The Eliot Spitzer scandal

Stoic and brief, embattled Gov. Eliot Spitzer, his wife Silda Spitzer steadfastly by his side, announced his resignation in a news conference Wednesday in Manhattan. This was after a sex scandal that involved payments to Ashley Alexandra Dupre (or Ashley Youmans), among others, of the Oceans Club VIP escort service. The identity of the infamous 'Spitzer call girl' was revealed after he resigned.