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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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March 2008
- Times Tells Inside Story of Spitzer Scoop
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 14, 08 4:55 PM CDT
  
  With the New York Times in the spotlight for breaking the Eliot Spitzer story, the paper’s urban-affairs correspondent tackles a flood of reader questions, ranging from whether Hillary Clinton will still get Spitzer’s superdelegate vote (“she loses it”) to how the Times got the story in the first place (“we do not discuss anything on sensitive reporting”). More »
- As Press Closes In, 'Kristen' Clams Up
  
  newser | CNN | Mar 14, 08 3:20 PM CDT
  
  The woman introduced to the world this week as a prostitute named “Kristen”—aspiring singer Ashley Alexandra Dupre—is trying to maintain some privacy as she keeps close tabs on her Facebook and MySpace accounts, CNN reports. After the New York Times revealed her identity, she began cleaning up her profiles on the sites, seemingly trying to exert control over what the public could see. More »
- Did Governor Use Campaign Funds for Trysts?
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 14, 08 6:33 AM CDT
  
  Disgraced soon-to-be-ex-governor Eliot Spitzer's troubles could get even worse as prosecutors probe whether he used campaign funds for his meetings with prostitutes, the New York Times reports. Criminal charges linked to the payments could follow if federal investigators discover campaign money paid for the hotel rooms and transportation Spitzer used for his call-girl trysts. More »
- Stardom Beckons for 'Kristen'
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 14, 08 5:24 AM CDT
  
  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&B songs are nearing a million paid-for downloads, reports AP. More »
- Criminal Charge No Certainty for Spitzer
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 13, 08 5:52 PM CDT
  
  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 settlement, in which Spitzer would admit to the crime—but ultimately won't be prosecuted. More »
- British Duke Tied to Spitzer Hooker Ring
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Mar 13, 08 4:44 PM CDT
  
  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 Prince Charles—and godfather to Prince William, second in line to the throne. More »
- Meet Spitzer's 'Kristen'
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 12, 08 10:00 PM CDT
  
  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’t want to be thought of as a monster,” she told the New York Times . More »
- Hookers Today Depend on Tech for Success
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 12, 08 4:44 PM CDT
  
  Eliot Spitzer's woes are shedding light on the new world of the oldest profession. Prostitutes and escort services use online social networking to find business, IMs to record the time spent with a client, and the web to make payment simpler and more private, reports the AP. New technology also widens the divide between "indoor and outdoor" prostitution, says a sex industry expert. More »
- Incoming Gov. No Stranger to Establishment
  
  newser | Politico | Mar 12, 08 1:32 PM CDT
  
  He's nothing like the New York governor who precedes him, but David Paterson brings skills that could take him far in Albany—and question marks, too. The lieutenant governor had been ready to move into Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, Politico reports, but arrives instead at the statehouse with a reputation as a unifier directly at odds with steamrolling Eliot Spitzer. More »
- A Brothel Manager's Guidebook
  
  newser | Slate | Mar 12, 08 12:19 PM CDT
  
  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. Keep out the riff-raff: 92% of the club’s clients were CEOs Peddle the best product: The ladies boasted detailed, degree-laden CVs Set fair prices: A three-diamond prostitute is less talented than a seven-diamond prostitute, but she’s also one-third the price More »
- She Shouldn't Stand by Him
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Mar 12, 08 11:41 AM CDT
  
  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 get yourself out of it.’” But professors disagree, saying sticking on your politician husband’s arm is simply “one last spousal duty.” More »
- Spitzer Resigns, Effective Monday
  
  newser | CNN | Mar 12, 08 10:42 AM CDT
  
  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 I did not live up to what was expected of me," he said. “I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work.” More »
- Reluctant First Lady Endures a New Ordeal
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 12, 08 8:36 AM CDT
  
  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, it could matter. Even now, friends say Silda has tremendous influence over her husband. More »
- 70% of New Yorkers Want Spitzer to Resign
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 12, 08 8:14 AM CDT
  
  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 pollster Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. More »
- Letterman to Spitzer: 'Get Out of Office!'
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Mar 12, 08 8:05 AM CDT
  
  David Letterman has made as many Eliot Spitzer jokes as anyone since the governor’s indiscretions broke, but last night he went on a punchline-free rant against Client 9. “He should have stepped down yesterday,” he said. “Get out of office. Who is running the state, for the love of God?” The audience applauded wildly, the Daily News reports. More »
- Gov. 'Met 8 Women for $80K Sex'
  
  newser | Newsday | Mar 12, 08 6:26 AM CDT
  
  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 for the encounters by wiring money to front companies set up by the New Jersey operation. One call girl who claimed to have spent time with the governor described him to ABC News as a good tipper. More »
- Can Spitzer Hurt Clinton?
  
  newser | Nation | Mar 11, 08 3:40 PM CDT
  
  Will the Eliot Spitzer scandal hurt fellow New York Democrat Hillary Clinton, who's all too familiar with the travails of philandering men? Writers are weighing in: Clinton had trouble securing Spitzer's endorsement, writes John Nichols in the Nation , and now, "He is a distraction—the big player in her adopted home state who is now in big, big trouble." One positive: David Paterson would "instantly become Clinton's most prominent African-American backer." More »
- Spitzer Hires Hotshot Lawyer
  
  newser | Portfolio | Mar 11, 08 2:20 PM CDT
  
  Eliot Spitzer needs a lawyer, and luckily, the ex-AG knows a few. Client 9 has put his fate in the hands of Michele Hirshman, his top deputy from his days as New York State's top lawyer. Now a partner at a top-tier New York firm, Hirshman also spent 11 years as a federal prosecutor, heading up the Public Corruption Unit, which just happens to be the outfit Spitzer’s in trouble with. More »
- Another Pol's Wife Stands by Her Man
  
  newser | ABC News | Mar 11, 08 1:14 PM CDT
  
  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: and, of course, Hillary Clinton, an exception in that she didn't share the podium with Bill at his nadir. More »
- Come Clean or Quit; Maybe Both
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT
  
  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 of, or need for, limits." 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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