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Silda Knew of Hooker Habit

Posted Apr 10, 08 9:42 AM CDT in Politics,  Gossip,  US 

(Newser) – For years Silda Wall Spitzer knew her disgraced husband patronized prostitutes—and she looked the other way, the New York Post reports. While his reps deny the rumors, a source tells the Post that former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is telling friends that the mother of his three daughters "doesn't care, so why does anybody else care?"

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Fmr. Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife Silda Wall exit their Fifth Avenue residence en route to his high profile resignation.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
Silda Wall Spitzer stood by her man while Fmr. Gov. Eliot Spitzer announces his resignation amid a prostitution scandal last month.   (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Silda Wall Spitzer reported know of her disgraced husband's affair with prostitutes.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
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