Leader of Emperors Club pleads guilty

NEW YORK (CNN) - The leader of the prostitution ring which numbered New York Governor Eliot Spitzer among its clients entered a guilty plea in federal court Thursday.

Mark Brener, 62, of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges relating to his involvement in the Emperors Club VIP. He is expected to serve between two and two and a half years in prison.

Brener became a promoter and manager of the ring - which charged between $1,000 and $5,500 an hour for trysts in New York; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; London, England; and Paris, France - in December 2004, prosecutors said. Police seized more than $1 million in cash from his apartment at the time of his arrest.