Betty is an aggressive gay woman who has several run-ins with Patrolman Mancuso and whom Ignatius meets briefly at Dorian Greene’s party. Betty and her two friends, Frieda and Liz, live above Dorian’s apartment because he feels that they provide security for himself and the building. Betty, Frieda, and Liz are finally arrested at the end of the novel and are placed in the same cell as Lana Lee, whom they gang up on and fight with.