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NEWS ABOUT: Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Spitzer stories: 138 news summaries

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 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

Spitzer Moves On to Dad's
Real Estate Firm

Disgraced governor pitches vulture fund for distressed properties

Jun 10, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having laid low for two months after exiting in disgrace from the New York governorship, Eliot Spitzer is back in business. He’s recently been shopping a plan to start a vulture fund that would flip distressed real estate assets, the New York Sun reports. Spitzer gathered labor union officials... More »

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real estate • Eliot Spitzer • labor unions • vulture funds • Bernard Spitzer

 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

 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

New Yorkers
See a Saltier
Bloomberg

Concern over mayoral legacy might explain more frequent fits

May 20, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - In his 6 years in office, Michael Bloomberg has enjoyed a reputation as the cool, collected CEO of the Big Apple. But as setbacks have mounted and his presidential ambitions have been shelved, another side is showing: the temperamental, sometimes explosive antagonist. Bloomberg's mood is "the worst I've ever... More »

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New York City • New York • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • Eliot Spitzer • temper tantrums

Spitzer Scandal Hits Small Screen Tomorrow

Law & Order season finale fictionalizes ex-gov's hooker exploits, with a twist

May 20, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - If disgraced New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was ever a Law & Order fan, he probably isn't anymore. Tomorrow’s ripped-from-the-headlines season finale on NBC tells a fictionalized version of the sensational sex scandal that doomed Spitzer’s political career, the New York Post reports. Actor Tom Everett Scott guest-stars... More »

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television • New York City • sex scandal • Law and Order • Eliot Spitzer

 Aren't All Men Secret Spitzers? 

Writer suspects US is too puritanical about sex

May 19, 08 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - How many husbands reacted to Eliot Spitzer's downfall by pretending to be appalled, hiding their porn, and praying their own similar indiscretions wouldn't come to light? Philip Weiss emailed 50 married men and visited a few experts to confirm his suspicion, based on personal experience, which he shares in New ... More »

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marriage • sex • Eliot Spitzer • infidelity

Spitzer Makes Amends—With His Donors

Disgraced NY gov refunds campaign contributions for 2010

May 15, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer had $2.9 million in the bank for a presumed reelection campaign, but the disgraced New York governor has done something rather uncommon for politicians: offered a refund. An email obtained by the New York Post reports that Spitzer will return what remains in his campaign coffers to... More »

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New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • campaign contributions • refund

 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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prostitution • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • money laundering • guilty plea • plea bargain • governor • prostitution ring

To Spitzer or Not to Spitzer? Playboy Answers Question

Disgraced ex-guv now has his very own verb

May 12, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Playboy's June issue introduces a new term into modern sexology parlance—"to Spitzer"—the New York Post reports. The flesh mag defines the nod to disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer as the act of asking a prostitute for sex sans condom, as in "I Spitzered... More »

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prostitution • New York City • sexual health • Eliot Spitzer • Playboy

 Spitzer Hooker
 Pitches Music Labels 

No deal yet as Ashley Dupré awaits possible charges from federal investigation

Apr 28, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The music manager who orchestrated Mariah Carey's comeback is shopping Eliot Spitzer’s 22-year-old call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupré, to top music labels, the New York Daily News reports. More »

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music industry • Eliot Spitzer • music label • prostitute • political scandal • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • Jerry Blair

Sex Scandal Tees Are All
the Rage

Apparel mocking
fallen pols is 'as American as apple pie'

Apr 27, 08 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans love their ironic T-shirts, especially when they make coy references to politicians' sex scandals. The Internet is awash with "Client #9" and "Zippergate '98" gear, but the phenomenon isn't restricted to the digital age. It's version 2.0 of the traditional smear campaign—"as American as... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sex scandal • Bill Clinton • clothes • Eliot Spitzer • Monica Lewinsky • clothing • Kwame Kilpatrick


 Spitzer Tell-All 
 On Market 
 for $350K  

That's the starting bid for book by author of popular Enron history

Apr 25, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bidding for a tell-all on former New York governor Eliot Spitzer begins at $350,000, the Daily News reports, though publishers don't appear certain of a big market for such a book. An agent for Peter Elkind, a Fortune writer and co-author of an Enron tome, said she expects... More »

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sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • book • prostitute • celebrity tell-alls • Peter Elkind

 New Gal: Spitz Likes Sex Toys 

Second prostitute-informant has confirmed to feds what others have already suggested

Apr 24, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A second hooker has confirmed to federal investigators Eliot Spitzer's proclivity for prostitutes and unprotected sex but has also revealed another embarrassing detail: the disgraced New York governor's fondness for sex toys, the New York Post reports. More »

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New York City • sex scandal • federal investigation • Eliot Spitzer • sex toys • prostitute • hooker • Kristen • Ashley Dupre

Blind Paterson Feeling His Way as NY Governor

Much of Albany familiar, but layout of new digs takes getting used to

Apr 21, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - It takes a lot of extra sweat for New York's legally blind governor to act like a person with 20/20, the New York Times reports. David Paterson spends hours each night listening to recorded staff briefings—and memorizing speeches, since he can't read a teleprompter. And though the veteran politician... More »

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New York • disability • Eliot Spitzer • blindness • governor • David Paterson

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

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

(Newser) - It takes more than comb-overs and beer bellies to make the world's 100 unsexiest men list. The Boston Phoenix factors behavior into its list of oh-so-fugly gents. A peek at who snagged the top (dis)honors:
  1. Roger Clemens: baseball (and steroid?) star.
  2. Spencer Pratt: Heidi's smarmy boyfriend on The
... More »

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Tom Cruise • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Roger Clemens • list • awards • Eliot Spitzer • attraction • Larry Craig • Perez Hilton • Lou Dobbs • Dr Phil • Ryan Seacrest • Spencer Pratt

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