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Emperors Club stories: 13 news summaries

Spitzer Used Aliases, Paid With Money Orders: Court

Other details revealed at last sentencing

Jun 2, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The takedown of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was not politically motivated, it was revealed yesterday at the sentencing of the last Emperor’s Club VIP defendant. Rather, the IRS noticed suspicious bank transfers from Spitzer's personal account to the account of a shell company used by the prostitution... More »

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prostitution • New York • Eliot Spitzer • governor • Emperors Club • prostitution scandal

 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

 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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New York City • federal investigation • Federal Court • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • prostitution ring • Emperors Club

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'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

 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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prostitution • Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • sex scandal • Miami • escort • Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • spring break • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Mayflower Hotel • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • call girl

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

 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

 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

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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sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • wiretap • Internal Revenue Service • prostitute • political scandal • prostitution ring • call girls • call girl ring • IRS Criminal Investigation Division • Emperors Club • wire transfer • QAT Consulting Group • Suspicious Activity Report • Albany • Mayflower Hotel

(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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prostitution • New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • wiretap • federal wiretap • prostitution ring • Emperors Club

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