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NEWS ABOUT: Silda Wall Spitzer

Silda Wall Spitzer stories: 15 news summaries

 Spitzers Go Out, 
 Holding Hands, No Less 

First public appearance together since scandal lasts whole 30 minutes

May 8, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hooker? What hooker? Disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer and wife Silda gave no indication they were ever involved in a prostitution scandal last night, the New York Daily News reports. The Spitzers went to an Education Through Music gala together—their first public outing since the ex-gov’s resignation. They... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • Silda Wall Spitzer • prostitution scandal

 Spitzer: 'What I 
 Did Was Egregious' 

Former guv has tried to address his 'gremlins'

Apr 6, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer opened up about his “egregious” call-girl dalliance and subsequent resignation on NBC's Today this morning. Spitzer, who also discussed his re-emergence as a Slate columnist, claimed that he didn’t hire prostitutes frequently—“not long in the grand context of my life”... More »

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Matt Lauer • Eliot Spitzer • Today show • Silda Wall Spitzer • call girl • prostitution scandal • Slate

 Silda Joins Hedge Fund, 
 Eliot Mulls Book 

Silda joins hedge fund; Eliot may write book

Nov 24, 08 8:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Silda Wall Spitzer, liberated from the constraints of being a politician's wife, has gone to work for a Manhattan hedge fund, New York magazine reports. A former corporate attorney, Silda will be recruiting investors for Metropolitan Capital Advisors, run by the wife of a long-time Spitzer friend and supporter. Meanwhile,... More »

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hedge fund • Eliot Spitzer • book • political scandal • Silda Wall Spitzer • op-ed

 Ashley to Silda: 
 'Sorry for 
 Your Pain' 

Former call girl ready to move on with life

Nov 19, 08 8:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Former call girl Ashley Dupre is haunted by the pain she caused Eliot Spitzer’s wife, but insists her tryst with the former governor of New York was “strictly business,” the New York Post reports. Dupre tells People in a forthcoming interview that she didn’t realize who... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • Silda Wall Spitzer • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • prostitution scandal

OPINION

Welcome to
the Annual Sexism Awards!

Limbaugh, Silda Spitzer, others take
home booby prizes

Aug 22, 08 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrating the Aug. 26 anniversary of the passage of women's suffrage, Ellen Goodman, in the Boston Globe, doles out the "Equal Rites Awards" to those fine individuals setting back the cause of the female sex. The envelopes, please:
  • The Blind Justice Award: To the Russian judge who
... More »

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Elizabeth Edwards • sexual harassment • Rush Limbaugh • sexism • suffrage • Silda Wall Spitzer • Wrangler jeans • Randi Rhodes

 Downer Spitzers Cold as Ice

Tense dinner underscores marital strife, Post reports

Jul 28, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The “awkward” and icy marital status of shamed former governor Eliot Spitzer and wife Silda was on display last week in the Big Apple as they “made only two seconds of eye contact during dinner” with another couple, a spy told the New York Post. More »

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New York City • sex scandal • marriage • Eliot Spitzer • Silda Wall Spitzer

 Silda Steps Out of Hiding 

Spitzer wife schmoozes in first appearance since hubby's sex scandal erupted in March.

May 22, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - While the fictionalized "Law & Order" version of her husband's infamous sex scandal was airing on NBC last night, Silda Wall Spitzer emerged from 2 months of self-imposed exile to attend the Manhattan benefit for Children for Children, the Daily News reports. The wife of prostitute-patronizing former New York... More »

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New York City • sex scandal • charity • Eliot Spitzer • benefits • Silda Wall Spitzer

Spitzer-Like
Sex Saga
Tapped for TV

Familiar-sounding tale to feature in
Law & Order episode

Apr 13, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Elliot Spitzer-like sex saga is headed to the small screen, reports the New York Daily News. TV's Law & Order has begun casting for an episode that will feature a politician nabbed in a prostitution ring. Meanwhile, life is getting harder for Silda Spitzer, wife of the disgraced... More »

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television • New York • Law and Order • Eliot Spitzer • governor • Silda Wall Spitzer

 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

 I Used Cocaine: NY Governor 

Spitzer's successor under fire again

Mar 25, 08 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - One week after revealing he had extramarital affairs, New York Gov. David Paterson has also admitted using marijuana and cocaine. Patterson used drugs in the 70s when he was 23, he said in an interview on TV news channel New York 1. Paterson, the state's first black and first blind... More »

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New York • cocaine • budget • marijuana • Eliot Spitzer • drug abuse • political scandal • David Paterson • Silda Wall Spitzer • Albany • Michelle Paterson • NY1 • Inside City Hall

 'It Could Never Happen 
  to Me': NY Wives  

Many women in denial about husband's adultery, author says

Mar 16, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - He may have strayed, but prostitutes? No way, say Manhattan wives who reflected on the Eliot Spitzer scandal this week with the New York Times. But "there is a trememdous tendency toward denial" among unsuspecting women, said Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake. “I’ve heard thousands... More »

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gender • prostitution • escort • Eliot Spitzer • infidelity • Silda Wall Spitzer

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

 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

Reluctant First Lady Endures
a New Ordeal

Politics 'strained' marriage, but Silda urged Spitzer not to quit

Mar 12, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silda Wall Spitzer was a reluctant first lady of New York, but when her husband's dalliances became public she was one of the few people urging him not to resign, the New York Times reports. Silda all but begged Eliot to stay in office, and if she means it,... More »

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New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • Silda Wall Spitzer

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

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