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Governor Eliot Spitzer: Client Client No. 9, Seeks a Hooker Oh-So-Fine...

Eliot Spitzer Governor Eliot Spitzer prostitute prostitution Above the Law blog.jpgThere are a few things we could write about right now, but let's just talk about what everyone is talking about: New York's prostitute-patronizing governor, Eliot Spitzer. Here's a fresh thread for discussion (since the old one is already a comments clusterf**k).

From the New York Times (which broke the story):

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who gained national prominence relentlessly pursuing Wall Street wrongdoing, has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a law enforcement official and a person briefed on the investigation.

The wiretap captured a man identified as Client 9 on a telephone call confirming plans to have a woman travel from New York to Washington, where he had reserved a hotel room, according to an affidavit filed in federal court in Manhattan. The person briefed on the case and the law enforcement official identified Mr. Spitzer as Client 9.

Mr. Spitzer, a first term Democrat, today made a brief public appearance during which he apologized for his behavior, and described it as a “private matter.” He did not address his political future.

For a legal gossip blogger, this is huge: a highly pedigreed lawyer (and former state attorney general), who once had a blindingly bright political future, caught in a prostitution scandal. It would be tough to make this more juicy. Maybe a three-way with Rodge Cohen?

P.S. Bonus question, posed by Lawrence Hurley: Did Governor Spitzer violate the Mann Act?

Update: More details from the FBI affidavit (via MSNBC):

"Kristen" was sent to room 871, which Client 9 was leaving ajar; Client 9 wanted to be reminded of what she looked like and was told "American, petite, very pretty brunette, five feet five inches, and 105 pounds."

Apparently the session went from 9:36 p.m. [on February 13, the day before Valentine's Day,] when "Kristen" arrived in the room, until 12:02 a.m., although it appears she waited a bit for Client 9.

"Kristen" said the appointment went "very well."

"Kristen" said "that she liked him and did not think he was difficult." She collected $4,300 from Client 9.

CNN reports that this $4,300 reflected money Spitzer owed from prior to be applied toward other visits. But escorts who worked for the Emperor's Club -- not to be confused with the heartwarming Kevin Kline film, by the way -- did charge hourly rates well into the four-figures. Biglaw partners, eat your hearts out -- $1,000 is chump change to these ladies.

"Kristen" and her bosses in New York also discussed Client 9's sexual preferences and whether he had asked "you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe."

"Kristen" appears to have been OK with whatever went on in Room 871. "Kristen" stayed overnight in D.C. and took the train back to New York the next day.

Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring [New York Times]
Did Gov. Spitzer Violate the Mann Act? [Washington Briefs]

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1 Posted by Firstest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 5:59 PM

Firstity First

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2 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 5:59 PM

first of many

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3 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:00 PM

Let me be the FIRST to say, good riddance Mr. Spitzer!

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4 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:01 PM

if you read the smoking gun excerpts, spitzer liked to go bareback with whores. that is just foul.

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5 Posted by DC BigLaw | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:06 PM

I use my first year associate salary to frequent the hos on the K Street corridor - they aren't that great. I know what its like Spitzy.

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6 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:06 PM

Dear Politicians,

Can we drop this whole charade of pretending to be a Christian nation and admit there is nothing wrong with two unmarried people have consensual sex. Please, adjust the laws accordingly.

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7 Posted by CAPS MAN (sans caps) | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:07 PM

He sent a Christmas card around to all the partners in my firm. On the front was displayed a smiling pic of Gov Spitzer and a smilling, happy family.

Sad.

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8 Posted by Paul Allen | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:09 PM

E.S. is clearly into that whole Harvard Thing.... he is probably a closet homosexual who does lot of cocaine. That whole Harvard thing.

He definitely never handled the Fisher account....

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9 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:10 PM

6:06 here

OK so he appears to be married. Doesn't change anything. Still two people having consensual sex.

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10 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:13 PM

No 6:01, whether or not Spitzer like to go bareback with whores does not depend on on whether anyone read it on the Smoking Gun.

The Smokng Gun (and other websites) have posted the indictment. The affidavit states that the prostitute had a conversation with her handler in which the handler said something to the effect that Client No. 9 liked to do things that some women didn't consider safe - it doesn't say exactly what.

"Paul Allen," it wasn't funny on the other comment thread, and it hasn't improved over on this one.

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11 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:14 PM

6:06/6:10,

Agreed, in principle. But Spitzer aggressively pursued prostitution rings when he was AG. It's not that he frequents the hos that I find problematic. It's that he a hypocrite of the highest order.

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12 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:16 PM

He obviously has an addiction. Leave Eliot alone!!!

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13 Posted by G.O.B. | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:19 PM

Eliot did NOT frequent women who turn tricks for money. They were.... Illuuuusions!

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14 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:20 PM

Unsafe acts Spitzer may have engaged in:

1) Bareback (to any or multiple orfice)
2) Ass to mouth
3) Choking (him or her or both)
4) Gagging
5) cutting with razor
6) Drinking blood or other body fluids
7) Some extreme positions (chandelier)
8) Insertion of large or dangerous objects (in her or him or both)--think lamp stand or fireworks
9) Jumping from 8th floor into pool below
How bad does it have to be for a HOOKER to find it unsafe? I doubt bareback would merit mention with a high-class hooker...

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15 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:20 PM

6:14 -

Presumably the news networks have people re going through tapes of Spitzer news conferences when he was AG, collecting statements by him of the evil wrought by prostitution rings, the number of women they exploited, and how his prosecution of them was a great blow for truth and justice.

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16 Posted by Eliot Spitzer | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:21 PM

To be honest, no matter what happens, she was totally worth it.

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17 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:21 PM

Spitzer needs a stint in a state-run rehab -- where he can be drugged, raped and beaten until he is cured. Like I was.

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18 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:22 PM

Can you really EXPLOIT a woman you are paying more than $100 dollars to (much less $4,500!!!)

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19 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:24 PM

If you were a public figure, especially a former law enforcement agent, why would you ever hire a hooker?

If you wanted to cheat on your wife, why wouldn't you simply go to any restaurant or bar in any major city in America and seduce any of the star-struck twenty-somethings who would be more than happy to pin their legs behind their ears for you?

I suppose the hope is that the prostitute will be discreet and free of emotional attachment, whereas a mistress may not be either.

That being said, soliciting a prostitute is illegal, whereas banging the hostess at The Capital Grill is just tacky.

It's a lot easier to explain the mistress. And it doesn't have any legal ramifications (outside of divorce, I suppose).

So, politicians of America, I entreat you, please tag free strange.

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20 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:26 PM

AG to ATM?

AG to CIF?

Elliot loves greek?

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21 Posted by Bill Clinton | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:29 PM

Finally 6:24, someone else who understands where I'm coming from!

I agree with you completely, except on one point: why go to an expensive place like The Capital Grill to pick up the hostess? I'm partial to the hostesses at Olive Garden myself.

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22 Posted by Elliot Spitzer's Fist | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:30 PM

I am more furious than all of Bruce Lee's movies, and he puts me in women like they were puppets.

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23 Posted by Hill-dog | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:34 PM

Spitzer is a superdelegate. What's going to happen to that vote if he resigns?

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24 Posted by Anonymous | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:34 PM

It is sick that we allow gambling but forbid prostitution. The Europeans must be laughing at Americans. That chick would probably have cost 100 euros in amsterdam.

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25 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:35 PM

6:30 - that is fabulous!

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26 Posted by anon | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:36 PM

Shut up 6:34. Gambling rules.

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27 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:36 PM

6:30, that is the funniet thing I have read so far this year.

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28 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:38 PM

pics or gtfo

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29 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:40 PM

Hmmmm.

Unsafe sexual practices?

Anyone remember the scene from Gravity's Rainbow featuring Katje and the commandant?

Methinks Spitzer likes a Cleveland Steamer.

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30 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:43 PM

Did Governor Spitzer violate the Mann Act?

Of course he did. Expressly. Like he was on Dateline 'to Catch a Preditor' or somthing.

Except he got caught on a Federal wire asking a hooker to travel to another state for an agreed price to have sex.

(Hmmmm. I wonder what kind of sex?)

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31 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:44 PM

6:34- In about 6 months 100 euros will be about the same as 45-freaking- hundred dollars! I for one am appalled and shocked by the fact that hookers are now more expensive than a plane ticket around the world! WTF Elliot! You should have banged your intern, at least you would have kept your job! Personally I think if you are the Governor you should be able to meat slap a whore if you want to. America sucks! Hookers to 190K!

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32 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:46 PM

Since party affiliation wasn't mentioned, he must be a democrat. Otherwise the first word in the scandalous headline would have been Republican.

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33 Posted by Dude, seriously? | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:46 PM

Gee, 6:22, I don't know. Is it possible to exploit associates? I mean, we do make gazillions. Maybe if you pay someone enough at some point it's *impossible* to exploit them. Pay someone enough and he or she ceases to be human, and instead is just a big pile of money for you to do with as you will.

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34 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:48 PM

Spot on 6:14!

This fuckin hypocrite should step down. Karma's coming quicker and quicker for us. More and more truth is gonna continue to come out about our "leaders." I can't wait.

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35 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:54 PM

"Party affiliation" has been mentioned in every story, as it is with every political sex scandal--Dem or not.

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36 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 6:55 PM


Gotta love this guy.

Spitzer's family is fabulously wealthy and powerful, so he can "crusade" against rich people and drop $2k/week on "Kristen" without skipping a beat.

Way to go, guy.

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37 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:05 PM

He ruined some good men during his overzealous prosecutions as AG. I am not saddened that he also has been ruined.

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38 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:13 PM

I believe NY's Constitution has a provision for impeachment. I'm sure a certin NY State Senator would love to play a part in that proceeding. Don't resign, Governor, let's turn this into an educational moment in the history of the NY State Constitution.

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39 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:13 PM

You hire the talent because star-struck 20 somethings don't know how to shut up and want to be your girlfriend, which can become seriously embarassing when you happen to be married.

That said, a good rule of thumb would be that her time shouldn't go for more than your time.

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40 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:17 PM

Brian Ross on ABC News has this choice Spitzer quote - talk about eating one's own words. And it looks like the Feds got wind of the deal by being tipped off by Spitzer's bank about possible structuring.

Anyway:

>Prosecutors reportedly have a series of e-mails and wiretapped phone conversations of Spitzer.

>In a interview two years ago, Spitzer, then-attorney general, told ABC News he had some advice for people who break the law. "Never talk when you can nod, and never nod when you can wink, and never write an e-mail because it's death. You're giving prosecutors all the evidence we need," he said.

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41 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:20 PM

WCBS supposedly has it on very good word he is resigning very soon...

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42 Posted by Dante Hicks | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:21 PM

Will somebody tell him you never go ass to mouth?

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43 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:22 PM

In every picture I've seen, his wife looks like she's been sedated. I can't believe she would stand up there with him.

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44 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:27 PM

Looks like wife found out about the same time staffers did, i.e. today.

Wife probably needs to be sedated.

And you would think a State AG who has investigated all sorts of criminal enterprises would understand what a "cutout" is and how to use one. Or a throwaway cell phone if you want to be cheap about it (not that this enterprise looks like it was cheap).

The site, based on the HuffPo cache, is a fantastic exercise in marketing, by the way. Rate the girls 1-7, charge more the higher you go, and let ego do the rest. Pretty sophisticated.

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45 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:32 PM

Seriously. "Maya" is 10, but for $30K for a day you could probably find four of her on porn sets in the San Fernando Valley. Or hell, shoot your own porno, bareback (for you E.S.) and all.

Great marketing success on their part, but stupid f*ckers who bought into that pricing schedule because of "diamonds."

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46 Posted by Ain't Karma a Bitch | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:34 PM

What's the over/under on how soon pictures of "Kristen" hit the net?

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47 Posted by Kristen | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 7:49 PM

The best part is that I voted for Faso in 06.

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48 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:00 PM

Kristen, tell us about your night(s) with the (ex-)Governor!

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49 Posted by moko | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:02 PM

What a train wreck Gov. Spitzer has become. This is truly a shame.

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50 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:02 PM

Kristen is probably already on the net in the cached photos from Emperor's Club, just not with the name on the cite matching the name she was using matching whatever her real name is.

From the transcript, she sounds smarter than Spitzer, so there's probably not an overt match.

Look for a "pretty brunette who is 5'5" 105" in the cache.

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51 Posted by Anon | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:08 PM

The real lesson of all of this is:

Either convince your wife to be more sexual, or alternatively, get some good porn and masturbate frequently to address those instincts that your wife will not.

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52 Posted by ethics award | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:11 PM

How many ethics awards does Spitzer have? He should be able to use them as get out of jail free cards.

As a side note, his wife didn't look that upset. Was Client 9 a couple, mayhaps?

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53 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:22 PM

All this hooker talk makes me want to get a hooker. But Jesus, $4300? I need to pay off my student loans first.

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54 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:31 PM

spitzer got a 180 on the lsat. little known fact.

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55 Posted by jealous | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:35 PM

$4300? She must have some orifice only rich people know about.

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56 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:37 PM

Probably so little known because a top score on the LSAT was a 120 back when he took it.

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57 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:43 PM

Wait, he went to harvard - is their law school part of BU? You know, like how PENN law is part of Penn State?

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58 Posted by Omar | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:46 PM

All in the game yo, all in the game.

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59 Posted by Go Big Red! | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:47 PM

Screw BU and Harvard too.

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60 Posted by Bath House Stud | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:50 PM

Back in the 70's, guys in my bath house would go bareback all the time. It was no big deal.

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61 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 8:54 PM

Pretty lame, 8:43. Pretty lame.

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62 Posted by Kristen | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:03 PM

Wait, he went to Harvard? He told me he went to Yale!

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63 Posted by H.W. Plainview | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:03 PM

Client Number 9 has pre-recorded his resignation speech and it just leaked onto the internet. Check it out below:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=OQA5WkorAsc

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64 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:08 PM

Shame he didn't tell you that in Mass., 9:03. Maybe you could sue!

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65 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:09 PM

Best quote from the coverage so far comes from the WSJ:

"His brother, Daniel Spitzer, a neurosurgeon, said: 'If men never succumbed to the attractions of women, then the human species would have died out a long time ago.'"

Right. If men didn't occasionally pay four grand for kinky sex, the human race would surely die out. I love that guy.

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66 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:15 PM

9:09, don't get picky. Goal effectuating rules are always over (or under) inclusive.

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67 Posted by Anon | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:20 PM

8:31/8:37 - The top score on the LSAT was 50 when Spitzer took it.

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68 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:22 PM

New York to 190!!

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69 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:25 PM

"Number nine.....number nine....number nine"

John Lennon, The White Album

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70 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:27 PM

Danny Boy is a sexist douche -- guess it must run in the family. Unless he's a fan of rape, survival of the species also takes women succumbing to the attractions of men. Because, last I checked, prostitutes don't generally have their johns' kids for them. That takes a wife/girlfriend/partner or a surrogate, and surrogates got nothin' to do with attraction on either side.

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71 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:38 PM

Seems like Danny Boy's point, 9:27, might have been something along the lines of "Eh, we're hardwired to go get hot tail, so everybody just chill."

Which would be an appropriate response, if Spitzy wasn't such a self righteous douche bag.

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72 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 9:38 PM

9:27, last I checked, Danny was only trying to put his brother's actions into context, not the prostitute's. Also, he was pointing to the urge to have sex, not the urge to have kids.

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73 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:03 PM

What's the origin of "Guys in my high school used to... It was no big deal"? I must know.

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74 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:28 PM

Chill--can't a guy just get laid?

No strings. The poor "victim" made $4,300 for 2 hours "work".

I don't know, hypocrisy aside, it seems "victimless" to me, unless he pulled the cash out of a bribery slush fund.

I mean, where DOES a civil servant lay his mitts on $4K in Benjamins?

THAT may turn out the be the REAL scandal here.

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75 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:32 PM

I'm sure Cadwalader was involved in this somehow. I just don't know how yet.

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76 Posted by Your mama | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:36 PM

Just another example of T14 in action.... The next time a T14 posts about their (alleged) superiority, I reserve the right to bust your ass with this, yet another post, relating to T14 inferiority.

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77 Posted by jm | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:47 PM

$5500 an hour....that's much more than an equity partner at Cravath earns...seems like we are in the wrong biz.

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78 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:50 PM

Supply and demand. There are lot of idiots out there that can pass as biglaw partners... but not many can meet the multi-diamond status requirement of Emperor's Club - VIP.

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79 Posted by fendertweed | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:52 PM

"I mean, where DOES a civil servant lay his mitts on $4K in Benjamins?

THAT may turn out the be the REAL scandal here.

Posted by: Anonymous | March 10, 2008 10:28 PM "

.... D'oh ... pay attention... his family is loaded ...

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80 Posted by Da Scoop | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:57 PM

BREAKING: Spitzer just retained Paul Weiss for his defense.

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81 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 10:59 PM

defense of what? what are the charges?

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82 Posted by Anonymous | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:09 PM

Lets get off this super smoke screen and discuss what we are going to do about GAS going up to $4.00 a gallon. Where the f....k are any politicians protesting the price of GAS for the entire populace of America.

I dont care where Elliot Spitzer sticks his dick. I do care about the price of GAS for everyone else!!!

RALLY and MARCH on WASHINGTON to lower the price of GAS!!!!!!!!

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83 Posted by Anonymous | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:10 PM

Lets get off this super smoke screen and discuss what we are going to do about GAS going up to $4.00 a gallon. Where the f....k are any politicians protesting the price of GAS for the entire populace of America.

I dont care where Elliot Spitzer sticks his dick. I do care about the price of GAS for everyone else!!!

RALLY and MARCH on WASHINGTON to lower the price of GAS!!!!!!!!

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84 Posted by Da Scoop | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:13 PM

For legal advice and in anticipation of his (inevitably necessary) defense.

AP: "A spokesman says Spitzer, who has been linked to the investigation of a prostitution ring, has retained the Manhattan law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. Spitzer is accused of paying for the services of a high-end call girl at a Washington, D.C. hotel."

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85 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:15 PM

10:28 - Spitzer's family is worth half a billion dollars. This is less than chump change.

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86 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:18 PM

So it's great that another famous douchebag gets his comeuppance but I find it disturbing that the government is wasting money "busting" these super high class call girls. I'm sure the thousands of underaged, third world women that are gang raped and forced to fuck a dozen men a day are glad the government has its priorities straight. /end pc rant

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87 Posted by Captain Morgan | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:24 PM

11:18 it's just the way it is

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88 Posted by Richard Sans at 1452 Creek Road | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:38 PM

http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html


...making anonymous internet posting illegal. What would we do?

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89 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:39 PM

Is Spitzer the Lawyer of Day?

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90 Posted by queit | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:40 PM

This is the ultimate ABOVE THE LAW scandal!

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91 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:41 PM

NYT: Governor Spitzer, since when have you had anal sex?

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92 Posted by Mr. Paul Weiss | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:46 PM

Spitzer was formerly an associate at Paul Weiss so it's no surprise that he hired them.

Of course, he also worked at Skadden, but he didn't hire them. Maybe he has bad memories of the anal-retentive partners there. Then again, I would've thought the whole idea of "anal" might make him go with Skadden.

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93 Posted by guest | Permalink Monday, March 10, 2008 11:57 PM

Did the Gov wear a condom?

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94 Posted by Anonymous | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Someone has posted this ad from his 2006 race up on YouTube. Oh how funny...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic4cmjVtBgY

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95 Posted by Warren Burger | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:07 AM

"Client 9 wanted to be reminded of what she looked like and was told 'American, petite, very pretty brunette ...'"

How do you *not* look "American"? What, like wearing lederhosen or something?

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96 Posted by Captain Morgan | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:20 AM

11:57 You can't ask our Governor a question like this. Wait...maybe you can?... our governor-imbecil....fcuk...nope

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97 Posted by Captain Morgan | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:20 AM

11:57 You can't ask our Governor a question like this. Wait...maybe you can?... our governor-imbecil....fcuk...nope

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98 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:44 AM

He didn't hire Paul Weiss to defend him against a prostitution charge. According to the ABC report, he's facing charges for financial 'structuring', whatever that is. A form of money laundering, perhaps?

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4424507&page=1

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99 Posted by Anon. | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:44 AM

Spitzer Rap:

For a Real OG,
The Former AG
Is now the NY G-O-V
Spitzer, E!

I wish I was Spitzer
Then I could put my fist into
a whore named 'Kristen'
for $4300 an hour and
Mike Tyson that shit, son.

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100 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:48 AM

Ms. Lewinsky did perform oral sex on him.(210)


210. Lewinsky 8/26/98 Depo. at 20. They engaged in oral-anal contact as well. Id.

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101 Posted by Charlie Sheen | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:30 AM

Back when I was in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Platoon, guys in my crew used to pork call girls bareback for 4300 dollars all the time. It was no big deal.

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102 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:30 AM

you guys seem to be confused here, debating this like it is a question of the morality of prostitution or whether spitzer is a hypocrite. The issue here is that gov spitzer put himself in a position to be blackmailed and bribed by members of a prostitution ring, an industry that is by definition organized crime and is usually connected with more nefarious mob elements. this is iresponsibility of the highest order. Gov spitzer should be ashamed of himself and resign immediately. The fact that he seems to be holding out is embarassing.

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103 Posted by Kobe Bryant | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:34 AM

Back when I was in Eagle County, guys I knew used to cum on the faces of young girls in hotels all the time. It was no big deal.

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104 Posted by Sylvester Stallone | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:36 AM

Back when I was in Hollywood, guys I knew used to pee on calls girls provided by Heidi Fleiss all the time. It was no big deal.

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105 Posted by The Rev. Ted Haggard | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:39 AM

Back when I was in Denver, guys I knew used to smoke meth and sodomize male prostitutes in hotels all the time. It was no big deal.

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106 Posted by Michael Irvin | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:41 AM

Back when I played for the Cowboys, teammates I knew used to throw sex parties, snort coke, and fingerbang hookers at our gangbang townhouse all the time before Sunday football games. It was no big deal.

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107 Posted by Eliot Spitzer | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:41 AM

It wasn't me.

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108 Posted by Kim Jong Il | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:43 AM

Back when my father was The Great Leader, guys I knew used to get drunk of Scotch, gather packs of teenaged virgins, defile those virgins, bukake all over their faces, and then laugh at them when we threw them back to their parents' podunk villages. It was no big deal.

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109 Posted by Lot | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:49 AM

Back when I left Sodom for the caves in the hills, my daughters used to get me shitfaced drunk, suck me off, have group incest sex with me, and bear my (grand)-children with my dirty old man semen all the time. It was no big deal.

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110 Posted by Dirty Sanchez | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:56 AM

Nothing wrong with some innocent Dirty Sanchez action. Does miracles for acne.

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111 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:18 AM

"It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds." - Doc Holliday

"We're both part of the same hypocrisy, senator, but never think it applies to my family. " - Michael Corleone

"It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!" - Fredo Corleone

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112 Posted by WGWAG-Frat Stud hybrid | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:19 AM

Back when I was in high school, white girls would have sex with Asian guys for $4,300 in hotel rooms all the time. It was no big deal.

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113 Posted by Johnny WannaNoSpitzer | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:44 AM

Uhhnn, yeeass, preeese send up u best girra an I wanna one who no spitzer. No this is ma rear namea Erriot ... I mean Gorge Foxe. Chop chop you send her up nowa or I indict your ass. No this is no fake accent. This is rear shit asshor. Send girra who no spitz my road or you goin to jaior asshor!Now! Goddamit!

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114 Posted by Spitzer-Swallows | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:59 AM

He should plead guilty to whatever he can get in exchange for the FBI not releasing more embarassing details...this was just the tip of the iceberg! They have plenty on this guy.

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115 Posted by Just curious | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:00 AM

How did they figure out that ES was client 9?

Why aren't they going to out the other clients mentioned?

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116 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:21 AM

>>>Why aren't they going to out the other clients mentioned?<<<

What makes you think they're not? Just because you haven't heard about it? Read the indictment (not just selections). They are going after more than just ES.

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117 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:39 AM

Hofstra to the New York governor's mansion!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paterson

Hof1L, you beat out Harvard yet again!

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118 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:47 AM

It was clearly his wife's fault.

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119 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:49 AM

Why is he wearing a star shaped earring in the picture? Very strange.

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120 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:05 AM

I like how Sen. Craig was branded a hypocrite, liar and criminal (which he is) by the major media outlets, who never failed to mention he was a Republican. The Post waits until the second paragraph of its story to mention Spitz's political affiliation and the headline reads "Prost. Sting Nicks Spitzer." Oh, I see. He was just nicked in the sting. Not potentially facing 20 years for violation of the Mann Act.

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121 Posted by Ted Kennedy | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:06 AM

Baack in myyyy dayyy, if you waahhnted to haave sex with a hoooker, you juussttt had to maake sure and kill them aahhffterwards.

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122 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:06 AM

Someone needs to get these girls law degrees. Then we could bill $10K/hour for meetings with clients.

And have happier clients.

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123 Posted by Eagle | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:13 AM

In response to those posters wondering why the focus on Spitzer rather than the other clients (other than the obvious newsworthiness of Spitzer, as opposed to random rich guys):

Based on this morning's NY Times, the whole investigation began when banks starting reporting to the IRS about Spitzer-related accounts engaging in odd transactions clearly designed to hide the source and destination of various payments, which payments were all going to various dummy corporations (that were set up by the escort ring). The IRS was pursuing this investigation under the assumption it was some sort of political corruption/bribery/blackmail/kickback situation, and the prostitution angle was a surprise.

In other words, Spitzer did not get caught up in the prostitution investigation, the prostitution ring got caught in the Spitzer investigation. Of course, assuming he is as wealthy as he is reported to be, it is rather interesting that he was not able to make payments of only a few thousand at a time without raising suspicions. (I wonder exactly how many prostitute transactions were there, and if the transactions were not simply in cash. If they were in cash, wow, pretty impressive that the government tracked it)

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124 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:17 AM

9:05, your post is great. You complain that Craig's political affiliation was always mentioned, then say that Spitzer's was mentioned. The horror of consistency! Then you complain about one single publication's - and The Post, at that - failure to discuss his hypocrisy. You've really shown the MSM to be incredibly biased.

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125 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:38 AM

11:18 - The call girls were not even charged, the money laundering pimps were charged. The call girls will probably get nothing more than a slap on the wrist if they cooperate with the Feds. Oh, and Kristen will get a multi-million dollar photo shoot with Playboy. Not bad for two hours of work.

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126 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:43 AM

Point of clarification - The NY Times reports that the entire investigation started because the IRS noticed Spitzer was doing something fishy with cash. They wanted to see if there was some sort of graft involved and then they saw this. So, it's not like the fed. was investigating call girls and found Spitzer - it's the other way around.

And for pete's sake, whether or not prostitution should be illegal is not the point. You can't selectively abide the laws.

Prediction - once Spitzer gets a promise that he won't be charged, he will resign. This will happen by Friday.

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127 Posted by Dick Morris | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:44 AM

Damn I miss being powerful....

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128 Posted by Hugh Hefner | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:47 AM

Nice call, 9:38. She's flying to the grotto as I type.

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129 Posted by Chyna | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:51 AM

9:38 -- Multi-million dollar photo shoot with Playboy? Since when??

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130 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:54 AM

Right now there are a number of high powered polticians and one former President that are praying that the other shoe doesn't drop. This by no means over....

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131 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:55 AM

How does a guy worth nine figures not have a safe of cash in the house?

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132 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:02 AM

I don't understand why going ass to mouth is so bad. Isn't that why you get the hepatitis B vaccine?

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133 Posted by Mayor Daley | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:03 AM

Something like this would never happen in Chicago

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134 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12 AM

It was not the barebacking (that is a given at $4300), it was the choking and fisting that got ES in hot water!

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135 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:14 AM

I used to like Elliot Spitzer as a corporate governance advocate, but then this whole prostitituion-bareback-$4300 news leake -- and now the man is a freaking GOD!

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136 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:18 AM

This media coverage is too intense, I just came...

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137 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:19 AM

This Sptizer smoke-screen has diverted our true efforts -- ban SEN!

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138 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:12 AM

9:05: The level of stupidity required to accuse the NYPost of being biased toward the left is mind-boggling.

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