After seeing the menu presented to Eliot Spitzer, it's easy to understand how Manhattan Madam Anna Gristina reportedly made millions by charging clients thousands of dollars for each encounter. According to the Daily News, "Dream Model" girls cost $1,000, and the "Ultimate Elite Model" experience could be more than $2,000. Friend of Gothamist and CNBC reporter John Carney's Wall Street sources don't buy it. "Maybe this was true in 2006. No one is paying $2000 these days. I'm not even sure anyone ever did. Not for one girl." But our own sources say this pricing is alive and well. "Those expensive women are the ones you actually want to be seen with," a source says.
Though he hasn't used an upscale escort service himself, one source, who works in private wealth management for clients worldwide, says he knows peers who do. "Some brokers buy them for clients. Particularly hedge fund brokers in smaller firms."
He says he's heard of clients spending as much as $5,000 on an encounter. "There's too much regulation in the bigger banks to do it, but smaller players still expense that kind of shit to generate business. They'll just add it to the dinner tab."
Another source agreed with Carney's piece that high-end massage parlors are becoming more common for those who want a less-formal experience at a bargain. "It's around $150 for a really nice rub-and-tug. If you want to have sex, it's usually a few hundred more, depending on the girl."
That source adds that the suits fresh out of college often start with rub-and-tugs and progress to paying for sex once their bank accounts get bigger. "The tug is the gateway drug. The gateway tug," he jokes.
