売春スキャンダルでNY州知事が辞任。相手の女性もメディアに

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, whose rise to political power as a fierce enforcer of ethics in public life was undone by revelations of his own involvement with prostitutes, resigned on Wednesday, becoming the first New York governor to leave office amid scandal in nearly a century.

　買春スキャンダルで、ニューヨーク州のスピッツァー知事がついに辞任。このスキャンダルでは持たない。しかも、ニューヨーク・タイムズが追及しているんだから。しかし、すごいのはニューヨーク・タイムズ、相手の女性のインタビューを写真入りで掲載している。

She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.
Kristen, the prostitute described in a federal affidavit as having had a rendezvous with Mr. Spitzer on Feb. 13 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, has spent the last few days in her ninth-floor apartment in the Flatiron district of Manhattan. On Monday, she made a brief appearance in federal court, where a lawyer was appointed to represent her. She is expected to be a witness in the case against four people charged with operating a prostitution ring called the Emperor's Club V.I.P.

　あ、NYタイムズだけかと思ったら、CNNにも、この女性の写真入りの記事が･･･

The woman alleged to have been hired by New York governor Eliot Spitzer reportedly revealed Thursday she had gone without sleep since the scandal broke earlier this week and said she did not want to be thought of as a monster.
Ashley Alexandra Dupre, reportedly identified in court documents as a call girl known as "Kristen" appeared in court on Monday as a witness against four people accused of operating a high-class prostitution ring allegedly used by the disgraced Democrat.

　何だかなあ。世界最古の職業の人かもしれないけど、ここまで出てくるんだろうか。ピューリタン的な米国では珍しい気がするけど。新聞の名門、NYタイムズも、テレビ報道の名門、CNNも、何だかギリギリのところまで踏み出してきている感じがするなあ。FOXニュースがもたらしたニュースのバラエティ化、昔ならば、イエロージャーナリズムといわれかねないところまで進んでいくのだろうか。