Posted on 03/13/2008 8:04:51 AM PDT by SmithL
I don't know which is more surprising: That caped crusader Eliot Spitzer allegedly had sex with a call girl, or that he paid her $4,300.
If you haven't been in the market for a prostitute lately, that might sound like a lot of money. But it's pretty typical for a high-priced call girl in a big city.
The Emperor's Club VIP, the New York agency Spitzer allegedly used to hire a prostitute, charged $1,000 to $3,100 per hour for its so-called models, depending on their "education, sophistication and ambience created," according to a cached version of the club's Web site, which has been taken down.
The club's "most valued clients" were offered membership in the Icon Club, which allowed them access to "the most highly ranked prostitutes whose fees started at $5,500 per hour," according to a complaint filed in federal court for the southern district of New York.
Spitzer allegedly arranged a four-hour date with "Kristen" - identified by the New York Times on Wednesday as Ashley Alexandra Dupre - in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13. It was the night before Valentine's Day and his testimony before Congress on bond insurance.
His $4,300 payment appeared to include $1,500 to be put on deposit with the Emperor's Club for his next rendezvous.
Spitzer ended up spending no more than 2 1/2 hours with Kristen, according to a timetable in the complaint. That would put Kristen's hourly rate on the low end for the Emperor's Club, but more than your average hooker.
"What we're talking about here is high-end escorting," says Veronica Monet, a former prostitute who quit in 2004 to write a book on the subject. In that market segment, $1,000 per hour "sounds pretty average to me," she says.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
No dear, you're talking about is expensive whores.
same, same - amazing how that works
Just like an NFL running back. Tough to take all those hits and stay at the top of your game.
Worth it? To each his own.
If he’s the Spitzer, she must be the Swallower, right?
There are high price hookers and then there are REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY high priced hookers.
Then join the coaching ranks...
...and some of us can’t even afford a smile from across the room.
And why shouldn't they? They're similar professions with similar ethical standards, after all.
It's frightening that a government official would be ahhh, associated with this class of people.
She looks kinda like a dark-haired Paris Hilton in that shot...
The hooker that Spitzer did...she has a website?
OK, I’ll bite. What the website address on MySpace.com?
I have to see this...
She gives great nose.
Shes pretty but not $5000/hour pretty.
Are you kidding? Skanky Hilton isn't even close in looks or hardware.
And then there are dead former high priced hookers.
All for a muscle spasm or two....
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