New York crime fighting governor Eliot Spitzer is caught up in a high dollar prostitution ring busted by the feds. He is expected to resign to spend more time with the hookers, er, we mean his family.

As the public -- and his fellow politicians -- reacted with shock and outrage, Spitzer strode to a lectern in Manhattan, his arm around his wife, Silda. Both looked deeply shaken, but Spitzer delivered his brief remarks in a crisp, steady tone as Silda stood, stone-faced, at his side.

"I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family, that violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong," he said.

Spitzer, who has three teenage daughters, has not been charged. He spoke for one minute and did not elaborate on his actions.

But plenty of salacious details emerged in court documents filed last week when federal prosecutors indicted four people they accused of being ringleaders in the Emperors Club VIP, which advertised companions with "beauty, elegance, erudition, and educational standing."

An FBI affidavit describes a wiretapped conversation in which Client 9 told a call-ring booking agent that he had sent a deposit for the tryst by mail, with no return address, "same as in the past, no question about it." A delivery delay almost derailed his Feb. 13 date with Kristen. The money finally arrived, however, and the transaction continued.