Woman Pleads Guilty in Spitzer Case

A woman accused of booking clients for a prostitution ring has pleaded guilty in the federal probe that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Temeka Rachelle Lewis pleaded guilty today to promoting prostitution and money laundering. The 32-year-old is among four defendants in the case involving the Emperor's Club VIP call-girl ring. Court papers say the FBI secretly recorded conversations between Lewis and Spitzer about a Feb. 13 tryst with a prostitute named "Kristin" in Washington. The former governor is identified in the court papers as Client No. 9.
Spitzer announced his resignation March 12. He has not been charged.

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Anonymous said…
The women are prosecuted and the men are not. What is wrong with this picture? Are the same standards applied to the drug trade? Are only drug dealers prosecuted but drug users allowed to walk free? No, they aren't. So what about the "Johns" in this situation -- Spitzer et al -- as well as the "Johns" in the DC Madame case -- why are they immune from prosecution?
May 14, 2008 at 3:14 PM
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