Four months before a hooker scandal brought down Eliot Spitzer, controversial Republican operative Roger Stone tipped the FBI to the governor’s penchant for prostitutes.
The information Stone provided was very detailed – right down to the calf-length black socks Spitzer allegedly wore while bedding his paid paramours.
In a letter sent to the FBI on Nov. 19, Stone alleged that Spitzer “used the service of high-priced call girls” while in Florida.
Stone, a former henchman for President Richard Nixon who divides his time between his Central Park West apartment and Miami Beach, said in the letter that he had gathered the information on Spitzer from “a social contact in an adult-themed club.”
Spitzer resigned last Monday, a week after his liaisons with $1,000-an-hour hooker Ashley Dupre were revealed.
Yesterday, Stone refused to comment on the letter, but told The Post: “What kind of guy does it with his socks on?”
The letter, written by Stone’s lawyer, Paul Rolf Jensen, alleged that Spitzer “paid literally tens of thousands of dollars for these services,” and that the Democratic former governor “paid not with credit cards or cash but through some pre-arranged transfer.”
The missive’s contents were confirmed to The Post by a source close to Stone. Federal authorities declined to comment on the letter, as did a Spitzer spokeswoman.
Stone’s lawyer wrote to the FBI after investigators asked to speak with Stone, although they didn’t specify for what purpose. He refused to talk to them, but sent the letter about Spitzer.
“It is also my client’s understanding from the same source that Governor Spitzer did not remove his mid-calf-length black socks during the sex act. Perhaps you can use this detail to corroborate Mr. Stone’s information,” according to the letter, which was first reported by the Miami Herald.
Stone is no stranger to sex scandals.
The veteran political consultant was dumped as an operative in Bob Dole’s 1996 GOP presidential campaign after Stone and his wife placed a personal ad in a swingers magazine looking for a threesome.
Stone claimed he was the victim of dirty politics, but pictures soon surfaced of him bare-chested and his wife reclining on a bed in a black negligee and thigh-high boots.
Last summer, Stone was accused of leaving a hate-filled message on the home phone of Spitzer’s dad, Bernard.
The message said the 83-year-old real estate developer would be “compelled by the Senate sergeant-at-arms” to testify about “shady campaign loans” made to his son in 1994. Stone denied any involvement, and Manhattan authorities didn’t press charges because the call didn’t violate any laws.
gotis@nypost.com