Booker of Spitzer’s prostitutes pleads guilty; Spitzer still free
The booking agent of Former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer has pleaded guilty to running a prostitution ring.
A booking agent for a prostitution ring whose clients included former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty on Monday to a conspiracy charge relating to prostitution.
Tanya Hollander, 36, was one of four people charged with running the Emperors Club VIP, a high-priced prostitution ring broken up this year. She pleaded guilty to a charge of violating the Travel Act, which bans crossing state lines to carry out illegal business such as prostitution.
The other three charged have all pleaded guilty and await sentencing.
However, the man responsible for police finding her operation has not yet been charged with any crime.
Spitzer, who in his other former role as state attorney general championed anti-prostitution legislation and cracked down on financial crimes, has not been charged in the case and prosecutors refuse to say whether he will face charges.
Farkas said his client was not asked to cooperate with prosecutors in any possible criminal case against Spitzer. If Spitzer is not charged, he said, he will ask the judge at her sentencing to consider she was treated more harshly than other possible co-conspirators such as Spitzer.
Hollander, a holistic health counselor, faces a likely six to 10 months in prison under the sentencing guidelines outlined in her plea agreement. She will be sentenced November 25.
