Mar 10, 2008 5:47 pm US/Pacific
Report: 'Client 9' May Have Wanted Unprotected Sex
Gov. Spitzer Allegedly Involved In Call Girl Ring That Charged Hourly Rate Of $1,000-$5,500
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New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, right, holds a news conference in New York City with his wife, Silda, by his side on March 10, 2008, after it was announced that he has been involved in a prostitution ring.
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CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City has learned more about the Emperor's Club VIP and "Client 9." He used the name George Fox and sources say George Fox was in fact Elliot Spitzer.
The Emperors Club VIP caters to a wealthy international clientele.
The feds say some 50 prostitutes with names like "Maya" and "Sienna" were rated on a scale of one to seven "diamonds" and clients were charged accordingly. The hourly rate: from $1,000 to $5,500.
For that kind of money, "Client 9" allegedly expected unsafe sex.
In the documents, an Emperor's Club booking agent told "Kristen" before the rendezvous on the evening before Valentine's Day, the client "would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe."
Kristen's response: "I have a way of dealing with that. I'd be like, 'listen dude, you really want the sex?' You know what I mean?"
The alleged leader of the ring, Mark Brener, lives in the Briarcliff high-rise in Cliffside Park, N.J. Neighbors are stunned that this place has a connection to the Spitzer sex scandal.
"It's very surprising," one neighbor told WCBS-TV.
Brener is charged with promoting prostitution and money laundering.
Three others were arrested -- Cecil Suwal, who lives with Brener, Tanya Hollander and alleged booking agent Temeka Lewis, who lived on St. James Street in Brooklyn.
All I know that she has mail that comes here," neighbor Georgia Gunnish said.
The maximum penalty for the four arrested will range from five to 25 years in prison. But what about Gov. Spitzer?
"As far as prostitution goes I don't think Eliot Spitzer is in very much trouble legally," legal analyst Andrew Cohen said. "I don't think he's going to be tried."
Cohen says any criminal case against Spitzer would likely involve alleged attempts to hide the flow of money.
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