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New York Governor Eliot Spitzer Resigns amid Sex Scandal

By Rachel Plotnick

Earlier this week, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was accused of being "Client 9," an individual named in a federal indictment filed last week involving the Emperors Club, an alleged prostitution ring that caters to upscale clients. In response to the allegations, Spitzer held a press conference, during which he apologized to both his family and the public. Spitzer stated, "I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my sense of right and wrong." Now, just days after the story originally surfaced, Spitzer has announced his formal resignation. "In the past few days, I have begun to atone for my private failings with my wife, Silda, my children, and my entire family," Spitzer said in a Wednesday press release...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on March 13, 2008 (boomark / email).