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TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 // ISSUE 049 // VOLUME 6 (AP) ‘CLIENT9’ ■ Calls for Spitzer to resign in hooker scandal ■ Feds say he had $4,300 D.C. sex romp ■ Paterson would be first black NY guv PAGES 2-3, 6 You r Cho i c e ! $299 99 2 SIMMONS Microfiber Microfiber Recliners JENNIFER Sofabed SOFAS & SOFABEDS GET BOTH! Celery-32 Call 1-800-JENNIFER for NY, NJ & CT locations. Beige-12 Not good on prior sales. Limit 2 offers. Merchandise pickup may not be convenient or available in your area. Additional delivery charges do apply. Not all products displayed in all showrooms. www.jenniferconvertibles.com Editor: Ryan Chatelain ([email protected]) /local 02 LOCAL QUOTE:‘HE HAS TO STEP DOWN.’ — Rep. Peter King, on Gov. Eliot Spitzer TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 $ex trysts prompt calls Official: Eliot met with prostitute By Amy Westfeldt Legal woes ahead? The Associated Press Gov. Eliot Spitzer already ■ The Mann Act makes it a He was once known as faces public shame, but could crime to transport a person “Mr. Clean” and “The Sher- he face legal trouble? Federal across state lines for the iff of Wall Street.” Now he’s authorities don’t usually go purpose of prostitution. just “Client 9.” after “Johns,”but a federal ■ The four defendants The tough, crime-busting law, The Mann Act, could put accused of running the image Gov. Eliot Spitzer Spitzer in hotter water. prostitution ring that cultivated much of his ■ The federal Mann Act, Spitzer has been linked to adult life was steamrolled passed in 1910, addressed are charged with violating in an instant yesterday by prostitution and other the Mann Act. crimes involving human seamy allegations of an en- ■ Those convicted face up to trafficking. counter with a high-priced 25 years in prison. call girl in a Washington hotel the day before Valen- tine’s Day. would become New York’s past, no question about it” The scandal drew imme- first black governor if — suggesting Client 9 had diate calls for the Democrat Spitzer were to resign. done this before. to step down. An affidavit based on the The ring arranged sex be- At a news conference, a wiretap told of a man iden- tween wealthy men and glassy-eyed Spitzer, his tified as “Client 9” — more than 50 prostitutes in shell-shocked wife at his Spitzer, according to the New York, Washington, Los side, apologized. source — paying $4,300 in Angeles, Miami, London “I have disappointed and cash, some of . and Paris, failed to live up to the stan- it credit for com prosecutors dard I expected of myself,” future trysts, NY said. Four said the 48-year-old father of some of it for people ac- three teenage girls. “I must sex with a cused of now dedicate some time to “petite, pretty /local helping to regain the trust of my brunette, 5- ■ Photos ■ Poll operate the family.” feet-5 inches, ring were ar- He did not discuss his po- and 105 ■ Video ■ Blog rested last litical future and ignored pounds,” week. shouted questions about named Kristen. The club’s Web site dis- whether he would resign. “He has to step down. No plays photos of scantily clad He gave no details of what one will stand with him,” women with their faces hid- he was apologizing for. said Rep. Peter King, a Re- den. It also shows hourly Spitzer was caught on a publican congressman from rates, with prices set accord- federal wiretap arranging to Long Island. ing to each woman’s ratings, meet in a Washington hotel The prostitute met the which range from one to room with a prostitute from client in Room 871 at about seven diamonds. The high- a call-girl business known 10 p.m. at the Mayflower est-ranked prostitutes cost as the Emperors Club VIP, Hotel, according to the com- $5,500 an hour, prosecutors according to a law enforce- plaint. said. Gov. Eliot Spitzer apologized to his family and the public yesterday for violating his ment official. When discussing how the The case began as a fi- The governor has not payments would be nancial investigation by In- was referred to the public Go to page 6 ed to testify to a state com- been charged. Democratic arranged, Client 9 told ternal Revenue Service corruption unit of the U.S. mission he had created to Lt. Gov. David Paterson Lewis: “Yup, same as in the agents, and at some point Attorney’s office, authori- For more coverage of the answer for his role in the ties said. It was not clear Spitzer scandal. scandal, in which his aides from the authorities were accused of using the whether Spitzer was a target problems, including an un- state police to compile trav- of the investigation from the popular plan to grant dri- el records to embarrass Sen- start, or whether agents ver’s licenses to illegal im- ate GOP leader Joseph came across his name by migrants and a plot by his Bruno. accident. aides to smear his main Re- His cases as attorney gen- Spitzer’s first term as gov- publican nemesis. eral included a few criminal ernor has been fraught with Spitzer had been expect- prosecutions of prostitution What’s next? If Gov. Eliot Spitzer Joseph Bruno would take on ■ He may finish his term with- resigns: the position’s duties in addi- out further conflict. “What ■ Lt. Gov. David Paterson tion to his own. matters is whether he is would take over the remain- ■ Bruno would be next in line strong and effective at his der of his term, which ends for the governorship. job,”said Hunter College in December 2010, without a political science professor special election. If Spitzer stays on Kenneth Sherrill. “Nothing is ■ He may face impeachment more likely to help him ■ Paterson’s Lt. Gov. seat proceedings from legisla- come back from this than to would remain vacant, but tors. be a good governor.” Senate Majority Leader Eliot Spitzer, his wife, Silda, and their three daughters watch midterm election returns from a hotel suite in November 2006. (Getty Images) /local LOCAL 03 TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 for Spitz’s resignation Rough tenure Other controversies involving He would be 1st black guv Gov. Eliot Spitzer since he took office in January 2007: By David Freedlander ident ran in the 1999 New [email protected] York City Marathon. Bruno travel scandal Throughout his career, ■ The governor's aides are With Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s Paterson has received accused of misusing state stunning fall form grace high marks from political police to compile travel yesterday, attention turned insiders. records to embarrass Senate Republican leader to his less-known second- “There’s a real hero’s Joseph Bruno. in-command, David Pater- journey about him,” said son, poised to become New political consultant Joseph ■ Spitzer was to testify before the state Public York’s first African-Ameri- Mercurio. Integrity Commission to can and first legally blind His former colleagues discuss his role in the governor should Spitzer re- were already eagerly talk- scandal. sign. ing about him yesterday as Lt. Gov. Paterson was if he was the governor. Bruising battles in plucked by Spitzer for his “I’ve been here for 26 Albany 2006 gubernatorial cam- Lt. Gov. David Paterson years, and he’s been one of ■ Fought with state paign after serving 20 years my closest friends here,” Assembly Democrats over in the New York Senate, ty leader, and that wasn’t said Assemb. Dov Hikind choice of comptroller. the last five as minority because most of the mem- (D-Borough Park.) “There They pushed through one leader. bers were minorities. It was will be a lot of love in the of their own, Thomas “He is a unifier first and because he’s been able to Legislature for him.” DiNapoli. foremost,” said State Sen. cross bridges.” Maurice Carroll, a poll- ■ The governor backs a Bill Perkins (D-Harlem), Paterson, 53, was born ster for Quinnipiac Uni- highly unpopular plan to who was elected to Pater- in Brooklyn, diagnosed versity, said he thought Pa- grant driver’s licenses to son’s seat when Paterson with near total blindness. terson would come into of- undocumented immi- rose to the position of the He has been forced to fice with a tide of goodwill grants. Reaction is resoundingly against, and state’s second-in-com- memorize speeches and among fellow legislators, Spitzer drops the plan. mand. get around with the help of “an accommodating, we- (Sources: AP,Newsday) “He was the first an aide. Married and the fa- all-get-along kind of African-American minori- ther of two, the Harlem res- thing.” Excerpts from the criminal complaint It is believed that Client-9 is and Client-9 said “great, give “her,”a reference to …Client-9, had left… Spitzer: okay, wonderful .” “Kristen,”“3600” and have a thousand on balance… ■ On February 12, 2008, ■ LEWIS asked “Kristen” how Temeka Rachelle Lewis, the ■ LEWIS … asked Client-9 she thought the appoint- defendant, … called a prosti- whether he could give ■ (On Feb. 13th) at approxi- ment went, and “Kristen” tute who the Emperors Club “Kristen”“extra funds” … so mately 8:47 p.m. … Client-9 said that she thought it went marketed using the name that he would have a credit, told LEWIS (on the phone) to very well. LEWIS asked “Kristen” … and they would not have to tell “Kristen” to go to the “Kristen” how much she col- “go through this” next time. hotel and go to room 871. lected, and “Kristen” said Client-9 said perfect … Client-9 told LEWIS that the $4,300.