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A Look at the Emperor's Club

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ELIOT MESS Spitzer (Photo: Getty Images)
The NYT today reported that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had personal ties to "a prostitution ring," and people were quick to assume it had something to do the with the sex pit with the regal moniker, Emperor's Club VIP. Spitzer, who may resign because of the scandal, is allegedly "Client 9" in court papers related to the investigation, and may have used the service as recently as February 13.

The website for Emperors Club VIP has been offline since the ring was busted, but an archived version of the site from mid-2007 showed a semi-classy main page that called the club "the most preferred international club for those accustomed to excellence," offering "a convenient variety of services" around the world. The Emperor's Club stated that it was "a positive force, intensely committed to serving our customers honestly." They had a goal to "make life more peaceful, balanced, beautiful and meaningful."

A look at the site as captured by the Internet Archive in 2004 was much more revealing.

There was a disclaimer on the front page: "EMPEROR'S CLUB VIP does not endorse, promote or solicit ANY TYPE of illegal, obscene or unlawful behaviors or activities from our creditable providers! Any acts of those committed by one of your listed escort companions is solely based on her decision and the decision of our client." Emperors Club "providers" only accepted money for "Providers time, total relaxation massage, entertainment purposes, modeling or private dancing." Providers never accepted money "for services which may be considered indecent," heaven forbid! The softcore photos of buxom models engaged in sapphic loveplay on the page might well have been the doings of an overeager art webmaster.

Once the no-doubt titillated reader was beyond that page, they learned that the Club staff consisted mostly of "university students, runway models, actresses and exotic dancers," who were primed to "make your dreams come true." The Club motto was surely appealing to anyone with executive ambitions: "Every client is an Emperor."

Comments

Eliot Spitzer has been both a customer and a protector of organized crime since he was a prosecutor and NY Attorney General. This press release shows that Spitzer ignored the death threat by an attorney, admitted before a civil judge, in order to protect organized crime in bankruptcy courts known as "bankruptcy rings" which Congress sought to fight since the early 1900s. Spitzer was owned by criminals. Look at the similar patterns of fraud that happened in Worldcom, Enron, eToys. Look at the admitted death threat in Worldcom www.lawyersunregulated.blogspot.com. Only Martha Stewart, rap stars, and baseball stars go to prison for such crimes, lawyers who are connected with organized crime merely manipulate the corrupted government officials that they own. Sorry to say that the U.S.A. is permeated with public corruption at the highest levels of our government. Hey Barack Obama: are you really for "change", or are you just a "new boss, same as the old boss"?

Posted by: NewClothes on March 10, 2008 6:23 PM

Thanks for finding the archive for the Emperor's Club. Couldn't find it anywhere else. I thought Spitzer was smarter than this. The above comment was great too--like the user name "new clothes" -LOL

Posted by: tellurstorywalkin on March 10, 2008 7:57 PM

Who else wants some popcorn?

Posted by: gsundheim on March 10, 2008 9:37 PM

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