Woman in Spitzer prostitution ring to plead guilty

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An accused booking agent in a prostitution ring whose clients included former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will plead guilty to a conspiracy charge relating to prostitution, her lawyer said on Monday.

Tanya Hollander was one of four people charged with running the Emperors Club VIP, a high-priced prostitution ring broken up this year. The other three have pleaded guilty.

Hollander, 36, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday but her lawyer, Michael Farkas, said later she would change the plea to guilty at an August 25 hearing.

Spitzer, who as state attorney general championed anti-prostitution legislation and cracked down on financial crimes, resigned as governor in March after The New York Times reported he was a client of the Emperors Club.

Spitzer has not been charged in the case and prosecutors refuse to say whether he will face charges.

Farkas said Spitzer had nothing to do with Hollander's case yet. He said Hollander's role in the ring was smaller than the other defendants and he hoped she would escape jail time under her plea deal.

(Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Daniel Trotta)