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Silda Steps Out of Hiding

Posted May 22, 08 10:30 AM CDT in Politics,  Arts & Living,  Gossip 

(Newser) – While the fictionalized "Law & Order" version of her husband's infamous sex scandal was airing on NBC last night, Silda Wall Spitzer emerged from 2 months of self-imposed exile to attend the Manhattan benefit for Children for Children, the Daily News reports. The wife of prostitute-patronizing former New York governor Eliot Spitzer launched the foundation in 1996.

A long standing ovation as she was introduced moved the stunning mother of three, who wore a red Carolina Herrera gown for the gala, to near tears. "I would like to thank you all for being here with all my heart," she said. "I hope that your spring has been less eventful." Eliot was not in attendance at the event, which raised more than $1 million.

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The Spitzer family back in 2006.   (Getty Images)
Silda Wall Spitzer stands by her man, New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer, as he announces his resignation amid a prostitution scandal on March 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Silda Wall Spitzer made her first appearance last night after two months of hiding after her husband's sex scandal killed his political career in March.   (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
A smiling Silda Wall Spitzer puts on a brave face--and a Carolina Herrera dress--during her first public appearance since husband Eliot Spitzer resigned from office amid sex scandal in March.   (Daily News)
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