New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer who built his career on rooting out public corruption as New York attorney general got involved with upscale prostitution ring, according to media reports Tuesday.
The prostitute, identified as "Kristen," worked for the Emperors Club, which charged between 1,000 and 5,500 U.S. dollars an hour. Spitzer's alleged involvement with the ring was caught on a federal wiretap when the club was broken up by the New York authorities last week.
Temeka Rachelle Lewis, the booking agent for the club, had discussed with Kristen when she would make the "visit" and said that Spitzer would be "paying for everything -- train tickets, cab fare from the hotel and back, mini bar or room service, travel time, and hotel."
In the afternoon of Feb. 12, Spitzer was told that Kristen had arrived.
Lewis and Spitzer then discussed how the woman would get a key to the ordered room and how they could arrange credit for future services.
Kristen called Lewis in the morning the next day, saying she was in the room at the Washington hotel.
Lewis told the prostitute in the call that she would be asked "to do things that, like, you might not think are safe -- you know -- I mean that ... very basic things."
Kristen told Lewis, "I have a way of dealing with that...I'd be like, listen dude, you really want the sex?"
Spitzer entered the room several minutes later. And nearly 2 hours later Kristen left and told Lewis in another call that she had collected $4,300 dollars.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer addresses the media with his wife Silda Wall Spitzer at his side at his office in New York, March 10, 2008. Spitzer apologized to his family for a "private matter" on Monday but made no reference to a New York Times report that he may have been linked to a prostitution ring. Spitzer became a national figure with a series of high-profile Wall Street investigations. He was also known for prosecuting prostitution rings.
He has not been charged yet.
Source:Xinhua
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