BY JIM DOOLEY AND MALIA ZIMMERMAN – An x-rated local escort service called “The Volcano Girls” is being operated out of the Waikiki residence of University of Hawaii Professor Lawrence W. Boyd, Jr., a Hawaii Reporter investigation shows.

An “appointment” booked by Hawaii Reporter with aVolcano Girls escort took place Friday afternoon in a bedroom inside Boyd’s apartment at 250 Ohua Street.

A Hawaii Reporter staffer posing as a customer arranged the appointment in a series of telephone calls to the website contact number that has since been disconnected.  The entire website –http://www.thevolcanogirls.com – has been shut down for “maintenance” since Friday night.

A woman first answered The Volcano Girls phone when we called Friday morning and a manager took later calls, referring to the woman as “the receptionist.”

In an interview Tuesday, Boyd denied any connection to the escort service, saying it might be operated by a woman, Lorraine Drake, who rents a room from him in his apartment.

“I can be very specific.  I’m just saying flat out I didn’t talk to you on the phone Friday,” Boyd said.

The now-disconnected The Volcano Girls number we called – (808) 922-7250 – is listed in the phone directory as the number for Lorraine Drake. Attempts to reach Drake this week were unsuccessful.

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