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Busted Teen 'Madam' Rips Pimp Charges

Ariz. 16-year-old denies running ring, says she was only a follower

Feb 26, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A 16-year-old girl charged with running a child prostitution ring calls the charges "ridiculous," the Arizona Republic reports. The girl and a pal were the madams of a ring that recruited girls as young as 14 to have sex for money, according to Phoenix police. "We have... More »

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 Spitzer Madam Gets 6 Months 

Teary Cecil Suwal asked judge for mercy

Jan 30, 09 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The 24-year-old who ran the call-girl ring that brought down Eliot Spitzer will serve 6 months in prison, the New York Daily News reports. Cecil Suwal of New York, who has pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiring to promote prostitution, wept as she asked the judge for mercy. "... More »

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New York City • Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • Ashley Dupre • madams • Cecil Suwal • prostitution scandal

House Panel To Investigate Spitzer Probe

Dems wonder if feds' prostitution sting was politically motivated

Nov 25, 08 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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New York • sex scandal • House of Representatives • House Financial Services Committee • Eliot Spitzer • Treasury Department • Barney Frank • inquiry • prostitution ring

Hooker Bookers Fume After Spitzer Let Off

Club VIP managers
face sentencing as ex-governor walks

Nov 8, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - 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—... More »

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prison • New York • Eliot Spitzer • governor • attorney • prostitution ring • criminal charges • criminal prosecution

 Feds Won't Charge Spitzer 

Not enough evidence against former NY governor in prostitution case

Nov 6, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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US attorney • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Ashley Dupre • criminal charges • Michael Garcia

 FBI Sex-Ring Bust 
 Frees 47 Kids 

Multi-agency crackdown snares more than 600 adults involved in '21st century slavery'

Oct 28, 08 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FBI • crime • missing child • human trafficking • child prostitution • prostitution ring • pimp

 Memoir: I Taught Dupre the Biz 

Hooker reveals Dupre's transformation from 'little lamb' to call-girl

Sep 22, 08 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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 “... More »

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New York City • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • memoir • political scandal • prostitution ring • Ashley Dupre • prostitution scandal

Spitzer 2010
Was Billed for Tryst Hotel

Did former NY gov
use reelection funds
for call girl nights?

Jul 16, 08 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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FBI Busts Child Prostitution Networks

It rescues 21 kids, arrests hundreds of adults in 16 cities

Jun 25, 08 9:29 PM CDT
(AP) - 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. "... More »

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prostitution • FBI • child prostitution • prostitution ring • Robert Meuller

 Spitzer Call Girl
 Speaks Out
 on 'Hard Times' 

Leaves MySpace message of thanks for supporters

Jun 24, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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MySpace • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • prostitution ring • Ashley Youmans • Ashley Dupre

 Feds Nail Down
 Case Against
 Spitzer 

Feds are confident about the case against the former NY guv

Jun 10, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation

Plea deal could land 23-year-old up to 27 months in jail

Jun 4, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • sex scandal • Federal Court • Eliot Spitzer • money laundering • guilty plea • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Ashley Dupre • madams • Cecil Suwal

 Spitzer Booker Pleads Guilty 

Woman charged in Emperor's Club VIP bust could get 25 years

May 14, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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DC Madam
as Feminist Entrepreneur

Memoir reveals small-town go-getter with a 'touch of class'

May 6, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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prostitution • Washington DC • DC Madam • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • prostitution ring • K Street

 'DC Madam' Guilty, Guilty, Guilty 

Palfrey faces 55 years on racketeering, money-laundering convictions

Apr 15, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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 Silda Knew of Hooker Habit 

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

Apr 10, 08 9:42 AM CDT
(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... More »

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prostitution • New York City • Eliot Spitzer • affair • prostitution ring • Silda Wall Spitzer

Spitzer's Sex Ring Run by Unlikely Madams

Emperor's Club's
pimp, madams were
well-educated novices

Apr 7, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The prostitution ring that Eliot Spitzer patronized had at its center an unlikely quartet: a 62-year-old former tax specialist and three highly educated women, one only 23 years old. All four have pleaded not guilty to a host of charges, including prostitution, in federal court. The New York Times investigates... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Mark Brener • Temeka Lewis • Tanya Hollander • pimp • madams

 Spitzer Linked to Second Ring 

Ex-governor patronized NY-based hooker operation since '03, Post charges

Mar 27, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was a client of an upscale prostitution operation busted Tuesday in Manhattan, the New York Post reports. The news comes less than two weeks after Spitzer stepped down for patronizing a similar operation based in New Jersey. And as that saga had "Kristen,... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • call girls • Emperors Club • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • Wicked Models • Kristin "Billie" Davis

 Playgirl Proposes Spitzer Spread

'How about ... showing us what you saved for such a select few?' mag asks in open letter

Mar 20, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Playgirl feels sorry for Eliot Spitzer, what with the public-opinion crucifixion and $1 million Hustler offer to call-girl “Kristen." He’s unemployed, and might face some stiff legal fees in the near future, so the girls are extending an offer on their blog: “How about making some... More »

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sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • prostitution ring • Kristen • adult magazines • Ashley Dupre • Playgirl

The Software That Ruined Eliot Spitzer

Unusual deposits alerted ever-watchful bank computers

Mar 19, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The banks were watching Eliot Spitzer—and they’re watching all of us, too. These days, all large banks and most small ones are equipped with anti-money laundering software, Technology Review explains, which tracks even the most mundane transactions of every customer. Moves that don’t conform to a pattern—... More »

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