OOPS: NY GOV SPITZER IS LINKED TO PROSTITUTION RING

[New York Times, via Above the Law]

The New York Times is reporting that Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring.

The Times says Spitzer, who was huddled with his top aides inside his Fifth Avenue apartment early this afternoon, had hours earlier abruptly canceled his scheduled public events for the day. He scheduled an announcement for 2:15 after inquiries from the Times.

Spitzer is married with three children.

Just last week, federal prosecutors arrested four people in connection with an expensive prostitution operation. Administration officials would not say that this was the ring with which the governor had become involved, the Times reports.

The Times, citing an unnamed person "with knowledge of the governor's role" reports that the person believes the governor is one of the men identified as clients in court papers.