prostitution

Stories 241 - 260 | << Prev   Next >>

Feds Defend Tough Pursuit of Spitzer

Corruption fears spurred unusually zealous hunt

(Newser) - The Justice Department's unusual pursuit of the Emperor's Club—and its most famous client—grew out of suspicions of corruption, not moral turpitude, department officials tell the New York Times. Agents tailed Eliot Spitzer, tapped his phone, and pored over his financial records, steps more costly and intrusive than prostitution...

Faithfull Shines in Irina Palm
 Faithfull Shines in Irina Palm
movie review
Mar 21, 2008 10:31 AM CDT

Faithfull Shines in Irina Palm

1960s icon plays a grandma-turned-sex-worker

(Newser) - Irina Palm, about a frumpy grandmother who resorts to prostitution so she can pay for her desperately ill grandson's operation, is winning over critics, both because of its unsentimental portrayal of the sex trade and because of the performance given by its star, singer/songwriter/actress and '60s icon Marianne Faithfull.

Sex Trade Dying Out on Hamburg's 'Mile of Sin'

Red lights are going out on the Reeperbahn

(Newser) - Hamburg's Reeperbahn has been one of the world's most famous red light districts for as long as anyone can remember, but the "Mile of Sin's" flamboyant brothels are dying out, the Independent reports. Discos and cheap bars attracting binge-drinking teens are taking their place. The seedy street's old-timers lament...

'Kristen' Was 17 in Wild Videos, Says Lawyer

Girls Gone Wild boss may put nude footage online anyway

(Newser) - Girls Gone Wild mogul Joe Francis thought he'd hit the jackpot when he discovered he had raunchy videos of the call girl from the Spitzer sex scandal on file. But his find may prove less of a bonanza than he'd hoped, now that Ashley Alexandre Dupre has said she was...

Call Girl Was a 'Girl Gone Wild'

Spitzer hooker filmed Spring Break videos in '03

(Newser) - The call girl who ended Eliot Spitzer's career started hers on a nude Girls Gone Wild video during a wild Spring Break weekend in 2003, reports the LA Times. Ashley Alexandra Dupré was celebrating her 18th birthday in Miami when she stumbled across the Girls Gone Wild production bus, and...

Spitzer Flap Frees Sawyer's Hooker Special

Prostitution show, stalled for 2 years, to air this week

(Newser) - A Diane Sawyer special about sex workers will air this week after 2 years on the shelf, Rush & Molloy report in the New York Daily News, and the ABC newshound can thank Eliot Spitzer. Previously considered too sensational for prime time, the show is now closer to "ripped...

'It Could Never Happen to Me': NY Wives

Many women in denial about husband's adultery, author says

(Newser) - He may have strayed, but prostitutes? No way, say Manhattan wives who reflected on the Eliot Spitzer scandal this week with the New York Times. But "there is a trememdous tendency toward denial" among unsuspecting women, said Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake. “I’ve heard thousands...

'Kristen' Could Make Millions on Instant Fame

Experts advise cashing in on notoriety fast— and investing well

(Newser) - Fame (or infamy) is beginning to pay off for Eliot Spitzer "escort" Kristen: the aspiring R&B star has now scored $200,000 from downloads of her song—which the New York Post helpfully calculates is worth over four dozen Spitzer hookups. Meanwhile, men's mag Hustler has offered Ashley...

Times Tells Inside Story of Spitzer Scoop

Staffers won't say how paper got scoop, butwill dish on 'Kristen,' other angles

(Newser) - With the New York Times in the spotlight for breaking the Eliot Spitzer story, the paper’s urban-affairs correspondent tackles a flood of reader questions, ranging from whether Hillary Clinton will still get Spitzer’s superdelegate vote (“she loses it”) to how the Times got the story in...

As Press Closes In, 'Kristen' Clams Up

Online profiles attract publicity, good and bad

(Newser) - The woman introduced to the world this week as a prostitute named “Kristen”—aspiring singer Ashley Alexandra Dupre—is trying to maintain some privacy as she keeps close tabs on her Facebook and MySpace accounts, CNN reports. After the New York Times revealed her identity, she began cleaning...

Did Governor Use Campaign Funds for Trysts?

Feds Probe hotel, travel payments

(Newser) - Disgraced soon-to-be-ex-governor Eliot Spitzer's troubles could get even worse as prosecutors probe whether he used campaign funds for his meetings with prostitutes, the New York Times reports. Criminal charges linked to the payments could follow if federal investigators discover campaign money paid for the hotel rooms and transportation Spitzer used...

Criminal Charge No Certainty for Spitzer

Resignation could soften prosecutors' stance on NY governor

(Newser) - Although Eliot Spitzer’s political career is over, it remains unclear what legal fate awaits the disgraced New York governor, the Wall Street Journal reports. Spitzer’s resignation wasn’t part of any deal, the feds confirm, but makes him less of a legal target. One possibility is a deferred-prosecution...

British Duke Tied to Spitzer Hooker Ring

Gerald Grosvenor, UK's richest man, could be Emperor's 'Client 6'

(Newser) - The richest man in England has been linked to the prostitution ring patronized by Eliot Spitzer, the New York Daily News reports. Sources identified Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, as Emperors Club “Client 6,” who arranged four visits in late 2006. Grosvenor is a close friend of...

Meet Spitzer's 'Kristen'
 Meet Spitzer's 'Kristen' 
Mar 12, 2008 10:00 PM CDT

Meet Spitzer's 'Kristen'

22-year-old escort says she's no "monster"

(Newser) - At the center of Eliot Spitzer’s fall from grace is 22-year-old Kristen, aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a high-priced escort and aspiring R&B singer who left her self-proclaimed "broken family" in New Jersey at age 17 to pursue a musical career in New York. “I just don’...

Hookers Today Depend on Tech for Success

Spitzer case shows how web, IMs, e-funds drive business

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's woes are shedding light on the new world of the oldest profession. Prostitutes and escort services use online social networking to find business, IMs to record the time spent with a client, and the web to make payment simpler and more private, reports the AP. New technology also...

A Brothel Manager's Guidebook
 A Brothel Manager's Guidebook 
Mar 12, 2008 12:19 PM CDT

A Brothel Manager's Guidebook

Lessons learned from Spitzer's favorite online escort service

(Newser) - There are important lessons to be gleaned from Eliot Spitzer’s shenanigans. Namely: how to effectively run a brothel for the well-to-do. Using cached pages from the now-defunct Emperors Club website, Josh Levin lays out a business plan in Slate.
  1. Keep out the riff-raff: 92% of the club’s clients
...

She Shouldn't Stand by Him
She Shouldn't Stand by Him
OPINION
Mar 12, 2008 11:41 AM CDT

She Shouldn't Stand by Him

Spitzer takes backlash for taking wife along; reactions run along gender lines

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is going up in flames, but Americans are wondering why his wife has to go with him:
  • The Los Angeles Times talks to angry people on the street, including one divorcee who insists, “She should’ve said, ‘This is your fight. ... You stand there and get
...

Another Pol's Wife Stands by Her Man

Shrink says it's time women balked at helping with cleanup

(Newser) - Silda Wall Spitzer, the Harvard-educated lawyer who stood grimly alongside her husband during his somewhat perplexing apology yesterday, joins the ranks of political wives who suffer publicly the sex scandals of their disgraced mates, ABC writes. She follows in the footsteps of Larry Craig's wife, Suzanne; Jim McGreevey's then-wife, Dana:...

Come Clean or Quit; Maybe Both
Come Clean or Quit; Maybe Both
OPINION
Mar 11, 2008 12:35 PM CDT

Come Clean or Quit; Maybe Both

Should he go? What would it take to stay?

(Newser) - As Eliot Spitzer mulls his options, the editorial boards of the state's newspapers are weighing in:
  • Wall Street Journal: "The stupendously deluded belief that the sitting governor of New York could purchase the services of prostitutes was the last act of a man unable to admit the existence of,
...

What Was Spitzer Thinking?
What Was Spitzer Thinking?
Mar 11, 2008 10:55 AM CDT

What Was Spitzer Thinking?

Experts wonder why smart guys do really stupid things

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's reported involvement with a pricey call-girl ring has left, well, everyone scratching their heads, the AP reports. What makes a public figure show such jaw-dropping disregard for the consequences of private actions? One analyst calls it "the psychology of the exception. People in power sometimes feel they...

Stories 241 - 260 | << Prev   Next >>
Most Read on Newser