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Spitzer Sex Scandal

"To say this is a shock is an understatement." -Jeffrey Toobin

The apology came first—to his family and the public—the details of the New York governor's involvement in a prostitution ring come next.

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April 2008
- Spitzer's Sex Ring Run by Unlikely Madams
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 7, 08 7:35 AM CDT
  
  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 what drove the managers of the 3-year-old Emperor's Club to careers as a pimp and madams. More »
March 2008
- The Donald to Ashley: 'Call Me'
  
  newser | People | Mar 30, 08 12:10 PM CDT
  
  Another high-powered fella has taken an interest in Ashley Alexander Dupre, but unlike Eliot Spitzer, Donald Trump’s interest in the former call girl is all about TV (well, money, too). People reports that Trump wants Dupre for his new MTV reality show, said to be a sort of "My Fair Lady" competition. “She is an interesting candidate, very interesting," sayeth the Donald. More »
- Spitzer Slammed for Smearing Political Rival
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 28, 08 8:51 PM CDT
  
  Eliot Spitzer was more involved a smear campaign against political rival Joe Bruno than he cared to admit, according to a report today. Spitzer's answers to investigators were possibly "not truthful," Albany District Attorney P. David Soares said—but Soares is not seeking prosecution, in part due to Spitzer’s sudden resignation in a call girl sex scandal, the New York Times reports. More »
- Spitzer Linked to Second Ring
  
  newser | New York Post | Mar 27, 08 4:10 PM CDT
  
  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," the paper charges Spitzer's favored woman here might have been proprietor Kristin "Billie" Davis. More »
- GOP Operative Involved in Spitzer Sting
  
  newser | TPM Muckraker | Mar 25, 08 4:09 PM CDT
  
  A GOP operative who was a teenage participant in the Watergate affair played a role in uncovering Eliot Spitzer’s prostitution habit, Talking Points Memo reports. But Roger Stone was likely too late to the scene to deserve credit for breaking the story. Stone, who was recently involved in leaving threatening messages on Spitzer’s father’s answering machine, tipped the FBI in November about the governor’s habits. More »
- I Used Cocaine: NY Governor
  
  newser | NY1 | Mar 25, 08 4:37 AM CDT
  
  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 governor, succeeded Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in a call-girl scandal. More »
- Feds Defend Tough Pursuit of Spitzer
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 21, 08 3:22 PM CDT
  
  The Justice Department's unusual pursuit of the Emperor's Club—and its most famous client—grew out of suspicions of corruption, not moral turpitude, department officials tell the New York Times. Agents tailed Eliot Spitzer, tapped his phone, and pored over his financial records, steps more costly and intrusive than prostitution cases usually merit. More »
- Playgirl Proposes Spitzer Spread
  
  newser | Playgirl | Mar 20, 08 1:48 PM CDT
  
  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 loot back, by showing us what you saved for such a select few?” More »
- 'Kristen' Was 17 in Wild Videos, Says Lawyer
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 20, 08 6:24 AM CDT
  
  Girls Gone Wild mogul Joe Francis thought he'd hit the jackpot when he discovered he had raunchy videos of the call girl from the Spitzer sex scandal on file. But his find may prove less of a bonanza than he'd hoped, now that Ashley Alexandre Dupre has said she was under 18 when she spent a week on the Girls Gone Wild bus, the AP reports. More »
- The Software That Ruined Eliot Spitzer
  
  newser | MIT Technology Review | Mar 19, 08 3:20 PM CDT
  
  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—like Spitzer’s three $5,000 deposits—get flagged. More »
- Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild'
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Mar 19, 08 8:07 AM CDT
  
  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, and made seven videos over several days. More »
- Thank You, Sex Scandal!
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Mar 18, 08 5:50 PM CDT
  
  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 invaluable benefit" to the body politic. More »
- Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops
  
  newser | New York | Mar 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT
  
  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 on the clandestine" while running stings on the Gambino crime family. More »
- Spitzer Flap Frees Sawyer's Hooker Special
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Mar 17, 08 4:05 PM CDT
  
  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 "ripped from the headlines." It highlights legal brothels like Nevada's Moonlite Bunny Ranch, where Sawyer "really hit it off with all my girls," the owner says. More »
- NY Swears In New Gov; Paterson Calls for Unity
  
  newser | Times Union (Albany) | Mar 17, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  David Paterson was sworn in as New York’s governor this afternoon and gave a speech that mixed humor and solemnity, the Albany Times-Union reports. “I never expected to have the honor of serving as governor,” said New York’s first black governor, who repeatedly stressed the importance of bringing political parties together. More »
- Ex-Aide Claims Ménage à Trois With McGreeveys
  
  newser | New York Post | Mar 16, 08 9:36 PM CDT
  
  Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's wife Dina was all over the media last week blasting Eliot Spitzer for hypocrisy and empathizing with this aggrieved wife. That was too much for Teddy Pedersen, a former McGreevey driver and aide who says “she’s out there being as dishonest as anyone could be.” Pederson says Dina had to know her hubby was gay all along because Pedersen had three-way sex with the couple on numerous occasions. More »
- 'It Could Never Happen to Me': NY Wives
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 16, 08 4:12 PM CDT
  
  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 of stories from women who got blindsided by a version of this." More »
- Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges
  
  newser | Asbury Park Press | Mar 15, 08 8:19 PM CDT
  
  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 Asbury Park Press reports. More »
- 'Kristen' Lawyer Scolds Media Over Racy Pics
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 15, 08 4:20 PM CDT
  
  The lawyer for Ashley Alexandra Dupre—the call girl known as "Kristen" to resigned New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer—blasted the media yesterday for unauthorized use of revealing photos of the 22-year-old. Attorney Don D. Buchwald said the media has thrust Dupre into the "public glare" without her consent, the AP reports. More »
- 'Kristen' Could Make Millions on Instant Fame
  
  newser | New York Post | Mar 15, 08 8:16 AM CDT
  
  Fame (or infamy) is beginning to pay off for Eliot Spitzer "escort" Kristen: the aspiring R&B star has now scored $200,000 from downloads of her song—which the New York Post helpfully calculates is worth over four dozen Spitzer hookups. Meanwhile, men's mag Hustler has offered Ashley Alexandra Dupre $1 million for a nude photo shoot, and Penthouse is in pursuit. More »

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New York State Gov. Elliot Spitzer is joined by his wife Silda as he makes a statement to reporters during a news conference Monday, March 10, 2008 in New York. Spitzer has apologized to his family and... (Associated Press)

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The New York Times is reporting Monday March 10, 2008 that Spitzer has told senior advisers that he... (Associated Press)

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks at Purchase College's 40th Anniversary Gala at Millennium Broadway Hotel, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Gary He) (Associated Press)

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer attends a memorial service for fallen firefighters in Albany, N.Y., in this Oct. 9, 2007 file photo. The New York Times is reporting Monday, March 10, 2008 that Gov. Eliot... (Associated Press)

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Eliot Spitzer was elected governor by the people of the state of New York on November 7, 2006.

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