan-based chain of sex-toy shops.
So far, police believe Chemero worked alone, Mazurak said. The Estate advertised itself as a 24/7 operation, but Mazurak said no one else was in the house with Chemero when she was arrested.
“We are looking only at a small number of potential customers,” said Mazurak.
Police said the investigation was spurred in December by an anonymous call about an increase in traffic to and from the home, which records show was once a veterinary clinic.
An undercover Westchester County investigator met Chemero, who agreed “to engage in sexual contact” on a later date, police said. Mazurak declined to elaborate on what services she offered.