NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Times is reporting that Gov. Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he had been involved in a prostitution ring.
On its Web site, the newspaper cites an anonymous administration official as the source and says Spitzer was meeting with his top aides.
Spitzer officials wouldn't immediately comment on the story to The Associated Press. An announcement was scheduled for 2:15 p.m. at his Manhattan office.
Posted by rimasco on :
Now I like him!!
Fcuking HYPOCRITE!
Posted by CashCowMoo on :
wow
Posted by rimasco on :
And you would think that sombody as arrogant and so brazen would have clean sheets....
PUN INTENDED!
Posted by urnso77 on :
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! Another one bites the dust. Politicians are such scum.
your old buddy urn
Posted by Lockman on :
Hey urn long time no hear, How ya been?
Spitzer what a joke! He apparently has done this on a regular basis.
Posted by turbokid on :
its funny that those in position to uphold the laws care nothing for them.
but i guess i can look on the bright side, at least he was playing with the opposite sex.. Posted by bond006 on :
I love it its about time we start to doubt all the folks that scream the loudest about morals and the right way to live.
Politicians,clergy,and cops.
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by turbokid: its funny that those in position to uphold the laws care nothing for them.
but i guess i can look on the bright side, at least he was playing with the opposite sex..
and the women were willing and are of legal age (right?)
what do you get for 5500$/hr anyway?
never mind, i don't think i really want an answer to that question Posted by Highwaychild on :
I never heard him say he was going to resign, You think he'll stick it out(pardon the pun)?
Posted by PCola77 on :
Yeah, who was that politician that got all those laws passed to be tougher on pedolphiles that was found with tons of kiddie porn on his computer? F*** people like that.
quote:Originally posted by bond006: I love it its about time we start to doubt all the folks that scream the loudest about morals and the right way to live.
Politicians,clergy,and cops.
Posted by The Bigfoot on :
Quite frankly,
More often than I think any of us would care to know it is the guilt of association which spurs these men to become crusaders with a cause.
And sometimes those few who start the fight with a healthy heart fall to temptation along the way. In order to fight the system you have to learn the system. And once you know the system you know where to look to become a part of it.
Rough patch with the wife after 8 years of fighting prostitution and corruption??? Yeah, I could see how that would lurk in the darker parts of the mind as an option.
Shoot, I dunno why we are still so surprised by this. I lay even odds that Jimmy Carter is the ONLY president that hasn't snuck a woman or two into the house and I'm not even that sure about Carter.
Posted by Highwaychild on :
Another "leader" sex scandal under the watchful eyes of all our children... nice example,jerk.
Posted by glassman on :
I lay even odds that Jimmy Carter is the ONLY president that hasn't snuck a woman or two into the house
i dunno dude, Nixon was pretty darn ugly. Posted by T e x on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: I lay even odds that Jimmy Carter is the ONLY president that hasn't snuck a woman or two into the house
i dunno dude, Nixon was pretty darn ugly.
making his want-to-get ratio higher, just guessing here, if you follow...
Posted by The Bigfoot on :
lol
Posted by T e x on :
lol, big...
Nixon was aborted-calf ugly
Posted by J_U_ICE on :
quote:Originally posted by T e x: lol, big...
Nixon was aborted-calf ugly
Yeah when you have power those little groupies will follow no matter how ass ugly you grill looks
Posted by rimasco on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: [/qb]
what do you get for 5500$/hr anyway?
never mind, i don't think i really want an answer to that question [/QB][/QUOTE]
I believe you dont have to cuddle.....or speak to them?
Posted by bond006 on :
Funny you guy's should mention Nixon and Carter.
Years ago I read some where that Wite House staff said that those two were the only Presidents that did not play and had plenty of opportunities to
Posted by bond006 on :
Back to Story - Help NY Republicans threaten to impeach Gov. Spitzer By Claudia Parsons 18 minutes ago
State Republicans threatened on Tuesday to impeach New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer if he does not quit over a report linking him to a prostitute that has raised questions over whether he could face criminal charges.
The threat added to pressure on Spitzer, a Democrat and former state chief prosecutor who made his name fighting corruption, to step down.
"If he does not resign within the next 24 to 48 hours, we will prepare articles of impeachment to remove him," said Assembly Republican Minority Leader James Tedisco.
"We need a leader in place that has the support of people on both sides of the aisle," Tedisco told Reuters.
The New York Times said on Monday that Spitzer, 48 and married, hired a $1,000-an-hour prostitute and was caught on a federal wiretap at least six times on February 12 and 13 arranging to meet with her at a Washington hotel.
Spitzer, who investigated prostitution as New York state's attorney general, apologized on Monday for what he described as a "private matter" but said nothing about resigning. He neither confirmed nor denied the report.
Tedisco said on Monday night he had received a phone call from Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson to discuss a possible transition of power if Spitzer resigns.
Spitzer, viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party, spent the night holed up at his Manhattan home, besieged by media.
The New York Times, citing unnamed law enforcement officials, reported on Tuesday that the investigation began last year during an Internal Revenue Service review of suspicious financial transactions as reported to it by banks.
"The payments were made over a period of several months in a way that investigators believe was intended to conceal their purpose and source, which could amount to a crime called structuring," punishable by up to five years in prison, the Times said.
News of the scandal rocked Wall Street, where power brokers resented Spitzer's high-profile inquiries into financial cases when he was the state's chief prosecutor.
Spitzer was elected governor with nearly 70 percent of the vote in late 2006 following his stint as state attorney general.
NEWSPAPERS SKEWER GOVERNOR
New York City's tabloids seized on the news to skewer the governor.
The Daily News headline called him the "Pay for Luv Gov."
The Times said in an editorial that Spitzer's insistence in his brief appearance on Monday that it was a "private matter" displayed arrogance.
"He did not just betray his family in a private matter," the newspaper said.
"He betrayed the public and it is hard to see how he will recover from this mess and go on to lead the reformist agenda on which he was elected to office."
The Wall Street Journal said Spitzer had shown his lack of restraint in overly aggressive tactics as attorney general, making "extraordinary threats" to entire firms and to those who criticized his pursuit of high-profile Wall Street figures.
"The stupendously deluded belief that the sitting Governor of New York could purchase the services of prostitutes was merely the last act of a man unable to admit either the existence of, or need for, limits," it said in an editorial.
New York's state capital, Albany, was rife with speculation about if, or when, Spitzer would resign and whether he would be charged with any crime. Prosecutors rarely bring charges against clients of prostitutes in such cases.
At the heart of the scandal is a criminal complaint unveiled last week charging four people with running a prostitution ring dubbed The Emperors Club.
The New York Times said Spitzer was an individual identified as Client 9 in the court papers filed last week. Client 9 arranged to meet with "Kristen," a prostitute who charged $1,000 an hour, on February 13 in a Washington hotel and paid $4,300 for services rendered and as a down payment for future engagements, according to the court documents.
Among the charges brought against the four defendants last week was transporting women across state lines for prostitution purposes. It was not clear if a similar charge might be brought against Spitzer if it were proven he arranged for "Kristen" to travel from New York to Washington to have sex with him.
(Additional reporting by Daniel Trotta and Robert Campbell, and Joan Gralla in Albany; editing by Frances Kerry)
what i find hilarious about this is that Spitzer is being told to resign or else...
he spent 15,000$ of his own money on hookers?
Bush spent a trillion$ of OUR money on wars.
when does Bush get the same ultimatum?
Posted by turbokid on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: what i find hilarious about this is that Spitzer is being told to resign or else...
he spent 15,000$ of his own money on hookers?
Bush spent a trillion$ of OUR money on wars.
when does Bush get the same ultimatum?
excellent question glass, notice how fast they are preparing impeachment against spitzer??
maybe if he could somehow spin the scandal to fighting the war on terror he could get away with it.. Posted by glassman on :
maybe he was conducting a sting? LOL..
Posted by retiredat49 on :
I'm shocked...another lying, cheating, hypocritical politician with zero character.
Posted by glassman on :
i was wrong about the 15,000$ apparently it was really 80,000$
Posted by $tock Weazel on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: i was wrong about the 15,000$ apparently it was really 80,000$
80k? Wow................................WOW. Posted by J_U_ICE on :
Posted by The Bigfoot on :
LOL yeah...with fodder like that he's done.
Posted by glassman on :
i bet that we'll eventually find out that this was a very elaborate setup. and of course he fell for the trap....
Posted by bond006 on :
Maybe there is a lot more to this than being a john.
I can't believe that so many would call for his resignation especially politicians who IMHO use hookers also maybe they are just mad because they were out classed.
Has to be more than using a high end call girl
Posted by Highwaychild on :
Law enforcement officials said the governor — the millionaire heir to a New York real estate fortune — had hired prostitutes several times before and had spent tens of thousands of dollars, and perhaps as much as $80,000, on the high-priced escort service Emperors Club VIP, whose women charge as much as $5,500 an hour.
i tend to agree with cramer on this, Spitzer did a lot of good things, but in this? he really screwed up... the people cheering (as opposed to spoofing) at his tragedy are the real criminals that are happy to see this happen.
Posted by bond006 on :
By the look of things I don't know if people are mad about the money part of this or the call girl part of this.
To me it is the money and where it came from was it tax payer money or his own?
Because if it was about a married man visiting a prostitute.
If that is the case most of the men in this country will be sharing a cell with him. Including thoes on the relegious right
Posted by glassman on :
his dad was a real state mogul, i doubt he stole money to pay, but it is possible....He scored a perfect score on the LSAT and went to Harvard Law School.
Posted by retiredat49 on :
quote:Originally posted by bond006: By the look of things I don't know if people are mad about the money part of this or the call girl part of this.
To me it is the money and where it came from was it tax payer money or his own?
Because if it was about a married man visiting a prostitute.
If that is the case most of the men in this country will be sharing a cell with him. Including thoes on the relegious right
Uhh...maybe, just maybe it's the lack of integrity that every one is pissed about. People don't like hypocrites...
Also...It seems that you have a pretty bleak view of the men in this country...
Posted by rimasco on :
thank you retiredat. I thought he was a stand up guy and actually seen some hope within his iron fisted politics. I had no clue he was the type of guy that would pay to BE FISTED.
Its the HYPOCRACY that gets me. I seen a piece on the news last night about when he was DA and one of the Brothals he took down right out here in Staten Island. The Defense attorney said he was shocked to learn of these allegations and that when he went up against Spitzer he INTENTIONALLY and PUBLICLY PARADED and RIDCULED the defendants before the media.
Posted by retiredat49 on :
It's the same with most politicians these days rimasco...NO INTEGRITY.
People despised Bill Clinton not because he had an affair, but because he was a lying, cheating, hypocrite with ZERO integrity.
and Hillary...whatever it is (power, greed, desperation) that has motivated her to stay married to that lying, cheating, hypocritical scumbag...speaks volumes about her integrity as well.
Posted by Spectacles on :
Nahh,,,people were upset with Bill because he ruined a good cigar,,LOL
Posted by J_U_ICE on :
This was a full page ad in the NY Post today:
Posted by T e x on :
looks like a cross between Adult Friend Finders and Match .com...
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by CashCowMoo on :
this is just hilarious...charlie sheen hired the SAME call girl and an extra....read what he had the girls do
Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen allegedly hired the same call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal for a fantasy-themed threesome.
Pimp Jason Itzler, 41, claims he sent Ashley Alexander Dupre under the name of Victoria and another girl, Cheryl, to Sheen more than two years ago, the Daily Record reported.
He claims Sheen paid $20,000 for a threesome with the girls dressed up as cheerleaders.
"Sheen got the girls to dress up as cheerleaders and chant his name while performing sex acts. They loved Charlie. They said he was a great guy. A great lover. One time he had them dressed up like cheerleaders, chanting 'Charlie! Charlie! He's our man. If he can't do it, nobody can!'"
A call and e-mail to Sheen's publicist by FOXNews.com were not immediately returned.
Itzler also claims Sheen pretended he was a porn film director and asked the women to act out lesbian scenes for him.
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News of Dupre's liaisons with Sheen came as she prepares to face the grand jury to testify about her tryst with the disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Prosecutors will examine whether Spitzer used any campaign funds for his meetings with prostitutes.
Dupre, also known as Ashley Youmans, has received a subpoena to appear behind closed doors before an investigating grand jury hearing the case against the Emperors Club VIP prostitution ring, her lawyer said in court.
The struggling singer was caught by an FBI phone-tap talking to an accused madam about her $4,300 encounter with a man referred to as Client 9, now identified as Spitzer.
Dupre reportedly had several dates with the man she knew as "George Fox" but only realized during their last meeting that he was the New York governor. The shocked prostitute reportedly told her bosses: "Oh, my God! Do you know who this guy is?"
Spitzer, a crusading former prosecutor who is married with three daughters, resigned last week without striking a deal with prosecutors on his legal fate. Negotiations between prosecutors and Spitzer's legal team appear to be on hold for authorities to determine whether any taxpayer money or campaign funds was misused — which Spitzer denies.
The New York Times reported that prosecutors were focusing on whether campaign funds were used in Spitzer's dealings with the high-priced call girl ring. Prosecutors have asked Spitzer's lawyers about the travel arrangements for three trips, including his tryst with Dupre at the Mayflower Hotel, in Washington, on the eve of Valentine's Day, the Times said.
Spitzer reportedly used the escort service on trips to Dallas and Florida. He attended a fundraising event in Dallas in October and held another fundraiser in West Palm Beach last month.
Spitzer is more likely to face charges stemming from his payments to the prostitution ring than
I never tried to screw a snake, or paid for a ho. It'd be nice if the snakes in the elected offices could only do the same.
Still didn't have to pay nearly as much as Paul McCartney did...about $50 mill. + 70k a year! And on St. Patrick's Day! No luck of the Irish for him.
Posted by CashCowMoo on :
Bond you have to understand that if you agree to be in politics to agree to exposure yourself in more ways than one! you know this! im not saying i never did anything wrong before but i sure havent ever paid for sex while married and being involved in a prostitution ring as a major elected official!
Posted by bond006 on :
I don't the worst of you guy's for anything I think you are good men and fathers. God Bless you
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