The law enforcement official said that several people running the prostitution ring knew Mr. Spitzer by the name of George Fox, though a few of the prostitutes came to realize he was the governor of New York.
Mr. Fox is a friend and donor to Mr. Spitzer. Asked in a telephone interview Monday whether he accompanied Mr. Spitzer to Washington on Feb. 13 and Feb. 14, Mr. Fox responded: "Why would you think that? I did not.”
Told that the Room 871 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel was registered in Mr. Fox’s name but with Mr. Spitzer’s Fifth Avenue address, Mr. Fox said, "That is the first I have heard of it. Until I speak to the governor further, I have no comment."
It's possible that Fox actually knew about it all along and for obvious reasons doesn't want to say so to the Times, but if Spitzer used Fox's name without his knowledge, even if it's not criminal (I'd guess the circumstances wouldn't rise to identity theft or fraud), that's an unbelievably shabby way to abuse a friend. Then again, it seems like par for the course here.
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