The New York Times reported on March 10th that Governor Eliot Spitzer was recorded on a wiretap soliciting a prostitute last month as part of a Federal Prostitution investigation.
Four people allegedly connected to the ring, identified in court
papers as the Emperors Club VIP, were arrested last week. The ring
arranged connections between wealthy men and more than 50 prostitutes who charged up to $5,500 dollars an hour
in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris, prosecutors said.
According to the law enforcement official, Spitzer is the person
identified in legal papers as "Client 9," who paid for a four-hour
tryst with a woman identified as "Kristen" at a Washington hotel on
Feb. 13.
The prostitute, described in the complaint as a "petite, pretty
brunette, 5-feet-5 inches, and 105 pounds" met the client in Room 871
at about 10 p.m., according to the complaint.
In a conversation with the booking agent, Kristen said that she
liked the client and that she did not think he was difficult, according
to the papers.
The agent said she had been told the client "would ask you to do
things that ... you might not think were safe ... very basic things,"
according to the papers, but that Kristen responded by saying, "I have
a way of dealing with that ... I'd be, like, listen dude, you really
want the sex?"
Spitzer has not been charged, and prosecutors did not comment on the
case. The four defendants charged in the case last week were charged
with violating the federal Mann Act, a 1910 law that outlaws traveling
across state lines for prostitution. source
Some are wondering about his political future and whether he will resign his position. The former New York State Attorney General who gained national attention for his pursuit of corporate wrongdoings on Wall Street held a press conference with his wife Silda Spitzer standing by his side and gave the following statement.
“I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and
violates my or any sense of right or wrong,” said Mr. Spitzer, who
appeared with his wife Silda at his Manhattan office. “I apologize
first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to
whom I promised better.”
“I have disappointed and failed to live
up to the standard I expected of myself. I must now dedicate some time
to regain the trust of my family.” source The Smoking Gun has released documents that show details of NY Governor Eliot Spitzer's (DEM.) involvement in the prostitution ring.
Governor Eliot Spitzer has been implicated in a prostitution ring, the
Democratic politician will now always be known as "Client-9," one of
the johns described in a recently unsealed FBI affidavit detailing the
operation of the Emperors Club, an international call girl ring. That
document, an excerpt of which you'll find below, describes hooker
interactions with ten johns, including one client who paid cash for a
February 13 rendezvous at a Washington, D.C. hotel. The New York Times,
which broke the Spitzer story, has identified the 48-year-old
politician as Client-9. As described in the FBI document, Client-9
(clearly a repeat customer) apparently went to great lengths to arrange
the illicit Washington encounter, choosing to mail money in advance to
the ring, instead of using a credit card. Client-9, whose conversations
were recorded by an FBI wiretap, would not do "traditional wire
transferring," the affidavit quotes one Emperors Club employee
remarking. Additionally, the affidavit notes that after her appointment
with Client-9 ended, "Kristen" spoke with a Emperors Club booker, who
said that she had been told that Client-9 "would ask you to do things
that, like, you might not think were safe..." "Kristen" responded by
saying, essentially, that she could handle guys like that. source
