NEW YORK — A former madam running against former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the race for New York City comptroller peddled hundreds of powerful painkillers and other prescription pills in exchange for Ecstasy and cash from a drug dealer wearing a wire, federal authorities said Tuesday.
Prosecutors made the accusation against Kristin Davis while announcing her arrest on charges of distributing and possessing a controlled substance.
Davis, 38, was released on $100,000 bond and ordered undergo drug testing at her initial court appearance on Tuesday. She left court without speaking to reporters.
In a statement, defense attorney Daniel Hochheiser said his client "is accused by hearsay complaint, based upon the unsworn statements of an admitted drug dealer, who is seeking leniency at the expense of a high-profile target."
The long-shot Libertarian candidate is perhaps best known for claiming to have gotten call girls for Spitzer before a prostitution scandal forced him from office. But the claims have never been proven.
According to a criminal complaint, Davis began buying Xanax, Adderall and Ecstasy from the unidentified drug dealer in 2009. She allegedly told the dealer that 'she provided these drugs to others at house parties,' the complaint says.
In 2011, Davis asked the dealer if he would accept Adderall in exchange for Ecstasy, the complaint says. After that, they traded 240 Adderall pills for 120 Ecstasy tablets, it says.
Authorities arrested the dealer in December and he agreed as part of guilty plea to record his conversations with Davis, the complaint says. In a recorded meeting on Jan. 7, the cooperator paid Davis $675 in cash for 215 pills, it says.
