Disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned his job in March of 2008, could be back on the upswing. He's been asked to deliver a speech at Harvard University.
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, forced to resigned in disgrace after it was revealed just how deeply he was involved with prostitutes, now has a new, prestigious gig. The
New York Daily News reports he will be delivering a lecture at an ethical studies center at Harvard University.
But the madam who supplied Spitzer with his high-priced escorts, Kristin Davis wrote in a protest letter to Harvard officials, saying that she cannot imagine a less qualified speaker. The letter went on...
"I am greatly intrigued as to what Mr. Spitzer could contribute to an ethical discussion when, as [governor], he broke numerous laws for which he has yet to be punished. As attorney general, he went around arresting and making examples out of the same escort agencies he was frequenting."
In Davis' letter to Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, she called Spitzer, "a man without ethics". And she urged the university to reconsider its invitation.
Dr. Lessig though says Spitzer will not be giving a lecture on ethics, but instead has been invited to speak as part of a series on "institutional corruption".
Known as the "Sheriff of Wall Street" while he was still governor, Spitzer has been lecturing on law and public policy at City College, and has been a guest talking about the economy on several local TV shows.
Spitzer resigned as New York Governor on March 12, 2008, after the New York Times reported that he had patronized a prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP in Washington, DC. A federal wiretap uncovered that Spitzer may have paid up to $80,000 for prostitutes over a period of several years, first while he was attorney general, and later as governor.
