In 1987, Frank evicted Gobie after being advised by his landlord that Gobie kept escorting despite the support and was doing so in the residence. Later that year, Gobie's friends persuaded him that he had a gay male version of "Mayflower Madam", a TV movie about an escort service. In 1989, Gobie tried to initiate a bidding war for the story between WUSA-TV (Channel 9), "The Washington Times", and "The Washington Post". He then gave the story to "The Washington Times" for nothing, in hopes of getting a book contract.