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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Holistic Hooker Looks to Bring Down Spitzer

Good news! We still have Eliot Spitzer to kick around.
A holistic health counselor and part-time hooker booker pleaded guilty yesterday to scheduling steamy trysts at the escort service favored by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer - but she's not going down without a fight.

The lawyer for Tanya Hollander, 36, said it wasn't fair that his client would be forever branded a felon while Spitzer - so far - skates free of criminal charges.

"I believe he is at the very least a potential co-conspirator," Michael Farkas said.

If Spitzer isn't charged with a crime by Hollander's sentencing in November, Farkas plans on trying to get her a lighter sentence by arguing that she is being treated more harshly than him.

"We're hoping for anything but jail time," he said.

Hollander could face between six months to a year in jail.

Prosecutors have refused to comment on whether the governor will be hit with charges for soliciting sex from hookers.

Unlike Temeka Lewis, her colleague at the Emperors Club VIP escort service, Hollander did not get a deal from the feds to spill the beans on the goings-on at the international hooker ring.

"She does not have a cooperation agreement," Farkas said. "However, she has been willing from the onset to cooperate."

He said the feds weren't interested in speaking to her. "They either have all they need on Mr. Spitzer or they are not going to prosecute Mr. Spitzer," he said.

Court papers do not indicate that Hollander had any contact with "Client No. 9" - later revealed to be the love gov.

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