MADAM OF EMPEROR'S CLUB VIP SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS IN JAIL - New York Post

More at New York Post: “She was the property of her overbearing partner, and the madam who helped run the prostitution ring that brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer has the tattoo to prove it.

Cecil "Katie" Suwal was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail for her role in operating the Emperors Club VIP that serviced the notorious "Client 9," but not before her lawyer said she was controlled by her Svengali-like boss who branded her in the most humiliating of places.

"Her strategically placed tattoo eliminated any doubt," said her lawyer, Alberto Ebanks, as he made quote marks in the air. "Property of Mark Brener."”

Gov David Paterson's Swearing-In Speech

This is Governor David Patterson's rousing and historic speech given today after he was sworn in as the new Governor of New York. Patterson takes over for the resigned Eliot Spitzer; he's the first African American and Blind Governor in New York history. In the speech, he sited the problem of the meltdown of Bear Sterns as an economic challenge for New York.

Emperor's Club VIP Website "Disabled"

UPDATE: Spitzer's Call Girl

Emperor's Club VIP, the escort service that was to have played host to Eliot Spitzer's extramarital prostitution affairs, has a website which until this week probably saw very little traffic. Not anymore. Even though it does not come up on an Alexa search, it was reported when I Googled the site that it's "disabled" due to traffic.

Wow. But it's interesting that Alexa can't list it for ranking, but perhaps Alexa's overrated anyway!

UPDATE: Ashley Dupre A Millionaire From Scandal

GOV'S WANKY IN HANKY-PANKY!! > Spitzer Spent $80,000 On Prostitutes - NY Post

Ok. I had to try one of those NY Post-style headlines. What a riot! But less funny is the unfolding story of New Yok Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his reported fooling around with an escort service called Emperors Club VIP , (and for which its website has been "disabled").

Now the Post reports that Spitzer may have paid as much as $80,000 for call-girl service over a 10-year period. That's more than many people make in a year!

Stay tuned.

ELIOT SPITZER ACCUSED OF BEING IN PROSTITUTION RING

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This is the classic "Big Story". According to The New York Times, but the NY Post has better and more detailed information, reporting that Fix News has stated that Spitzer's set to resign:

Feds last week busted a diamond-studded international call-girl ring that offered well-heeled johns "fashion models, pageant winners and exquisite students" for up to $5,500 an hour - after one of the prostitutes turned on her pimp. The Times reported that it was unclear whether this was the ring Spitzer was involved with...The Emperors Club, an upscale escort service, ranked its hookers on a seven-diamond scale on its Web site and then charged its wealthy clientele accordingly for "dates," court papers said.
Four people were charged with prostitution and tax crimes for allegedly raking in more than $1 million with a stable of 50 girls that serviced clients in New York, Washington, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, London, Paris and Vienna.

You will hear accounts that Spitzer was a "clean cut" person and that as Attorney General, he essentially picked on the Wall Street establishment, and the online ticket industry. In the latter, without success.

Now Spitzer's speaking and appologizing to his family. He says that he failed to live up to the standard of himself the people of New York. He did not say he would step down but that he would get back to the public. He did not deny being part of the prostitution ring.

More later.