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Eliot Spitzer withdraws lawsuit against alleged Russian hooker
That was a quickie of a lawsuit!
Eliot Spitzer has pulled out of a fraud and extortion case against an alleged Russian hooker who accused him of choking her at the Plaza Hotel — less than two months after filing the suit.
“Eliot Spitzer, by and through his attorneys, hereby discontinues the above-entitled action without prejudice and without costs to either party as against the other,” the withdrawal notice says. The legal term “without prejudice” means Spitzer could refile the case in the future.
Papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday say the notice of discontinuance was emailed to the woman, Svetlana Zakharova Travis.
Read more: http://nypost.com/2016/09/07/eliot-spitzer-withdraws-lawsuit-against-alleged-russian-hooker/