Michelle Robinson,was arrested in August; she eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud.

Michelle Robinson, dressed in a gray pantsuit, appeared nervous yesterday as she sat next to her lawyer, Mark Smith, and when asked by Judge Mark L. Wolf if she had anything to say before he announced his decision, she initially declined. But after conferring with Smith, she stood up and said, "I just want to say that I am sorry and will obey the conditions."Wolf then ordered Robinson to check into an undisclosed halfway house by noon next Friday. Her release date is scheduled for Aug. 17. The order was the result of a joint recommendation by Smith and prosecutors. Wolf then reprimanded Robinson, saying at one point that she appeared not to be listening to him and that she probably committed more than one violation of her home confinement."I'm very concerned that I'm seeing you again. There would have been probable bases to see you in March when there were problems with the telephone. I'm disturbed about where you were on [April] 3d, and I'm concerned you weren't truthful with the probation department."Robinson had contended that she was at work that day at Propel Inc. in Norwood, but her employer told her probation officer that she hadn't shown up. She was fired for missing work. Robinson had also contended that there were technical problems with her electronic monitoring unit, that it had become unplugged once, and that she had replaced a headset with one that had a louder ringtone.Last year Wolf accepted a controversial plea agreement that gave Robinson, 29, less time behind bars than the two to three years federal sentencing guidelines recommend and that forbids her from revealing the identity of the man she extorted with threats of public disclosure.The businessman's identity has not been revealed. He has been described by authorities as a wealthy married man in his 60s from the Boston area who has funded startup companies and is active in charitable circles. Authorities say he paid Robinson for sex from about January 2007 to June of last year.
A month later, according to the FBI, Robinson called the businessman with a threat to reveal their relationship unless he gave her cash. The businessman gave her $80,000 outside a Newton hotel, and when she said that was not enough, he gave her $200,000 outside a store in Dedham, according to court records.
When she demanded $300,000 more, the businessman contacted a lawyer, former US attorney Donald K. Stern. Robinson was arrested in August; she eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud.Stern previously said that his client wants to donate the $280,000 in restitution owed.