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Published in TZ Latest News 2 November, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Woman charged with extorting Eliot Spitzer pleads not guilty

Svetlana Travis, the Russian national who accused ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of choking her earlier this year, pleaded not guilty to charges that she extorted $400,000 from the real estate developer. At the arraignment, Prosecutor Thomas Boyle asked to raise bail to $1 million and the judge implied that Travis would face prison time. “It’s either probation or state prison, no in between.

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