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Woman at the Center of Governor’s Downfall (Spitzer's Kristen identified, gives first testimony)
New York Times ^ | March 13, 2008 | SERGE F. KOVALESKI and IAN URBINA

Posted on 03/12/2008 3:06:08 PM PDT by gondramB

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.

Kristen, the high-priced prostitute described in a federal affidavit as having a Feb. 13 rendezvous with Mr. Spitzer at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington,has spent the last few days in her ninth-floor rental in an upscale apartment building in the Flatiron district. On Monday, she made a brief appearance in federal court as a witness in the case against four people charged with operating the prostitution ring, 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 due to the stress from the case.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ashleydupre; kristen; spitzer
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To: oldfart

I know two women who worked as high class call girls during most of their 20s. Both from good (and intact) families, no drug or alcohol abuse, they don’t even smoke. Settled now, married w/kids, very well adjusted, normal boring lives. There’s a huge difference between street hookers and escorts, both in the way the run the business and the way they are treated. Most of the men involved treated them like jewels, not like a person that should be looked down on. It wasn’t their looks, or bodies although they’re nice, not execeptional, it was the power thing someone mentioned above. Being part of an elite group of people, the knowledge that they could *afford* to pay for the company of a lovely woman for the evening. It wasn’t about the looks or bodies of the wives or even the sex life at home.

Funnily enough, one of the questions they got asked the most was about the wierdos and they have to admit that most of the guys, it was just plain vanilla sex. No whips, no costumes, nothing out of the ordinary. They said it was a very interesting time in their lives, they got to go places and do things they might never have gotten to do (no pun intended) and be treated as ladies during. It’s very interesting to talk to them.


161 posted on 03/12/2008 5:23:40 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: Keith in Iowa
Wonder what she did for Elliot that his wife didn’t...

I believe it was John Mellencamp who said:

I need a lover that won't drive me crazy Some girl to thrill me and then go away I need a lover that won't drive me crazy Some girl that knows the meaning of uh, Hey, hit the highway

162 posted on 03/12/2008 5:25:26 PM PDT by ALPAPilot
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To: ktscarlett66

i hope their husbands know they married former whores :)


163 posted on 03/12/2008 5:25:35 PM PDT by modest proposal
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To: modest proposal

What difference would tha make?


164 posted on 03/12/2008 5:27:13 PM PDT by oldfart (The most dangerous man is the one who has nothing left to lose.)
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To: modest proposal

There’s total honesty between them. One actually met her H when she was booked as his escort to go to a major fundraiser gala in NYC and his girlfriend had just broken up with him.


165 posted on 03/12/2008 5:27:13 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: gondramB

Italian?

Jewish maybe (second pic)

Colombian?

pretty hot....but 5K?

geez....one could do Santo Domingo a week on that and get treated like they actually like you

*so I’m told


166 posted on 03/12/2008 5:27:47 PM PDT by wardaddy (Obama: The candidate for those who think Deliverance was a documentary.)
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To: NRA2BFree

I’m sure she was painted up to look great. The 500K was for the outcall service, what she allowed him to do to her, act like she enjoyed it, and to go away after.


167 posted on 03/12/2008 5:28:10 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: oldfart

well some people wouldnt want to marry a former sex worker. if i had a husband who suddenly told me he worked in pornos back in the day (but “high class” pornos!) id be pretty nauseated and would probably divorce


168 posted on 03/12/2008 5:29:04 PM PDT by modest proposal
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To: rednesss

looks like my ex-harridan


169 posted on 03/12/2008 5:29:54 PM PDT by wardaddy (Obama: The candidate for those who think Deliverance was a documentary.)
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To: milwguy
Left my hometown. Left a broken family. Left abuse. Left an older brother who had already split. Left and learned what it was like to have everything, and lose it, again and again.

Left a good job in the city, working for the man every night and day...

170 posted on 03/12/2008 5:32:25 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: modest proposal

I knew a couple once that was going through a tough period. The guy had suddenly decided that he should be upset that his lady wasn’t virgin when they met. She didn’t quite know how to answer him so I suggested she point out to him that it was a good thing one of them knew what to do.

He wasn’t amused but it all worked out in the end. I’ve been married to her for thirty years now.


171 posted on 03/12/2008 5:33:08 PM PDT by oldfart (The most dangerous man is the one who has nothing left to lose.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
pay witholding?

Income from the sale of assets is not subject to payroll withholding.

172 posted on 03/12/2008 5:33:18 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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To: modest proposal
"well even with all their insane faults at least they never accepted money from a governor for sex. as far as we know at least....."

lol...bless you for finding something good to say about them.

I do feel a bit sorry for all of them, but I doubt they would willingly give up most of the "insane faults" in their lifestyles...at least for any length of time.

173 posted on 03/12/2008 5:33:19 PM PDT by LucyJo
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To: Keith in Iowa
"Wonder if she’s paid income taxes or if the IRS is got her in their sights..."

Let's see. The IRS goes after waitresses who under-report tips. The tip here would range from a couple hundred to maybe a thousand dollars per client. Some serious untaxed scratch.

174 posted on 03/12/2008 5:33:37 PM PDT by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aHOPI3V8S6U


175 posted on 03/12/2008 5:33:38 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: wardaddy

5K to spitzer is nothing. His dad is worth over 500 million dollars. Droping 5K is like going to a bar and buying a beer for him.


176 posted on 03/12/2008 5:34:57 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: oldfart

well there is a huge difference between that situation and someone being a sex worker :P at least to me

i suppose everyone has different standards.


177 posted on 03/12/2008 5:36:31 PM PDT by modest proposal
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To: johniegrad
(Virtue advances as testosterone retreats.)

I did not know that Androgyny was a virtue! Thanks for the update Pat.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. ~C.S. Lewis

Give Testosterone a chance! It works for real men who know how to harness it.

178 posted on 03/12/2008 5:39:46 PM PDT by ME-262 (Nancy Pelosi is known to the state of CA to render Viagra ineffective causing reproductive harm.)
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To: boop

She’ll get off on everything (no pun intended....:), in return for testifying.

The IRS are more interested in Spitzer, the other clients, and the owners of the emperors club.


179 posted on 03/12/2008 5:39:53 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Chickensoup

MILF = Mom I’d Like to F#@k.

Used by teachers and administrators in schools.


180 posted on 03/12/2008 5:40:18 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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