Dworkin later wrote that she eventually agreed to help smuggle a briefcase of heroin through customs in return for $1,000 and an airplane ticket, thinking that if she was successful she could return home with the ticket and the money, and if caught she would at least escape her ex-husband's abuse by going to prison.
Máis tarde, Dworkin escribiu que aceptara axudar a pasar un maletín de heroína pola alfándega a cambio de mil dólares e un boleto de avión, pensando que se tiña éxito podería regresar a casa co boleto e os cartos, e se a collían, polo menos escaparía do abuso do seu ex-marido ao ir ao cárcere.