“George Fox” One Big Spender
Eliot "Happy With Hookers" Spitzer turns out to be a real big spender. In fact, he may have ponied up as much as $80,000 keeping his hookers happy.
ALBANY, N.Y. - With pressure mounting on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign over a call-girl scandal, investigators said Tuesday he was clearly a repeat customer who spent tens of thousands of dollars — perhaps as much as $80,000 — with the high-priced prostitution service over an extended period of time.
Spitzer and his family, meanwhile, remained secluded in their Fifth Avenue apartment, while Republicans began talking impeachment, and few if any fellow Democrats came forward to defend him. A death watch of sorts began at the state Capitol, where whispers of "What have you heard?" echoed through nearly every hallway of the ornate, 109-year-old building.
On Monday, when the scandal broke, prosecutors said in court papers that Spitzer had been caught on a wiretap spending $4,300 with the Emperors Club VIP call-girl service, with some of the money going toward a night with a prostitute named Kristen, and the rest as credit toward future trysts. The papers also suggested that Spitzer had done this before.
Speaking of condition of anonymity, a law enforcement official said Tuesday that Spitzer, in fact, had spent tens of thousands of dollars with the Emperors Club. Another official said the amount could be as high as $80,000. But it was not clear over what period of time that was spent.
Well, he certainly was a good customer. A lousy husband and father, though. But Kinky Eliot still has not resigned as of this posting, either. If he does not do so, I rather doubt he will survive impeachment and trial. There really cannot be much support left for the sanctimonious Spitzer.
By Larry, Tuesday, 11 March , 2008 @ 7:12 pm
Are you sure it wasn’t the taxpayers that put up the 80 big? Or is there another kind of dealing going on? That is a lot of money in in these times.