Love Client Number 9

He was once known as “Mr. Clean”… he became “Client 9”. In a bout of heavy irony, the man known for his firm line against prostitution fell from grace when a newspaper reported he was a call girl client himself. The Governor of New York State, Eliot Spitzer, stepped down in March 2008, amid allegations of involvement in a high-priced prostitution ring under federal investigation. Spitzer was reportedly outed by a federal wire-tap on a Washington Hotel, arranging to meet a prostitute. The married father-of-three, known for his crisp white shirts and vigorous corruption-fighting, allegedly patronized the ring called the Emperors Club VIP. Court papers indicate the lucrative business arranged trysts between its more-than-50 prostitutes and wealthy male clients across the US and Europe. Spitzer was said to be among those willing to fork out from $1,000 to $ 5,500 per hour for the services of the ring’s “models”. He resigned citing “private failings”.