His case is not comparable to typical dominant man carnal conquests where Bill Clinton's extramarital excursions fall which are 'victimless' crimes [two consentual adults bla bla]. Spitzer's real crime, not the hypocrisy and moral betrayal of marriage and constituence, his real crime is in enriching a criminal enterprise - point. No public official, let alone governor, is allowed to do that. Prostitution is illegal in most states of the US, and was so were he enjoyed it. He knew though that his money trail was watched more carefully, as he himself worked on tightening that. These guys are just so pathetic when they find a 'proper' situation to 'fall in love'. Someone is shotting a movie already [in Hollywood, or is it - Washingwood].
I bet this is going to be a boost for the Emperor's type establishments as the status lesser males [and aren't they Emperors too?] will not like to be left out and some competitive women with cool diplomas would realize how underpaid they are and that there are other oportunities. Great PR for the escort services. Ana Ana ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:44:13 -0400 > Subject: [UC] Another of the self-righteous has fallen ... and nobody seems > to be weeping > To: UnivCity@list.purple.com > > Another of the self-righteous -- this time, Eliot Spitzer -- has fallen. They > do occasionally get their come-uppance. But where was Bill Clinton when Eliot > needed the equivalent of "it depends on what your definition of 'is' is."? > Not to be (too much of a) sexist -- but Kristen seems to fall somewhere > between Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones. > > Anyway, aside from politics and -- to some -- the pathos of a Jersey girl who > found an unconventional way out of a broken home -- the following is an > example of truth being indeed stranger than fiction. > > Submitted for your reading pleasure. Some of the lines in the story below are > priceless. > > Remember, you read it first here, on the popu-list, > Al Krigman > > ________________________________ > ________________________________ > Woman in Spitzer Sex Scandal Identified > > > By SERGE F. KOVALESKI and IAN URBINA, > The New York Times > Posted: 2008-03-13 09:22:54 > > NEW YORK (March 13) - She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and > came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. > Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama > that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York. > > [http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/06/03/20080312204409990015] > Kristen, the prostitute described in a federal affidavit as having had a > rendezvous with Mr. Spitzer on Feb. 13 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, > has spent the last few days in her ninth-floor apartment in the Flatiron > district of Manhattan. On Monday, she made a brief appearance in federal > court, where a lawyer was appointed to represent her. She is expected to be a > witness in the case against four people charged with operating a prostitution > ring called the Emperor’s Club V.I.P. > > In a series of telephone interviews on Tuesday night, she said she had slept > very little over the past week, with all the stress of the case. > > “I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster,” the woman said as she told > the tiniest tidbits of her story. > > Born Ashley Youmans but now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupré, she spoke softly > and with good humor as she added with significant understatement: “This has > been a very difficult time. It is complicated.” > > She has not been charged. The lawyer appointed to represent her, Don D. > Buchwald, told a magistrate judge in court on Monday that she had been > subpoenaed to testify in a grand jury investigation. Asked to swear that she > had accurately filled out and signed a financial affidavit, she responded > affirmatively. > > A person with knowledge of the Emperor’s Club operation confirmed that the > woman interviewed by The New York Times was the woman identified as Kristen > in the affidavit. Mr. Buchwald confirmed various details of Ms. Dupré’s > background but would not discuss the contents of the affidavit. > > Ms. Dupré said by telephone Tuesday night that she was worried about how she > would pay her rent since the man she was living with “walked out on me” after > she discovered he had fathered two children. She said she was considering > working at a friend’s restaurant or, once her apartment lease expires, moving > back with her family in New Jersey “to relax.” > > She did not say when she had started working for the Emperor’s Club, or how > often she had liaisons arranged through the ring. Asked when she met Governor > Spitzer and how many times they had seen each other, Ms. Dupré said she had > no comment. > > As of Wednesday morning, Ms. Dupré’s MySpace page recounted her “odyssey to > New York from New Jersey through North Carolina, Miami, D.C., Virginia and > Austin, Texas;” public records show that she lived in Monmouth County, N.J., > in 2001, and in North Carolina in 2003. She owns a company, created in 2005, > called Pasche New York, which her lawyer said was an entertainment business > designed to further her singing career. > > Music is her first love, and on the MySpace page, Ms. Dupré mentions Patsy > Cline, Frank Sinatra, Christina Aguilera and Lauryn Hill among a long list of > influences, including her brother, Kyle. (She also lists Whitney Houston, > Madonna, Mary J. Blige and Amy Winehouse as her top MySpace friends.) In the > interview, she said she saw the Rolling Stones perform at Radio City Music > Hall on their last tour after a friend gave her two tickets. “They were > amazing,” she said. > > On MySpace, her page says: “I am all about my music and my music is all about > me. It flows from what I’ve been through, what I’ve seen and how I feel.” > > She left “a broken family” at age 17, having been abused, according to the > MySpace page, and has used drugs and “been broke and homeless.” > > “Learned what it was like to have everything and lose it, again and again,” > she writes. “Learned what it was like to wake up one day and have the people > you care about most gone. > > “But I made it,” she continues. “I’m still here and I love who I am. If I > never went through the hard times, I would not be able to appreciate the good > ones. Cliché, yes, but I know it’s true.” > > Ms. Dupré’s mother, Carolyn Capalbo, 46, said that after her daughter > finished sophomore year in high school, Ms. Dupré moved to North Carolina. > “She was a young kid with typical teenage rebellion issues, but we are > extremely close now,” Ms. Capalbo said in a telephone interview Wednesday. > > In 2006, Ms. Dupré changed her legal name, according to records in Monmouth > County Superior Court, from Ashley R. Youmans to Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro, > taking her stepfather’s surname since she regarded him as “the only father I > have known.” But in the interview, she referred to herself as Ashley > Alexandra Dupré, which is how she is known on MySpace. > > On the Web page is a recording of what she describes as her latest track, > “What We Want,” a hip-hop-inflected rhythm-and-blues tune that asks, “Can you > handle me, boy?” and uses some dated slang, calling someone her “boo.” > > “I know what you want, you got what I want,” she sings in the chorus. “I know > what you need. Can you handle me?” > > Her MySpace biography says she started singing professionally after a > musician she was living with heard her singing the Aretha Franklin hit > “Respect” in the shower and burst into the bathroom with his lead guitarist. > She says she toured and recorded with them, then moved to Manhattan in 2004 > and “spent the first two years getting to know the music scene, networking in > clubs and connecting with the industry. > > “Now it’s all about my music, it’s all about expressing me.” > > In the affidavit, the woman the Emperor’s Club called Kristen is described as > “an American, petite, very pretty brunette, 5 feet 5 inches, and 105 pounds.” > She apparently was booked at about $1,000 an hour, placing her in the middle > of the seven-diamond scale by which the prostitutes were paid up to $4,300 an > hour. > > Ms. Capalbo said that she was “shell-shocked” when her daughter called in the > middle of last week and told her she had been working as an escort and was > now in trouble with the law. She said she was not sure that Ms. Dupré > realized who Mr. Spitzer was when he was her client. > > “She is a very bright girl who can handle someone like the governor,” Ms. > Capalbo said. “But she also is a 22-year-old, not a 32-year-old or a > 42-year-old, and she obviously got involved in something much larger than > her.” > > > > > ________________________________ > It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
