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Silda Wall Spitzer knew of Eliot's high-priced affairs

(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?" More»

Rich Wall Street clients made up clientele: district attorney

(NEWSER) - Police say they have broken up a prostitution ring whose Wall Street clients paid some $10,000 a night. Cops arrested 17 of those running “High Class NY,” based out of an office in Brooklyn, on drug, prostitution, corruption, and money-laundering charges. They face up to 25 years in prison. The ring, which a DA said drew “high-end customers coming from the financial markets,” scored some $7 million over three years, charging between $400 and $3,600 an hour, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clients could reportedly get drugs upon request. More»

You know, just in case CNN gig falls through

(NEWSER) - Eliot Spitzer is rumored to be a possible replacement for Campbell Brown on CNN , and in case he doesn’t get that job, Olivia Allin of The Frisky suggests 10 alternatives:

• Britney Spears’ assistant: “The logic here would be that since he’s apparently attracted to sexual young women, Britney could scare him off of that addiction”—and he could help her regain control of her life in the process.
• Unpaid prostitute: “Wouldn’t it be cool if Spitzer were forced to sleep with people he wasn’t attracted to?”

Oh no, you're certainly not done hearing about his sex scandal

(NEWSER) - Just in time for Eliot Spitzer to attempt a comeback, all sorts of creepy allegations are coming out of a new tell-all. The latest: The luv guv once had three visits with three different prostitutes, all in the same day, the New York Post reports. “You must be Superman! The man of steel!” the booker said when Spitzer called back a third time, according to Peter Elkind’s Rough Justice. More»

Talks escort gig origins, Eliot Spitzer

(NEWSER) - Oh, goody: more (much, much more) Ashley Dupre! The call girl-turned- advice columnist bares all in an eight-page Playboy spread out Friday, the New York Daily News reports. In case you’re one of those people who only reads it for the articles, she also talks about her early life as an escort and says she didn’t bring Eliot Spitzer down—“he brought me down.” That settles that. More»