The Emperors Club VIP
The Emperors Club VIP that "rocked the political career of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (aka Client 9) and tarnished his 'Mr. Clean' image, is a call-girl business that arranged sex between wealthy men and more than 50 prostitutes in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris, according to U.S. federal prosecutors. The Brooklyn-based club's website, which went offline after its operators were busted, displays photographs of scantily clad women with their faces hidden. It also shows hourly rates depending on whether the prostitutes were rated from one diamond to seven diamonds. ... The website ranked the prostitutes on a scale of one to seven "diamonds." A three-diamond woman, for example, could command a fee of $1,000 per hour. A seven-diamond woman cost more than $3,000 an hour. ... The club motto was: 'Every client is an Emperor.' [1]
Ashley Alexandra Dupré is the current name of Ashley Youmans, aka Kristen, implicated as a call girl of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, according to the New York Times. [2]
Equality Now statement, 3/11/08
"It is painfully ironic that Governor Spitzer, who was one of the strongest political voices against the commercial sexual exploitation of women, not only in New York but across the nation, may have been himself involved in buying a woman for prostitution. Governor Spitzer led the fight against human trafficking and sex tourism, spearheading the effort that led New York to adopt the strongest anti-trafficking law in the country." [3]
SourceWatch Resources
Photos
- Photos from the Emperor's Club. LA Times, March 10, 2008.
External links
- Spitzer Linked To Hooker Probe New York governor identified as "Client-9" in FBI affidavit, The Smoking Gun, March 10, 2008.
- News Release, Equality Now Responds to Governor Spitzer's Alleged Involvement in Prostitution Ring Equality Now Responds to Governor Spitzer's Alleged Involvement in Prostitution Ring, March 11, 2008.
- Dana Milbank, At the Mayflower, Client 9's Sinking Ship, Washington Post, Tuesday, March 11, 2008.
- Emperors Club offered 'meaningful' life, Toronto Star, Mar 11, 2008.
- Emperors Club offered 'meaningful' life, Toronto Star, Mar 11, 2008.
- Josh Levin, So You Want To Open a Brothel? The keys to success, as gleaned from the Web site of Eliot Spitzer's favorite escort service, Slate, March 11, 2008.
- Ashley Alexandra Dupré MySpacePage
- Serge F. Kovaleski and Ian Urbina, The Woman at the Center of the Governor’s Downfall, New York Times, March 13, 2008
- Kristen: The Definitive Gallery, Gawker.com, March 13, 2008.
- Stephanie Gaskell and Richard Huff, Gov's call girl looking at big bucks as media come calling, NY Daily News, March 14, 2008
- Jonathan Lemire, Hooker's an online hit - to tune of $200G, NY Daily News, Saturday, March 15, 2008
- Joe Mahone, Thomas Zambito and Greg B. Smith, Governor Spitzer's Hooker Gets Immunity, Daily News, March 15, 2008.
- Danny Hakim, Fernanda Santos, G.O.P. Consultant Says He Reported Spitzer Trysts in 2007, NY Times, March 24, 2008.
- Lindsay Beyerstein, As the Spitzer Sex Firestorm Cools, It's Time for the Real Questions, SourceWatch, March 26, 2008.
- Alan Feuer, Carla Baranauckas, Plea in Case That Toppled Spitzer, New York Times, May 15, 2008
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