Dupre 'sexcapades' dashed former NY Governor Spitzer's presidency dreamsSeptember 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's dalliance with Ashley Dupre, the call girl involved in the scandal responsible for Spitzer's resignation, not only toppled him from governorship, but also dashed his 12-year plan to run for the White House. Constantine, a senior advisor and long time friend of Spitzer, who had been crafting Spitzer's political career since the mid-1990s, has now said that Spitzer had an eye on United States Presidency.
Ex-New York Governor Spitzer planning political comebackSeptember 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is reportedly thinking of a possible political comeback next year, several sources told The New York Post. Less than 18 months after he left Albany in a prostitution scandal, Spitzer has held informal discussions in recent weeks about the possibility of making a bid for state comptroller or the US Senate seat currently held by Kirsten Gillibrand, sources said.
Madam in Spitzer prostitute case wants former governor prosecutedAugust 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - Kristin Davis, the madam who spent four months on Rikers Island after supplying escorts to Eliot Spitzer, has in an open letter questioned why he has not been prosecuted. Davis had forced Cyrus Vance Jr.
Appeals court: US govt can withhold Spitzer documents sought by NY TimesAugust 7th, 2009 NY court: US govt can withhold Spitzer documentsNEW YORK — An appeals court says the federal government does not have to release information about wiretaps from the investigation that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Eliot Spitzer claims he's not like Mark SanfordJune 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer says that he is not similar to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. Spitzer had resigned in March last year, after it was reported that he was a client of a prostitution ring under investigation by the federal government.
Ex-official at NYC's Touro College pleads guilty in grades-for-pay scandalJune 10th, 2009 College official in NY convicted in grades-for-payNEW YORK — A former official at New York City's Touro College has been convicted on charges of creating and falsifying student transcripts for money. Andrique Baron of Elmont, Long Island, was found guilty Tuesday in Manhattan of computer tampering, bribe receiving and falsifying business records.
Ashley Dupre was just one of the prostitutes Eliot Spitzer bedded, says attorneyJune 3rd, 2009 NEW YORK - A hooker-booker's attorney says that Ashley Dupre was just one of the many high-priced prostitutes with whom former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer frolicked in swanky hotels in at least three states. Lawyer Marc Agnifilo says that hooker-booker Temeka Lewis told the feds that Spitzer was a much more regular and long-term customer of the Emperors Club than was known before.
Lawyer says ex-NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer met regularly with escorts for 18 months before quittingJune 1st, 2009 Lawyer: NY Gov. Spitzer met often with prostitutesNEW YORK — A lawyer for a former escort service employee who arranged meetings with high-priced prostitutes says his client revealed former New York Gov.
Poll finds New Yorkers prefer hooker-happy ex-Gov. Spitzer to PatersonMay 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - New York's hooker-happy former governor Eliot Spitzer has been preferred by a majority of state voters to be back in office than his beleaguered successor Governor Paterson, according to a new poll. The latest poll from the Marist Institute for Public Opinion showed 51 percent of registered voters would rather have Spitzer in the governor's mansion right now.
NYC's Hunter College gets $5M, becomes 14th female-led school to receive anonymous donationApril 28th, 2009 Mystery donor gives $5 million to NYC schoolNEW YORK — A mystery donor has given millions to at least 14 colleges run by women. Hunter College said Monday it received $5 million in the fall and realized only recently that more than a dozen other colleges nationwide had received similar donations.
Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer led normal family life after hooker scandalApril 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Disgraced former Governor Eliot Spitzer revealed that he did not lose his tranquility and maintained normal family life even after the prostitution scandal because he wanted his family to make it through. Spitzer's, who was identified as Client No.
Ex-New York Guv Spitzer's return to public stage stirs talk of political comebackApril 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's return to the public stage, with articles on Wall Street's role in the economic crisis and interviews on TV and radio, has led some observers to suggest conditions now are better than ever for him to return to the limelight -- if he wants to. "I don't think he's interested in a political comeback at this point.
`My gremlins pushed me towards hookers,' says ex-NY Gov. SpitzerApril 7th, 2009 Albany (New York, US), - Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has described his tryst with hookers "as an egregious violation of my behavior that I fell into for many reasons". Admitting that none of them are an excuse or justifiable," Spitzer told the Today Show in an interview that lasted for a little over eight minutes, that it crossed his mind that what he was doing was not correct.
Is ex-NY Guv Spitzer eying a political comeback?March 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Having spent almost a year in the public doghouse because of his association with a high-profile Washington-based sex solicitation and gratification ring, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer candidly accepts his personal flaws, but simultaneously says that if an opportunity arises to serve the public again, he would not shy away from it. Last week, he re-emerged as an early critic of AIG, warned of "rank populism", praised Obama, suggesting that he has left a door open for a comeback.
Ex-NY Gov. says he spent the past year in the doghouseMarch 21st, 2009 NEW YORK - Disgraced former Governor Eliot Spitzer has claimed that he has spent the last year rebuilding his relationship with his family, and still feels the error of his wandering ways.pitzer, who resigned a year ago after being outed as a patron of a high-priced prostitution ring, told CNN, "I failed in a very important way in my personal life, and I have paid a price for that. "I have spent a year with my family - with my wonderful and amazing and forgiving wife and three daughters - and we'll rebuild those relationships, and hope to do that as time goes on," the Daily News quoted him, as saying.