governor spent 85000 dollars on sex

He gets paid a lot

By staff writers | March 12, 2008
NEW York's Governor spent up to $US80,000 ($85,000) on prostitutes who he asked to not wear a condom, it has been reported, as sordid details emerged in the sex scandal that threatens to hound him from office.

Eliot Spitzer became embroiled in the scandal on Tuesday when it was reported that he was linked to a US probe into a prostitution ring.

Mr Spitzer was caught on a listening device spending more than $4000 at the Emperor's Club call girl service.

Anonymous officials involved with the case have now been reported by the Associated Press as saying that Mr Spitzer had spent as much as $US80,000 with the service.

It is not clear over what time period that would have been, but the $4000 was reported to have paid for one night with a prostitute named Kristen with credit left over for future sessions.

That suggests Mr Spitzer made at least a couple of dozen visits to the prostitution service.

On the night of the visit with Kristen, Mr Spitzer booked two hotel rooms - one for him and one for her. He then slipped away from his security agents and met her in her room.

Court documents quoted a conversation between Kristen and an Emperor's Club employee about Client 9 - Mr Spitzer, officials have said.

"(He) would ask you to do things that ... you might not think were safe," the employee said.

"I have a way of dealing with that. ... I'd be, like, listen, dude, you really want the sex?" Kristen replied.

An official said that conversation to Mr Spitzer's request that prostitutes agree to unsafe sex and Kristen's refusal to do so.

When the scandal broke, Mr Spitzer appeared at a press conference with his wife to apologise for his actions. There were immediate calls for his resignation, but he has remained in office and been silent on his future since the appearance.

It has since been speculated that he might delay a resignation to use it as a bargaining chip with prosecutors. Or he may try to ride out the scandal and then continue in the job, albeit suitably chastened.

But his political opponents smell blood and are planning impeachment proceedings if he refuses to step aside.

And opponents on Wall Street have said Mr Spitzer's predicament is "too good to be true". "If he had any shame, he would've already resigned," one said.