Padge Windslowe, the transgender performer known as the Black Madam, will have a preliminary hearing Oct. 10 on third-degree murder and related charges connected to the Feb. 2011 death of a British woman whom authorities say died as a result of Windslowe giving her an illegal silicone buttocks injection, a Philadelphia judge ruled Thursday morning.
Municipal Judge James DeLeon made the ruling during a hearing to determine if Windslowe, 42, had the means to hire an attorney. Windslowe said she did not and, after a sidebar discussion with attorneys, DeLeon allowed defense attorney Christopher Mannix to represent Windslowe during the preliminary hearing.



