Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
A woman who worked part-time for the high class escort service used by former Governor Spitzer has accepted a plea agreement . Tanya Hollander, who is a holistic health counselor, will plead to lesser charges than the Emperors Club's head, Mark Brener, his girlfriend Cecil Suwal who ran the operation, and Tameka Lewis who booked appointments. Brener, Suwal and Lewis have all pleaded guilty to prostitution...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Mark Brener's lawyer said he did not agree to cooperate in an ongoing federal investigation, The New York Times reported....
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
The man who ran the New York prostitution ring involved in the political downfall of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty Thursday to prostitution.Mark Brener's lawyer said he did not agree to cooperate in an ongoing federal investigation, The New York Times reported. Brener also pleaded guilty in federal court to money laundering.Brener was the third person involved with the Emperor's Club V.I.P....
The Reverse Cowgirl (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
I've posted a new Reverse Cowgirl Poll in the sidebar to your right. Should Eliot Spitzer be indicted? These days, the feds are lining up a series of deals involving the key players at Emperor's Club V.I.P., the latest being Emperor's Club head-honcho Mark Brener , who follows in the wake of day-to-day operations overseer Cecil Suwal and booker Temeka Rachelle Lewis . Here , Times sources predict these...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A man accused of running an escort service that led to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's downfall will plead guilty, his lawyer said Monday. Murray Richman confirmed that Mark Brener, 62, will appear Thursday in federal court in Manhattan after negotiating a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's office. Richman declined to discuss the details of the plea but called it "fair."
The Health Care Blog (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
OK, that wasn't the title on an article in the metro section of the April 7 New York Times. But there, buried in the fine print of a story about Emperor's Club VIP -- the high-priced international prostitution service that...
Fark.com (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
2008-04-07 01:26:50 PM How do you make a hormone?Don't pay her!/Haha! Just printed it for free! 2008-04-07 01:35:15 PM I was hoping for top of the line... but maybe I'll just print it three times 2008-04-07 01:37:26 PM Hooker thread! 2008-04-07 01:38:44 PM Fark that I will just go to Cicero and Roosevelt(Chicago) and get a copy for 10 bucks 2008-04-07 01:40:57 PM 2008-04-07 01:41:44 PM "They" say nothing...
English Webster (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
In an event of staggering proportions, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace last week, in the wake of a prostitution scandal. News like this hasn't rocked the country since…well, since the last time a tri-state area governor resigned in disgrace. Okay, maybe not such staggering proportions after all. Spitzer was one of the highest ranking Jews in American government, rivaled only by...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
A 23-year-old woman accused of controlling the money for the high-priced escort service that led to Eliot Spitzer's downfall has been released on bail, nearly two weeks after her arrest. A smiling Cecil "Katie" Suwal left U.S. District Court in Manhattan Tuesday, and has three weeks to pay $50,000 in cash.
Media Blog (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
You knew this was coming.nbsp; From the Arab News: Here is where it gets interesting. According to the Jewish Chronicle: ldquo;The Spitzer affair also... . . .
Dave Lucas (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
Within the past seven days I have visited a mosque, a synagogue, a church. I've been to the State Capitol, at a marine barracks, in an airport, at a laundromat and attended a seminar at college in Albany. The mosque is the only place where nobody was talking about Eliot Spitzer , and that is likely because Spitzer's undoing was playing out on national television while I was at the mosque (for the Aref...
business | serious-news.com (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
Newsday Spitzer's fall offers glimpse into sex businessNewsday, NY - 53 minutes agoIn January, Temeka Lewis, who booked the club's escorts, called owner Mark Brener to complain that business was slow in California. … Original post by "business" - Google News
Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
Mark Brener, the pimp whose prostitute ring ultimately brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer, lived and started his illicit business in locations across Queens, including addresses in Forest Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, and possibly an apartment in Middle Village. Spitzer Pimp’s Roots Grow Through Queens Nabes Yeung said that she immediately began to notice strange activity at the apartment, including various...
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
Writing for The First Post, Alexander Cockburn thinks so - "above and beyond his own diligent efforts in the same cause". Cockburn says: It is clear that the federal investigators' probe started with Spitzer, not the prostitution ring. Spitzer's bank wire transfers led them to the Emperors Club, the call-girl business efficiently administered by a 23-year-old Blair Academy grad, Cecil Suwal, on behalf...
The Point (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
Temeka Rachelle Lewis dialed her boss in late January, fed up with the headaches of small-time business. She had spent more than three years coordinating prostitution appointments across the globe for the Emperors Club, and the job often kept her...
