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 Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild' 

Spitzer hooker filmed Spring Break videos in '03

Mar 19, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The call girl who ended Eliot Spitzer's career started hers on a nude Girls Gone Wild video during a wild Spring Break weekend in 2003, reports the LA Times. Ashley Alexandra Dupré was celebrating her 18th birthday in Miami when she stumbled across the Girls Gone Wild production bus,... More »

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COLUMN

Thank You,
Sex Scandal!

German scribe salutes Spitzer, Craig for pulling towel off
prudish Americans

Mar 18, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here's to the US sex scandal! Eliot Spitzer and Larry Craig make American politicians seem almost human, Gabor Steingart writes in Der Spiegel. He claims that prudish Americans are fueled by secret lust—"and, in the case of some politicians, naked lunacy." Which makes public shame "an... More »

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John McCain • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Craig • prostitution ring • prudishness

ANALYSIS

 Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops 

Ex-gov spent career trying to ditch silver spoon image

Mar 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer didn't patronize a pricey call girl ring just for the sex, Chris Smith writes in a  provocative New York post-mortem. What really attracted him was the covert op. The silver-spoon-fed Ivy Leaguer was always rebelling against being squeaky clean; as a young prosecutor, he got "hooked... More »

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New York • Eliot Spitzer • governor • district attorney • Gambino crime family • political scandal • prostitution ring • Joe Bruno

Spitzer Flap Frees Sawyer's Hooker Special

Prostitution show, stalled for 2 years,
to air this week

Mar 17, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Diane Sawyer special about sex workers will air this week after 2 years on the shelf, Rush & Molloy report in the New York Daily News, and the ABC newshound can thank Eliot Spitzer. Previously considered too sensational for prime time, the show is now closer to "... More »

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Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges

'Kristen' kin already on probation for dealing near school

Mar 15, 08 8:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The brother of gubernatorial call girl Ashley “Kristen” Dupre has legal problems too: He pled guilty in New Jersey this week to possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Already on probation for other drug charges, Kyle Youmans will likely get more probation when he is sentenced next month, the... More »

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New Jersey • sex scandal • heroin • drug possession • probation • drug dealing • Eliot Spitzer • prostitution ring • Kyle Youmans • Ashley Dupre

 Stardom Beckons for 'Kristen'

'Kristen' already cashing in on massive media interest

Mar 14, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The now famous young "escort" in the prostitution case that torpedoed New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is enjoying a boost to her budding music career, thanks to all the publicity. Ashley Alexandra Dupre's MySpace page has chalked up over 5 million hits since the scandal broke, and her R&... More »

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music downloads • sex scandal • celebrity • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Flynt • Hustler • prostitution ring • Ashley Dupre

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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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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 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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 Spitzer Resigns,
 Effective Monday 

'The remorse I feel will always be with me,' New York governor says

Mar 12, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer, with his wife again at his side, announced his resignation in a short press conference this morning. The New York governor apologized for his "private" misconduct, again without making direct reference to the prostitution scandal that has ended his political career. "I am deeply sorry that... More »

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New York • sex scandal • resignation • Eliot Spitzer • scandal • David Paterson • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Silda Wall Spitzer • Albany • Joe Bruno

70% of New Yorkers Want Spitzer to Resign

If he doesn't, 66% want him impeached

Mar 12, 08 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Yorkers want embattled Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign from office—or they’ll throw him out, reports the AP. A poll yesterday found 70% of state residents want Spitzer to quit; if he doesn’t, 66% say he should be impeached. "It's a big thumbs down," said... More »

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impeachment • poll • resignation • Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • New Yorkers • prostitution ring • Marist College Institute for Public Opinion • Lee Miringoff

Gov. 'Met 8 Women for $80K Sex'

He was a 'good tipper,' says purported Spitzer 'escort'

Mar 12, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer had eight or more trysts with prostitutes from the Emperors Club escort agency over the last several years, a source has told Newsday. The sexual encounters, costing as much as $80,000 in cash, unfolded in hotels in Washington, Florida and elsewhere. Spitzer allegedly paid... More »

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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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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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Corporate America Revels in Spitzer's Fall

Schadenfreude strikes onetime targets of 'Sheriff of Wall Street'

Mar 11, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street is reveling in the fall of Eliot Spitzer, who as AG made exposing corruption highly personal, reports the Wall Street Journal. "He actually believes he's above the law," says ex-NYSE director Ken Langone, whom Spitzer sued for paying too much to the Big Board's CEO. "... More »

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Wall Street • New York Stock Exchange • Eliot Spitzer • Andrew Cuomo • attorney general • Dick Grasso • prostitution ring • New York attorney general • Ken Langone • corporate abuse

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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UPDATED

Spitzer Expected to Resign Within 48 Hours

NY gov will step down within 48 hours, sources tell local TV station

Mar 10, 08 11:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer, enmeshed in a federal investigation of a prostitution ring, will resign as governor of New York, likely within the next 2 days, CBS 2 in New York reports. Spitzer held a press conference today to apologize but didn't indicate what he was apologizing for and gave no indication... More »

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