Thursday, March 13, 2008

Client # 6 Revealed??! Open thread!


I will continue to follow the Emperor Club prostitution ring probe. (h/t to Jeralyn at Talkleft):

Client Number 6 in SpitzerGate
has been revealed. He's the richest man in England, the Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor.

The Duke of Westminster, listed as the world's 46th richest person by Forbes magazine, hired four hookers over a six-week stretch in late 2006 and early last year, the News of the World reported last year.

Despite his incredible wealth, multi-billionaire Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor haggled with one of the Emperors Club girls for the cost of their date, according to the report.

He's described as one of Prince Charles' best friends and Prince William's godfather. A multi-billionaire, aside from his having haggled over price, he's said by one of the call girls to be "dull and demanding.
From the court document of Client 6:

64. On January 12, 2008, at approximately 9:00 a.m.,
TEMEKA RACHELLE LEWIS, a/k/a 'Rachells," the defendant, using the
6587 Number, called a prostitute based in London, England, who
the Emperors Club marketed under the name "Astrid' During the
call, "Astrid" told LEWIS that she was there with the client
("Client-6"). LEWIS asked to speak with Client-6. LEWIS told
Client-6 that they had not yet received his deposit. Client-6
said that he would give everything to "Astrid." LEWIS told
Client-6 that when the deposit arrived, he could use it for his
next appointment. "Astrid" got back on the telephone, and LEWIS
told her that Client-6 was going to give her 500 pounds, and that
LEWIS would call her in an hour. (Call 1301R) .
65. At approximately 10:04 a.m., TEMEKA RACHELLE LEWIS, a/k/a "Rachelle," the defendant, using the 6587 Number, retrieved a message from [Astrid], who stated that she was
leaving Client-6 and everything was fine. LEWIS then received an
incoming call from Client-6. LEWIS asked Client-6 how it went,
and he said that she was very nice. Client-6 stated, however,
that next time he wanted to see someone else. Client-6 told
LEWIS that he would give her a call next week. (Call 1342R).
ii. January 24, 2008
66. On or about January 24, 2008, CECIL SUWAL, a/k/a
''Katie," a/k/a "Kate," the defendant, sent an e-mail to an
Emperors Club prostitute. In the e-mail, SUWAL asked the
prostitute if she would be available on February 11, 2008, for a
prostitution appointment in Europe with a client to cost $25,000
or more.

Here is the court document.
London newspapers did reveal that Grosvenor used the services of Emperor VIP club...
Here is more. Could the January 24, 2008 email from "Katie" be this woman?:

Lithuanian Zana Brazdek said he paid her £2,000 after booking her by email through the London office of Emperors Club VIP.

She was told what to wear for the two-hour visit to his posh pad in central London
Zana, 27, said: “He asked how long I’d been with the agency. I told him he was my first job and he seemed pleased.

“He was quite happy with the way I looked as he hadn’t seen a picture of me when he ordered me.

He told me he had used the agency before. It had been recommended.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article909581.ece

And there is more:

This is not the first time reports have surfaced about the Duke Of Westminster dalliances with prostitutes. An article from the UK's Daily Mail from last year revealed that the Duke was a serial user who liked to talk about such things as Osama with the girls he met:

The Duke of Westminster, who is worth £6.6billion and is the country's biggest landowner, paid for four vice-girls in six weeks to visit his mews house in the West End of London.

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 55, who is head of the Territorial Army, was said by the News of the World to have openly discussed military matters and Osama Bin Laden.[...]

Bragging to prostitutes that he knew the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden, taking security risks by allowing the mainly East European girls to know exactly who he is - this is a significant figure who should be keeping his mouth closed and commanding respect as head of the Territorial Army, many of whose part time soldiers are on active service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and some of whom have been killed and injured.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This has certainly opened up a can of worms, and making a ot of ex clients very nervous, at least some of them have some time to get their affairs in order before the next shoe drops.

airJackie said...

Yes TGCN this is going to cause more problems then setting up a sting for Spitzer. The Duke will now take action for the US releasing his name and other Rich Man will pull back from the US. This isn't going to be good for Musk Rat who thought he won a big fish only to bring down the House of Money. Let's face it Rich Men have had prostitutes from the beginning of time, they were called concubines. Now with the idiots running the DOJ and the White House all the Rich Business Men will take their money and sex activity overseas. It's a no win situation for the White House. If they drop the case the public will know it was just to get Spitzer out. If they continue the case more Rich Men's names will be exposed for the World to see. Some have Families who wouldn't want that known. Let's see how the Media treats this information as I bet it's a closed subject never to be talked about again.
Oh what a tangled web we weave when once to utter to deceive.

Mrs. X said...

Oh, my. How many people will be exposed from the prostitution ring? So sad about Governor Spitzer and his family.

Yes, another shoe will drop for sure.