Sentences with phrase «in a prostitution ring»

Gillibrand, as you might recall, was one of the first Democratic elected officials — and definitely the first member of the NY congressional delegation — to call for former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign if the allegations about his involvement in a prostitution ring proved true.

A U.S. judge recently ruled that a civil suit by the New York hotel maid in question can go ahead, while authorities in France continue to investigate the one - time French presidential hopeful for his role in a prostitution ring.

In 2009, she was drafted to run for Senate in her native Louisiana against David Vitter, the conservative disgraced by his entanglement in a prostitution ring.

But he saw his political career derailed after just a year in office after he was exposed as a client in a prostitution ring.

Or Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as New York governor after taking part in a prostitution ring.

The Manhattan borough president had the Democratic field to himself until Spitzer, who resigned from office in 2008 after being caught in a prostitution ring, announced his bid Sunday night.

Eliot Spitzer himself in his former life as a prosecuting attorney and as Attorney General spent much time investigating and prosecuting persons allegedly involved in prostitution rings, and some of them were notable in their own right.

31 % consider Weiner sending lewd pictures of himself over the Internet to be more egregious while 29 % think Spitzer's involvement in a prostitution ring is more offensive.

Just a day after Emperors Club madam Cecil Suwal got sentenced to six months in prison for her role in the prostitution ring, word comes that the fortunes of Kristin Davis, another sex worker associated with disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer, are on the rise.

Senator Jim Tedisco, who has been a lawmaker at the Capitol since 1983 and was a key figure in 2008 in demanding the resignation of then - Governor Eliot Spitzer after it was revealed he was caught up in a prostitution ring, bemoaned his experience in dealing with another Albany scandal.

But before he could get out more than a sentence, the 54 - year - old who resigned in disgrace after being caught up in a prostitution ring was getting heckled.

• A jailed Brazilian madam who expected to be deported this weekend is being held in a Bergen County jail because FBI investigators allegedly want to ask her about Eliot Spitzer's involvement in another prostitution ring.