I wonder if what you get for $5000 is any better than what you get for $xxx ? Probably most of the $5000 is to keep it quiet. In this case it's in the news in regards to Spitzer choking the hooker and then she tried to slit her wrists and ended up in the hospital. She's now back in Russia. And another scandal for Spitzer.
Choking and asphyxiation have always been old Elliot's thing. He get's himself into to trouble because his girls don't know it's his thing before hand. Creepy fucker.