Eliot Spitzer wants judge to toss alleged Russian escort's lawsuit

Disgraced former governor of New York, former MSNBC host and CNN frequent guest, Eliot Spitzer has asked a judge to toss out the remainder of a lawsuit filed by his accuser and Russian escort Svetlana Travis, now that portions of the suit have gone public. [H/T New York Post]

The alleged $5,000-a-night prostitute filed suit against the Democrat in 2020 but the case was filed under seal and partially made public after The Post and another media outlet recently petitioned a judge.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Paul Goetz ordered the portions of the suit relating to Ms. Travis' allegations that Spitzer choked her during sexual intercourse gone wrong on Feb. 13, 2016 at the Plaza Hotel would be unsealed. The order dismissed all of the other allegations against Spitzer except the one referencing the Plaza Hotel choking incident.

An unsealed, heavily redacted, version of Travis’ suit was filed on Dec. 16 and recently made accessible to the gossip-hungry public.

Spitzer’s smart, Jewish lawyer Adam Kaufmann, sent a letter to the judge asking him to allow Kaufmann to file a motion to dismiss the rest of her suit. The letter was also made public.

Spitzer co-hosting on CNN

“Plaintiff launched this action as part of her effort to extract revenge against Mr. Spitzer, his family and anyone remotely close to him after she was prosecuted and jailed for her extortive scheme against Mr. Spitzer and another victim,” Kaufmann wrote, only made public this week.

“Plaintiff’s own filings to the court demonstrate that her single remaining claim cannot be sustained,” Kaufmann wrote asking to file a motion for summary judgment.

Travis accused Spitzer of choking her during coitus in 2016 at the Plaza Hotel. She pleaded guilty to attempted petit larceny in 2017.

Of the newly unsealed suit, Kaufmann said, “There is nothing new in these allegations. They have been investigated by law enforcement and dismissed as complete fabrications.

“In fact, Ms. Travis herself sent an email unequivocally apologizing and retracting the allegations the day after she initially made them,” Kaufmann's statement said. “We are pleased the court dismissed most of the counts and are confident the rest of the case will follow.”

Travis was sentenced to 90 days time served in 2017 after pleading guilty to attempted petit larceny for trying to steal rent from another ex-lover [aka coitus client]. The plea deal meant she didn’t have to cop to charges accusing her of extorting $400,000 from Spitzer to keep quiet about their sexcapades.

Svetlana Travis

In 2017, Spitzer filed suit against Travis accusing her of fraud and extortion but he dropped the case just a few months later, perhaps because he didn't want to get caught with his pants down.

Travis’ lawyer Joseph Murray [Michael Avenatti wasn't available] filed a response letter Tuesday opposing Spitzer’s request to make a motion for summary judgment, alleging that Spitzer’s side has filed motions which have delayed the case from moving forward.

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Murray also disputed all of Kaufmann’s assertions from his letter alleging that Travis, not Spitzer, was the real victim and claiming that Spitzer threatened Travis to keep her from fully cooperating with officials over the Feb. 13 incident.

According to MSNBC, Eliot Spitzer considers himself to be a feminist .  .  .  all coitus aside.

Spitzer's wife divorced him in 2013.

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