AP: Spitzer spent up to $80K on high priced hookers

[BigDaddy44]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPITZER_PROSTITUTION?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Like David Letterman said last night, sounds like he was trying to jump start the economy.

[onethatcares]

1. was that like in one month? or one year?

jesusonagreyhound, that's a lot of money. I wonder what his wife got for the occasional sleepover?:wtf:

[lonestarnot]

8. "an extended period of time."

That could be 10 hrs for those on viagra. Eeek extended.

[Mike03]

18. I've read it was eight or so times over the course of "more than a year,"

which I'm interpreting as more than twelve months but fewer than eighteen months.

[joeybee12]

2. Hee-hee...this is the part that stuns me...the amount of money involved!

But a politician and a sex scandal? Old news.

[shain from kane]

4. A state attorney general or governor doesn't command a salary that can

support that kind of activity. Where did the rest of the money come from, Spitzer?

[Fridays Child]

7. The meth lab in his basement?

:shrug:

[shain from kane]

12. From one meth to another. I'm betting one of those Viagra labs advertised on the e-mails.

[joeybee12]

11. I wonder what he did before he got into politics? Did he come from

money???

[BigDaddy44]

13. Yes

Daddy was a wealthy real estate developer

[shain from kane]

15. No, he came WITH money. Substantial amounts of it.

[madaboutharry]

22. He comes from a very wealthy family.

He is a multi-millionaire.

[shain from kane]

23. Regardless of his wealth, there will still be an investigation into the sources of the funds.

In his half-assed way in which he tried to cover his tracks, by engaging in money-laundering, he may have built up enough confusion that even he can not prove the sources.

[BadgerLaw2010]

31. He doesn't need to when his family is worth high nine figures.

Spitzer has always lived very well. No corruption required.

[frazzled]

3. Oh dear, that really does mean buh-bye, Eliot

$80,000? I can maybe see a structuring case on the basis of this.

[Junkdrawer]

5. Spitzer's guilty as hell....HOWEVER...the other question of the day...

is:

"Was the bank's "reporting of suspicious cash transactions" just a cover for a Domestic Spying witch hunt?"

And this report will add fuel to THAT fire.

[reprehensor]

16. Ding.

I theenk so.

[BadgerLaw2010]

33. $80K in under-the-table moves to the Caymans from a gov? Gee, I wonder.

People have their tinfoil on waaaaay too tight around here.

Try the same thing as Spitzer (hiding $80K) and you'll get investigated too. As you would have since the 1980's.

[Greyskye]

6. Damn. Sounds like addictive behaviour

I sure feel badly for his family. And his constituents.

[AlCzervik]

9. must be nice having an extra $80K to spend on anything.

[shain from kane]

20. After you pay your taxes on about $130,000.00, you have about $85,000.00 left. Personal

entertainment is a nondeductible event, so it has to be paid with after tax dollars. Are there other sources of funds, through money-laundering, that the federal government is reviewing?

[theboss]

10. That's a hell of a lot of money for a public servant

I'm sure Spitzer did all right for himself but he was a prosecutor in New York City; he was not a partner in a big firm. This had to be a serious percentage of his income.

1. Where did it come from?
2. How did his wife not notice that much missing?

[opihimoimoi]

19. I assume it was his own monies....nothing from State Funds...I may be wrong...

[shain from kane]

21. See my comment #20. It ain't over.

[BadgerLaw2010]

28. Spitzer's family is worth half a billion.

And yeah, $80K in "small" wire transfers is going to set off any alarm bells that exist in the banking system.

[Mike03]

14. This is what puzzles me too.

Where do you think this money came from? That is of more concern to me than his violation of this own moral code.

[laylah]

17. What he did was

absolutely hypocritically WRONG;however, it was his own money. For what THAT'S worth :shrug:

[BuyingThyme]

24. I hear he also stole the identity of one of his donors.

[pengillian101]

25. His own money - while he is married?

"WRONG; however, it was his own money. For what THAT'S worth.

This whole thing really sits wrong with me. This GOVENOR must be beyond stupid to think this would slip under the radar.

His wife and children most likely could have spent the money much more wisely. Wasn't it Family money he spent? No? Well then, he purchased pussy at $4K an hour - and everything's just fine.

What a dumbass. I feel very sorry for his wife and children.

[laylah]

27. I am NOT disagreeing!

What I am saying, before some do the "tax dollar boogie" it was HIS (family) money. Nothing more! Of course his wife/children/HE could have spent it more wisely! FFS! Sometimes a cigar is just a freakin' cigar! As in my post!

[BigDaddy44]

29. Its gonna be hard to say no next time one of his kids asks for a new IPOD

[BuyingThyme]

26. Can you think of a better use for $80,000

worth of hookers?

[laylah]

30. UUUUMmmmmmmm...

my mortgage? Food..that would be nice since no real grocery shopping has happened in my part of the world for awhile. Furnace? Absolutely! Mine was ruined by a flood about 10 days ago. Farmers Insurance won't cover it.

Spitzer blew it...the $ and his life...what an ass.

[Mike03]

32. 80K is a lot. I know where Charlie Sheen got his, but where did Eliot get his? NT

[BadgerLaw2010]

34. Read the thread. Extremely wealthy family.

[shain from kane]

35. Try to convince the federales that it is your own money, when you've been

engaged in money-laundering at the spending stage. You'll have to prove every dollar of income, and every dollar of expenditures. Especially since the IRS is involved. There may be more dirty little secrets to be revealed.


If you'll lie about sex, you'll certainly lie about money.