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August 2008
- PI: Mob Took Down Spitzer
  
  New York Post | Aug 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new epilogue to the best-selling book King of the Club suggests that Eliot Spitzer’s political and personal downfall was payback by the mafia, the New York Post reports. "I think it's the Gambinos," a private eye tells CNBC's Charles Gasparino in his book’s paperback edition. More »
July 2008
- New Yorkers Owe Debt of Gratitude to Spitzer Hooker
  
  New York Daily News | Jul 31, 08 11:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Call-girl Ashley Dupre has done the state of New York a huge favor, Michael Daly writes in the New York Daily News . If the sex scandal hadn't brought down "self-righteous, mean-spirited and divisive rich kid" Eliot Spitzer, New York wouldn't have the "warm-hearted and manifestly decent" governor it has today in David Paterson, Daly writes. More »
- Downer Spitzers Cold as Ice
  
  New York Post | 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 »
- Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft
  
  Star-Ledger | Jul 18, 08 5:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A New Jersey woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Ashley Dupre—better known as Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl—and Girls Gone Wild for defamation and invasion of privacy for Dupre's use of the woman's lost driver's license on the raunchy program. More »
- Spitzer Call Girl Drops 'Girls Gone Wild' Suit
  
  Associated Press | Jul 5, 08 1:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The call girl at the heart of the Spitzer sex scandal has dropped a $10 million lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, AP reports. Ashley Dupre, who said she was17 at the time she was filmed for a raunchy video, had claimed she was duped into giving her consent. Francis later released film in which Dupre says she is 18 and agrees that he can use footage of her. More »
June 2008
- Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer
  
  New York Post | 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 feds are probing whether Spitzer used campaign funds to pay for his $4,000-an-hour trysts. More »
- Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation
  
  Associated Press | 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 service, where clients like Spitzer paid up to $5,500 an hour. More »
May 2008
- Silda Steps Out of Hiding
  
  New York Daily News | 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 governor Eliot Spitzer launched the foundation in 1996. More »
- To Spitzer or Not to Spitzer? Playboy Answers Question
  
  New York Post | 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 her, but she was like, 'Duh, not a chance, pal.' " More »
April 2008
- Blind Paterson Feeling His Way as NY Governor
  
  New York Times | 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 knows Albany well, he's still learning the layout of the governor's mansion. More »
March 2008
- Spitzer Resigns, Effective Monday
  
  CNN | 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 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
  
  New York Times | 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, it could matter. Even now, friends say Silda has tremendous influence over her husband. More »
- 70% of New Yorkers Want Spitzer to Resign
  
  Associated Press | Mar 12, 08 8:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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!'
  
  New York Daily News | Mar 12, 08 8:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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'
  
  Newsday | 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 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?
  
  Nation | Mar 11, 08 3:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Portfolio | Mar 11, 08 2:20 PM CDT

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PI: Mob Took Down Spitzer

New Yorkers Owe Debt of Gratitude to Spitzer Hooker

Downer Spitzers Cold as Ice

Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft

Spitzer Call Girl Drops 'Girls Gone Wild' Suit

Feds Nail Down Case Against Spitzer

Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation

Silda Steps Out of Hiding

To Spitzer or Not to Spitzer? Playboy Answers Question

Blind Paterson Feeling His Way as NY Governor

Spitzer Resigns, Effective Monday

Reluctant First Lady Endures a New Ordeal

70% of New Yorkers Want Spitzer to Resign

Letterman to Spitzer: 'Get Out of Office!'

Gov. 'Met 8 Women for $80K Sex'

Can Spitzer Hurt Clinton?

Spitzer Hires Hotshot Lawyer