Dems wonder if feds' prostitution sting was politically motivated
New York Times Nov 25, 08 4:23 PM CST
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The House Financial Services Committee is poised to open an inquiry into the investigation that led to Eliot Spitzer’s resignation, the New York Times reports, with Democratic members wondering aloud if the federal probe could have been a politically motivated hit job. The former New York governor was not charged in the prostitution scandal, so the inquiry will be the only detailed examination.
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Club VIP managers
face sentencing as ex-governor walks
Salon Nov 8, 08 5:43 PM CST
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The prostitution agency that once served Eliot Spitzer is hardly happy that the disgraced former governor is getting off, at their expense, Salon reports. Spitzer evaded federal charges for patronizing a prostitution ring, prompting an attorney for one of the agency’s bookers—who is facing 6-16 months in jail—to call him a “much more egregious actor than my client.”
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Not enough evidence against former NY governor in prostitution case
New York Times Nov 6, 08 3:37 PM CST
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Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer will not be charged in connection with his involvement in a prostitution ring, the New York Times reports, as federal prosecutors could not adequately connect payments made by Spitzer. “The public interest would not be further advanced by filing criminal charges in this matter,” the US attorney for New York said in a written statement.
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Multi-agency crackdown snares more than 600 adults involved in '21st century slavery'
Washington Post Oct 28, 08 7:03 AM CDT
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A huge nationwide crackdown has smashed apart a dozen child prostitution rings and rescued 47 juveniles, the Washington Post reports. The joint effort from the FBI, Justice Department, and local law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of more than 600 adults in 29 cities, including 73 pimps. Ten of the children appear on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's registry.
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Hooker reveals Dupre's transformation from 'little lamb' to call-girl
New York Post Sep 22, 08 11:14 AM CDT
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New York's self-proclaimed No. 1 escort recounts how she introduced Eliot Spitzer’s $4,300-an-hour call girl to the drug-fueled world of prostitution in an upcoming book, The Price . Natalie McLennan reveals, in an excerpt in the New York Post, how within months Ashley Dupre transformed from a “little lamb” hotel clerk to a hard-partying, drugged-up hooker who “could barely keep her eyes open.”
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Did former NY gov
use reelection funds
for call girl nights?
New York Times Jul 16, 08 6:58 AM CDT
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Eliot Spitzer's filings for his now-defunct 2010 reelection campaign, released yesterday, included two payments to the Mayflower Hotel in Washington—the site of his infamous trysts with call girls, the New York Times reports. Though it's unclear whether Spitzer himself stayed there, and if so on what nights, misuse of public campaign money is one of the potential charges the former New York governor could face for his participation in a prostitution ring.
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It rescues 21 kids, arrests hundreds of adults in 16 cities
Associated Press Jun 25, 08 9:29 PM CDT
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Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution. In all, authorities arrested 345 people, including 290 adult prostitutes, during the operation that ended this week in 16 major cities. "The sex trafficking of children remains one of the most violent and unforgivable crimes in this country," said FBI chief Robert Mueller.
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Leaves MySpace message of thanks for supporters
People Jun 24, 08 3:00 AM CDT
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The call girl whose trysts with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer triggered his resignation is speaking out for the first time, reports People . Ashley Dupré, 23, has written a message of thanks on her MySpace page to those who have left supportive comments—and responded to some not-so-kind zingers. She called her mood "thankful."
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Feds are confident about the case against the former NY guv
New York Post Jun 10, 08 12:05 PM CDT
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The case against Eliot Spitzer is so strong that prosecutors have decided not to strike a deal with the head of the disgraced ex-governor's preferred call girl ring, the New York Post reports. Rather than making a plea agreement, the Emperors Club VIP honcho will plead guilty Thursday. Meanwhile, the feds are probing whether Spitzer used campaign funds to pay for his $4,000-an-hour trysts.
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Plea deal could land 23-year-old up to 27 months in jail
Associated Press Jun 4, 08 10:31 AM CDT
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The woman who managed the prostitution ring that brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer copped a plea yesterday in federal court, the AP reports. Cecil Suwal, 23, giggled and cried during a Manhattan hearing at which she pleaded guilty to money-laundering and promoting prostitution at the Emperors Club VIP service, where clients like Spitzer paid up to $5,500 an hour.
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Woman charged in Emperor's Club VIP bust could get 25 years
New York Times May 14, 08 3:00 PM CDT
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The woman accused of arranging the infamous liaison between "Kristen" and "Client No. 9" pleaded guilty today, the New York Times reports. Temeka Rachelle Lewis, 32, admitted to charges of promoting prostitution and money laundering in the bust that brought about Eliot Spitzer's downfall. She could face up to 25 years in prison.
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Memoir reveals small-town go-getter with a 'touch of class'
Newsweek May 6, 08 9:49 AM CDT
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Most know her as the feisty DC Madam who riled up the media by releasing her clients' phone records, but a half-finished memoir obtained by Newsweek reveals Deborah Jeane Palfrey's personal side. A small-town girl turned "fuddy-duddy white lady," she overcame a stifling childhood to turn feminist entrepreneur.
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Palfrey faces 55 years on racketeering, money-laundering convictions
WTOP Apr 15, 08 2:54 PM CDT
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Rejecting the defense that she didn't know her escorts were having sex with clients, a federal jury convicted the "DC Madam," who, WTOP–FM reports, met today's verdict with a sigh. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose prostitution-ring bust implicated Washington highbrows, including a Louisiana senator, faces up to 55 years on racketeering and money-laundering charges at her sentencing in July.
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