Oh the Irony: Crime Fighter Eliot Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Scandal

By Alex in Crime & Law, Politics on Mar 10, 2008 at 6:31 pm

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who built his crime-fighter reputation by taking on crime, corruption, and ironically, prostitution, was himself linked to a very expensive prostitution ring:

Last week, federal prosecutors arrested four people in connection with an expensive prostitution operation called the Emperors Club. The club charged up to $5,500 an hour for one if its prostitutes, who were rated on its Web site on a scale of one to seven diamonds. [...]

Administration officials would not say whether this was the ring with which the governor allegedly become involved. The federal complaint mentions a Emperors Club suspect identified as "Client 9."

Federal law enforcement sources confirmed that Spitzer was the Client 9 named in the complaint. Client 9 seems to have allegedly spent about $4,300 on the services of a prostitute identified only as Kristen. He paid for her to travel: "train tickets, cab fare from the hotel and back, mini bar or room service, travel time and hotel."

Kristen was allegedly described to Spitzer as " an American, petite, very pretty brunette, 5 feet 5 inches, and 105 pounds," according to the complaints.

Link | The Smoking Gun has snippets of the website (which, obviously, is down) but sadly no pic of "Kristen"


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  1. roger
    Mar 10th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    I hate to be the perpetual critic here, because I love this site so much and I appreciate the effort. But the problem with this type of post is that it is not unique or novel news; every media outlet in the country is on top of this story. I’d guess that most Neatorama visitors enjoy the site when we want to take a break from mainstream news. I think the NYTimes and Drudgereport pretty much have a lock on political scandals.

    Just my two cents.

  2. Tim
    Mar 10th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    Roger is right. I don’t understand why stuff like this keeps popping up on Neatorama. I hardly find news about death, dying, corruption and scandal Neat.

    I enjoy this site for the wierd and obscure items not seen in daily news. If I want to see news article I’ll stick to Yahoo or something…

  3. Christophe
    Mar 10th, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    Guys, complaints were to be made in the last post “suggestion box”! :p

    For me, even if it’s all over the news, the irony is neat. The hourly price too. Even more than our firm auditors!

  4. Allan
    Mar 10th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    It may be all over mainstream news, but this is worthy of a mention. The guy was after all building a resume fit to be president one day.

  5. SiteSeer
    Mar 10th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    @Allan, still fit for President, let’s look at his resume: secrecy, big money, criminality, corruption, and sex; he’s got it all (except hair)!

  6. VonSkippy
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 12:02 am

    Where’s Nelson when you need him?

  7. Evil Pundit
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    Where’s Geekazoid when we need him?

  8. Larfin Jackarse
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 5:49 am

    Yeah but who are Clients 1 to 8?

    My guess on the first 3:
    1-Osama bin Laided
    2-Hilary
    3-John Howard

    ….

  9. Sid Morrison
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 8:23 am

    The neat thing about this news event is that Spitzer has always been extremely arrogant and liked to bill himself as a crusader against corruption and crime (including prostitution rings). He built his political career on his experience as a law and order prosecutor and ultimately state Attorney General. An ordinary politican caught up in a sex scandal is not nearly so neat. Sucks for his family, though.

  10. kevin
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 10:24 am

    I think you mean ‘extensive’ as in far reaching rather than ‘expensive’ as in costly, although it certainly will be an expensive mistake for his career.

  11. Tony LaRocca
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    I love the funnier side of NY politics! Of course, if it comes down to humor, NJ’s former governor still beat us…

  12. kid_icarus
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    i love how this is HUGE news while bush walks all over our civil liberties with nary a mention.

  13. Evil Pundit
    Mar 11th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    Spitzer has done much more to trample civil liberties than Bush ever could. This is a well-deserved fall.

    And it’s funny, too.

  14. Mektoub
    Mar 13th, 2008 at 11:12 am

    The Smoking Gun has the pictures of kristen now :
    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0312084kristen1.html
    Look at them, I guess you might find her neat :)

    Keep the good work, your site is awesome!


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