The noose appears to be tightening around sex-crazed ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer.More on Brener here.
The federal case against him is so strong that prosecutors had no interest in striking cooperation agreements with the ringleader of Spitzer's hooker-supplier, Emperors Club VIP, and his second in command, sources told The Post's Murray Weiss.
Prosecutors have records of Spitzer's transactions, phone records and taped conversations with Emperors Club, and are confident they need little more to nail him on charges that could include violating prostitution laws and money laundering, sources said. Probers are also said to be looking into whether he used campaign funds to pay for his pleasures.
The case against Spitzer includes the cooperation of curvy call girl Ashley "Kristen" Dupre and a second hooker. Her old boss, Mark Brener, 62, will plead guilty Thursday without the sweetheart deal he was hoping for - he'll have to serve up to 30 months in the slammer on money-laundering and prostitution-conspiracy charges.
Brener's deal comes one week after his ex-girlfriend, Cecil "Katie" Suwal, 23, tearfully pleaded guilty to identical charges and agreed to 21 to 27 months in jail. His lawyer, Murray Richman, declined to comment on the deal, but has long insisted that Brener - who ran his sex business out of a Cliffside, NJ, apartment - would not testify.
Meanwhile, Spitzer may soon be starting up an aptly-named vulture fund. Looks like he's also rationaizing his behavior.
He has told friends and associates that he is consoled by passersby who stop him on the city sidewalks and tell him that sex is "no big deal" and that the disclosure that he frequented prostitutes was distorted out of proportion, the source said. Europeans, the former governor has noted, have been especially supportive of him and perplexed by the fallout from the scandal.No word whether those Europeans have any opinion on the messy Dirty Tricks Scandal.
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