On Sunday she flew back to Russian Federation, as planned, and saw news reports on the investigation and apologized via email, Kaufmann said. She did not affirm or deny whether the former governor actually knew the woman or was present at the hotel that evening. Janelle Burrell of WCBS, CBS New Yor… While the officers left, 911 called Travis back and she told the dispatchers that she did not need help any longer. The officials had knowledge of the case but were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. She made the allegations after police responded to the hospital.
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Kaufmann confirmed she’d placed the calls.
“She was lucid. She insisted on going… and there were no grounds for us to keep her here”. Spitzer’s attorney said on Monday that the report was from a woman Spitzer has known “for a period of time” and is false.
Ex-prostitute Rebecca Woodward wrote in her 2013 memoir that during one $1,500 appointment, Spitzer held her down on a bed and choked her. Woodward claimed the incident was part of a role-playing request by the kinky politician.
The source also said that the alleged victim was taken to the hospital for self-inflicted cuts to her wrists.
According to media reports, the police had arrived at The Plaza hotel Saturday night at around 8 p.m. after receiving a distressed 911 call.
The newspaper says the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives is leading the investigation of allegations Spitzer attacked the woman at the famed Plaza hotel on Fifth Avenue and that the woman tried to kill herself.
She was taken to a nearby hospital to treat the cut but then said she didn’t want to press charges, according to the sources. The woman’s arm was bandaged, and she was released.
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Spitzer, 56, and the woman reportedly had “some sort of romantic relationship for about two years”, and she was considering breaking up with him, which “may have led to the spat”, an official told ABC station WABC.
