Results tagged “emperorsclubvip”

To everyone's prurient delight, a lawyer for the woman who booked clients' "appointments" with ladies from the Emperors Club VIP prostitution ring says that former governor Eliot Spitzer was a regular customer. Marc Agniflio, who represents Temeka Lewis, told reporters that Spitzer's habit "was more than sporadic. It wasn't always more than once a month, but it was sometimes more than once a month."

Mark Brener, the 63-year-old whose Emperors Club VIP prostitution ring helped bring down former governor Eliot Spitzer, wants some leniency when he's sentenced by the feds on Friday, but the Daily News reports prosecutors aren't impressed with his pleas. Brener "cites the death of his wife and the anti-Semitism he suffered as a kid as reasons he should catch a break," but Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Stein wrote in court papers, "Brener is not alone in having suffered discrimination. Similarly, while the death of his first wife, to whom he appears to have been truly devoted, is certainly sad, it hardly seems to be a circumstance that would inevitably lead to a life devoted to crime." The feds think Brener should be in prison for at least 2 years. His 24-year-old ex-girlfriend, Cecil Suwal (pictured, with Brener), who helped him run the operation, was sentenced to 6 months last week.

The 24-year-old woman who helped manage the escort ring that former Governor Spitzer patronized was sentenced to six months in prison. Cecil Suwal, who grew up in NJ and attended the Blair Academy, had pleaded guilty last summer; at that time, her lawyer said, "She is contrite and she is determined to right her wrongs in a manner that is just and fair... She deeply regrets her actions. She is remorseful." Her lawyer had said Suwal was 18 when she got involved with Mark Brener (now 63), the escort ring's owner, and suggested Brener was a Svengali-like presence—Suwal had a "Property of Mark Brener" tattoo.

A woman who worked as a part-time booker for the Emperors Club escort service that former Governor Spitzer used has pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to violate the travel act." Tanya Hollander is hoping to avoid jail time. Unlike another colleague who pleaded guilty, she did not get a cooperation deal from the feds. The Daily News reports that Hollander's lawyer Michael Farkas said "if Spitzer isn't charged he'll argue that Hollander would not have been treated as harshly" if Spitzer weren't involved in the ring, "I believe he at the very least is a potential co-conspirator." Hollander, a holistic health counselor, explained to the judge that she took the job because she needed extra money.

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 conspiracy and money laundering. Hollander's lawyer hopes his client can avoid jail time, saying she "is very eager to get back to work, helping people help themselves."

The 23-year-old woman who helped run the prostitution ring that counted former governor Eliot Spitzer as a customer is pleading guilty to money laundering charges.

Tameka Rachelle Lewis, a University of Virginia graduate now immortalized as the prostitution ring booker who confirmed an escort's visit with Governor Spitzer, has pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and money laundering.

the video was shot. Lawyer Don Buchwald wrote in an e-mail Dupre was kicked off the GGW bus "because she was underage...It would be outrageous at the very least to play the video of an underage female on the Internet."