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Spitzer says sorry for sex scandal

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REPENTANT: New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer with his wife Silda, as he apologises for involvement in a prostitution racket, in New York on Monday.

New York: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, allegedly caught on wire taps arranging for a high price prostitute, has apologised to his family and public and said that he must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of his family. However, Mr. Spitzer did not say whether he would resign. Analysts said he would be under tremendous pressure to put in his papers and would find it difficult to function.

“I apologise first and most importantly to my family. I apologise to the public to whom I promised better. I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. I must now dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family,” he said with his wife Silda by his side.

As the head of the State’s crime task force, he had also prosecuted two prostitution rings.

According to a affidavit filed in a federal court, a man, identified as client 9, was found in wiretaps to be arranging for a woman to go to a room he had reserved in a Washington hotel. The names are generally withheld in court papers until a complaint is formally filed. So far no complaint has been filed against him.

Media reports quoted law enforcement officials as saying the man was Mr. Spitzer and that he was contacted by federal officials on Friday to inform him of the investigation.

Mr. Spitzer, a father of three, told media in a brief statement hours after the scandal broke on the New York Times website: “I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong.” — PTI

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