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'Kristen' Could Make Millions
on Instant Fame

Experts advise cashing in on notoriety fast— and investing well

Mar 15, 08 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fame (or infamy) is beginning to pay off for Eliot Spitzer "escort" Kristen: the aspiring R&B star has now scored $200,000 from downloads of her song—which the New York Post helpfully calculates is worth over four dozen Spitzer hookups. Meanwhile, men's mag Hustler has offered Ashley... More »

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 Times Tells 
 Inside Story 
of Spitzer 
Scoop  
 

Staffers won't say how paper got scoop, butwill  dish on 'Kristen,' other angles

Mar 14, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the New York Times in the spotlight for breaking the Eliot Spitzer story, the paper’s urban-affairs correspondent tackles a flood of reader questions, ranging from whether Hillary Clinton will still get Spitzer’s superdelegate vote (“she loses it”) to how the Times got the story in... More »

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prostitution • newspaper • New York Times • sex scandal • journalism • Eliot Spitzer • editor • Kristen • Ashley Dupre

 As Press
 Closes In,
 'Kristen'
 Clams Up 

Online profiles attract publicity, good and bad

Mar 14, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The woman introduced to the world this week as a prostitute named “Kristen”—aspiring singer Ashley Alexandra Dupre—is trying to maintain some privacy as she keeps close tabs on her Facebook and MySpace accounts, CNN reports. After the New York Times revealed her identity, she began cleaning... More »

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media • prostitution • MySpace • sex scandal • Facebook • online privacy • Eliot Spitzer • Kristen • Ashley Dupre

 Did Governor Use 
 Campaign Funds for Trysts?

Feds Probe hotel, travel payments

Mar 14, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced soon-to-be-ex-governor Eliot Spitzer's troubles could get even worse as prosecutors probe whether he used campaign funds for his meetings with prostitutes, the New York Times reports. Criminal charges linked to the payments could follow if federal investigators discover campaign money paid for the hotel rooms and transportation Spitzer used... More »

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prostitution • New York • sex scandal • federal investigation • campaign funds • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal

Criminal Charge No Certainty
for Spitzer

Resignation could soften prosecutors' stance on NY governor

Mar 13, 08 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Although Eliot Spitzer’s political career is over, it remains unclear what legal fate awaits the disgraced New York governor, the Wall Street Journal reports. Spitzer’s resignation wasn’t part of any deal, the feds confirm, but makes him less of a legal target. One possibility is a deferred-prosecution... More »

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prostitution • US attorney • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • money laundering • Andrew Cuomo • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • structuring

British Duke Tied to Spitzer Hooker Ring

Gerald Grosvenor,
UK's richest man, could be Emperor's 'Client 6'

Mar 13, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The richest man in England has been linked to the prostitution ring patronized by Eliot Spitzer, the New York Daily News reports. Sources identified Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, as Emperors Club “Client 6,” who arranged four visits in late 2006. Grosvenor is a close friend of... More »

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prostitution • Prince William • Prince Charles • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • Britain • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor • Duke of Westminster

 Meet Spitzer's 'Kristen' 

22-year-old escort says she's no "monster"

Mar 12, 08 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - At the center of Eliot Spitzer’s fall from grace is 22-year-old Kristen, aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a high-priced escort and aspiring R&B singer who left her self-proclaimed "broken family" in New Jersey at age 17 to pursue a musical career in New York. “I just don’... More »

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prostitution • sex scandal • celebrity • Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • Mayflower Hotel • Ashley Youmans • Kristen • Ashley Dupre

Hookers Today Depend on Tech for Success

Spitzer case shows how web, IMs, e-funds drive business

Mar 12, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's woes are shedding light on the new world of the oldest profession. Prostitutes and escort services use online social networking to find business, IMs to record the time spent with a client, and the web to make payment simpler and more private, reports the AP. New technology also... More »

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Internet • prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • website • instant messaging • electronic funds transfers

 A Brothel Manager's Guidebook 

Lessons learned from Spitzer's favorite online escort service

Mar 12, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are important lessons to be gleaned from Eliot Spitzer’s shenanigans. Namely: how to effectively run a brothel for the well-to-do. Using cached pages from the now-defunct Emperors Club website, Josh Levin lays out a business plan in Slate.
  1. Keep out the riff-raff: 92% of the club’s
... More »

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entrepreneurs • prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • website • brothel • online crime • prostitute • prostitution ring • Emperors Club

OPINION

She Shouldn't Stand by Him

Spitzer takes backlash for taking wife along; reactions run along gender lines

Mar 12, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is going up in flames, but Americans are wondering why his wife has to go with him:
  • The Los Angeles Times talks to angry people on the street, including one divorcee who insists, “She should’ve said, ‘This is your fight. ... You stand there and
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • prostitution • Bill O'Reilly • James McGreevy • Bill Clinton • Alan Dershowitz • Meredith Vieira • Eliot Spitzer • adultery • James Carville • Monica Lewinsky • Tucker Carlson • Kwame Kilpatrick • Silda Wall Spitzer • Linda R. Hirshman • Dr. Laura Schlessinger • Dina Matos McGreevey • Hendrik Hertzberg • Joe Scarborough • Mike Barnicle • William Bennett

Another Pol's Wife Stands by Her Man

Shrink says it's time women balked at helping with cleanup

Mar 11, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silda Wall Spitzer, the Harvard-educated lawyer who stood grimly alongside her husband during his somewhat perplexing apology yesterday, joins the ranks of political wives who suffer publicly the sex scandals of their disgraced mates, ABC writes. She follows in the footsteps of Larry Craig's wife, Suzanne; Jim McGreevey's then-wife, Dana:... More »

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Hillary Clinton • prostitution • New York • sex scandal • James McGreevy • Eliot Spitzer • Monica Lewinsky • wife • governor • prostitution ring • Silda Wall Spitzer

OPINION

Come Clean or Quit; Maybe Both

Should he go? What would it take to stay?

Mar 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Eliot Spitzer mulls his options, the editorial boards of the state's newspapers are weighing in:
  • Wall Street Journal: "The stupendously deluded belief that the sitting governor of New York could purchase the services of prostitutes was the last act of a man unable to admit the existence
... More »

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Wall Street • prostitution • resignation • Eliot Spitzer • newspaper editorials • scandal • prostitution ring

What Was Spitzer Thinking?

Experts wonder why smart guys do really stupid things

Mar 11, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's reported involvement with a pricey call-girl ring has left, well, everyone scratching their heads, the AP reports. What makes a public figure show such jaw-dropping disregard for the consequences of private actions? One analyst calls it "the psychology of the exception. People in power sometimes feel they... More »

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Spitzer's Fall Shocks Biographer

Friends call him a 'Boy Scout,' but governor kept secrets well hidden

Mar 11, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's biographer was as shocked as anyone to discover his involvement with a prostitution ring yesterday. The New York governor was regarded as a devoted and faithful husband, and his college girlfriends still spoke fondly of him. The whole debacle, writes Brooke Masters in the Financial Times, "serves... More »

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Routine IRS Checks
Exposed Spitzer

Bank transactions made investigators suspicious

Mar 11, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The inquiry that uncovered New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's alleged assignations with high-priced hookers began in a decidedly unglamorous IRS office in Long Island, reports the New York Times. There, investigators were poring over suspicious bank transactions when they noticed the governor was apparently trying to conceal the transfer of... More »

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OPINION

What's Next for Spitzer?

Writers speculate on how we got here—and where we go

Mar 10, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amid reports that Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a wiretap in a prostitution investigation, stunned political bloggers are speculating on whether the New York governor will resign, parsing how we got here—and where we go:
  • Politicians have outlived sex scandals in the past, writes Mark Silva, but
... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • prostitution • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • wiretap • prostitution ring

(Newser) - In a brief press conference, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer this afternoon apologized to his family and to the public, "whom I've promised better" for failing "to live up to the standards I set for myself."  The former attorney general is reportedly identified as Client 9... More »

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Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring

NY gov ID'd as client of international operation: source

Mar 10, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York has informed his senior staff that he was involved with a prostitution ring, the New York Times reports. Spitzer has canceled scheduled events for the day and is set to make an announcement this afternoon from his office in Manhattan. Spitzer, who rose to... More »

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Craigslist
Sex Ad Was Carjack Lure

John responds to prostitute's pitch, gets held up at gunpoint

Feb 27, 08 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A California man who responded to a Craigslist ad for a prostitute got hit over the head and carjacked instead. The 23-year-old went to a house listed in the ad and started to return to his truck when no one answered the door. Two armed men then took his money... More »

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prostitution • crime • Craigslist • prostitute • carjacking • Pittsburg, CA • Craigslist killer

'Video Vigilante' Boasts
Tar and Feathering 2.0

Crusader catches men consorting with prostitutes, posts videos online

Feb 23, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Brian Bates captures unsuspecting people on candid camera, but his subjects don’t have reason to smile: He’s the self-proclaimed Video Vigilante of Oklahoma City, capturing men consorting with prostitutes and then posting the videos online. “If you get caught by the cops, you pay a fine,”... More »

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