He sobbed, he dropped his pants, he pleaded not guilty to pandering — all in a day’s court appearance for Jason Itzler, self-professed “King of All Pimps.”
One day after he was busted on West 14th Street — wearing a fedora and carrying a trumpet he can’t play, according to a law enforcement source — Itzler put on a odd show as he was arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court today on charges of promoting prostitution, money laundering and coke dealing.
“I saved Billy Ray Cyrus’ life, that’s what this is about,” Itzler announced, bizarrely, from the defense table. At one point, when he was led out of court in handcuffs, his pants fell to his ankles, necessitating his hobbling across the room in small, shuffling steps.
Manhattan prosecutors say he charged johns up to $1,000 an hour — plus extra for cocaine — for trysts with his online-based escort service, Rockstar Models & Party Girls.
Itzler had served two years for running the infamous escort service, New York Confidential, that allegedly serviced former “love gov” Eliot Spitzer.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Thomas Farber set bail at $500,000 bail pending a hearing Tuesday.