Man who made his name fighting corruption is linked to a high-class
prostitution ring.

 NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA (MARCH 11, 2008) (REUTERS) - All the front pages of New York's newspapers on Tuesday (March 11)
were devoted to the sex scandal that has rocked the state and the country -
news that Governor Eliot Spitzer was involved in a prostitution ring.
    Spitzer is now facing pressure to resign and there will be questions as
to whether he will be prosecuted for any crime after a report linked him to a
high-class prostitution ring.
    A New York Times report said the man who made his name fighting
corruption hired a $1,000-an-hour prostitute and was caught on a federal
wiretap at least six times in February arranging to meet with her at a
Washington hotel.
    Spitzer, a married 48-year-old Democrat who investigated prostitution
as New York's attorney general, apologized for what he described as a
"private matter" but said nothing about resigning. He neither
confirmed nor denied the report.
    New York City's tabloids seized on the opportunity to skewer the
governor. The Daily News headline called Spitzer the "Pay for Luv
Gov" and the New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp , led
with "HO NO!"
    The Times said in an editorial Spitzer's insistence it was a
"private matter" displayed arrogance.
    Commuters going to work in New York's Times Square were generally
surprised by Monday's news that the former prosecutor could be involved in
such a scandal.
    Many thought he should resign, with one woman saying you couldn't trust
any politician these days.
    But one man at least seemed to enjoy seeing Spitzer caught up in a
scandal and reckoned he should stay put and face a grilling from the public
for the next two years.
    Spitzer was elected governor with nearly 70 percent of the vote in late
2006 following a stint as state attorney general noted for high-profile
investigations into Wall Street.
    At the heart of the scandal is a criminal complaint unveiled last week
charging four people with running a multi-million-dollar prostitution ring
dubbed The Emperors Club.
    The New York Times said Spitzer was an individual identified as Client
9 in the court papers filed last week. Client 9 arranged to meet with
"Kristen," a prostitute who charged $1,000 an hour, on February 13
in a Washington hotel and paid $4,300 for services rendered and as a down
payment for future engagements, according to the court documents.