May 1 is a difficult day for many people who remember “D.C. Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who did interviews with Big Head DC and answered many of our requests for information. Her former lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley, is using the one-year anniversary of her death, which was ruled a suicide, to launch a publicity tour for his new book, Why Just Her. According to Amazon.com, the 600-page book promises to trace Jeane’s final 20 months “as the judicial system time and again failed to live up to its promise to insure “justice.’” Sibley has also started a Web site and blog that offer many insights into Jeane’s life and state of mind.

As his book promotion kicked off, he did an interview with Big Head DC:

BHDC: You obviously felt close to Jeane. How would you describe your relationship?

Montgomery Blair Sibley: Counselor/client of course. But I define that a little differently than most attorneys I know as I believe attorneys have a therapeutic role as well as a legal counselor role to play for their clients. So with Jeane, I was more than just an attorney.

BHDC: Did you ever grow feelings beyond attorney/client for her?

MBS: Not on a personal love relationship if that is what you mean, but we were friends on a deep level.

BHDC: Are you at all angry with the psychic who told Jeane about the after-life soon before her death?

MBS: No, as Jeane was entitled to her own belief system, and who is to say she was wrong?

BHDC: Could her death have been prevented?

MBS: I don’t know, but I don’t believe it would have happened on my watch.

BHDC: Do you at all feel any part responsible for her death, i.e. do you feel you could have done more?

MBS: No, I consulted several attorneys about my responsibilities as her former legal counsel and the consensus was I had no authority or right to intervene to get her locked up to prevent her from committing suicide.

BHDC: Will there always be some people out there who think Jeane did not commit suicide?

MBS: I have gotten several e-mails today on that very topic lambasting me for helping the cover up.

BHDC: After the book promotion is done, will you be able to easily move on from the Jeane chapters of your life?

MBS: They say time heals all wounds, so time will let me know.