Posted on 03/15/2008 8:08:04 AM PDT by pissant
The high-class hooker whose tryst with Eliot Spitzer brought down the governor has been given immunity to testify in the investigation of a worldwide prostitution ring.
Word that Manhattan federal prosecutors have given Ashley Alexandra Dupré immunity came as members of the Spitzer administration were feeling high heat in the expanding probe.
Workers for Spitzer's election campaign have hired lawyers, preparing to meet with probers looking into whether Spitzer illegally used campaign donations to get to and from his trysts with hookers.
This week, Kristie Stiles, a Spitzer campaign consultant, retained criminal defense lawyer Charles Clayman, who declined to comment.
Sources said at least one other unnamed campaign worker has also hired a lawyer.
Prosecutors are expected to subpoena both to get them to turn over financial records of Spitzer's gubernatorial campaign.
In other developments:
* Another Emperors Club prostitute met with federal prosecutors to detail her involvement with another of the 10 clients mentioned in the complaint filed against the ring in Manhattan Federal Court.
* Lawyers for Emperors Club owner Mark Brener and three co-defendants agreed to allow prosecutors to delay an indictment, a sure sign that plea deals are in the works. Brener's lawyer, Murray Richman, declined to discuss plea talks. "I'm going to represent him to the best of my abilities. This is a dire situation, very serious."
* Dupré's lawyer said the 22-year-old has been thrust into the "public glare" without her consent. Lawyer Don Buchwald says some publications have used Spitzer's "political misfortunes" to exploit Dupré for commercial reasons. He stopped short of saying she would sue.
* Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who becomes governor on Monday, said his first goal will be to revive the state's economy and improve inner city schools. He flashed his trademark humor when asked if he would run for governor in 2010. "I guess I'll try it out for a while and get back to you," he quipped. When pressed, he said, "Yeah, I think."
* Paterson spent much of Friday trying to build a bipartisan coalition. He met with Democrats, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Controller Thomas DiNapoli and Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith. And he met with Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco.
As the Daily News reported Thursday, federal investigators are looking into whether Spitzer improperly used taxpayer funds and campaign dollars to facilitate his out-of-town hookups.
For instance, records show Spitzer used a state plane to fly to Washington Feb. 13, where he had a liaison with Kristen at the Mayflower Hotel.
He did not use public funds to pay for the prostitute or the hotel room, but used his state credit card to fly home on U.S. Airways.
He may have rented two rooms and could have used his own cash or campaign money to pay the bill. A source familiar with the ongoing investigation said that Spitzer, to stay in a luxury hotel, often supplemented the taxpayer subsidy, which is limited, with campaign dollars.
Investigators have also said Spitzer had a liaison with a prostitute in Dallas, although they have not revealed where or when. Records show Spitzer had only one visit there in 2007 and 2008, an October fund-raiser.
In that case, his campaign used contributors' donations to pay for the hotel and flights to and from the event.
A News examination of Spitzer's publicly funded travel shows he's flown to Lisbon, Portugal, once for a global warming conference; to Puerto Rico with his wife for a conference and to Washington at least four times for conferences and congressional hearings.
He's also used campaign funds to fly around the country for fund-raisers, although he wouldn't have been up for re-election until 2010.
Besides his trip to Dallas, he's held fund-raisers in Chicago, Seattle and twice in Beverly Hills, Calif., records show.
Oh no. She gets immunity and long-sought after recognition for her theatrical career after collecting thousands of dollars for being a whore and he gets prosecuted. Justice is truly blind.
I want to know whether Spitzer illegally used campaign or public money for this, but I also want to know if Spitzer got a discount for looking the other way. That’s bribery.
Gov. Spitzer’s hooker gets immunity.......and millions
She who knows where the bodies are buried is in a good position to negotiate a deal.
knew that was comin
And, it doesn't matter that she's an heiress. She's still slime.
So she gets a million dollars for her crappy music downloads in the last couple of days AND immunity. What a great place our country has turned into for people like this...
Anyone wonder who else in DC used the services of this agency? Hopefully there are other nervous political elitists out there. IMO, DC is overflowing with hypocrites.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Details. Details.
We curiosity seekers of perversions are now more interested in who is # 1 - 8 and 10 - ?
Cannot imagine that a successful enterprise such as The Emperors (regardless of the usury fees they charged) could have survived on only 9 "clients?"
Um, when one accepts money to have sex with the married governor of New York, they're taking a risk at eventually getting "thrust" into the public glare.
***Think Paris Hilton... an Internet whore before staring in several failed TV productions.
And, it doesn’t matter that she’s an heiress. She’s still slime.***
And just how many Hollywood stars have NOT “slept” (even no sleeping involved) their way to the top?
You’re right! This whore joins the Paris Hiltons everywhere “Bimbo Whores, Inc.”
Exactly. I bet Hillary is very nervous.
They apparently had hundreds of clients. I want to see the list.
That so-called song of hers was awful....another rubbish cloned rap-crap sound gutter music dreck. Then again not surprised...garbage in, garbage out. Idiots who purchase that song are suckers.....but King Rat is the biggest fool of all dropping $4300 + on this slut. Some Americans enjoy investing in sewage.
“Oh no. She gets immunity and long-sought after recognition for her theatrical career after collecting thousands of dollars for being a whore and he gets prosecuted. Justice is truly blind.”
I see your point but...
usually it’s the women who get prosecuted and the johns go scot free.
The fact that Eliot is one of the few johns who gets called on the carpet is delightful considering his past prosecution of prostitution rings.
It is also delightful considering his recent “great idea” was to strip medical licenses from certain doctors who refuse to perform abortions.
To close down crisis pregnancy centers for some imagined “crime” he dreamed up.
His intention to bring partial birth abortion to NYS.
Will I shed a tear for the great injustice done to Eliot?
Nope.
She didn’t know he was the governor (yes - a little revealing about her level of awareness)
She thought his name was George Fox.
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