Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s girlfriend ended their relationship because he was being extorted by the $5,000-a-night Russian hooker who later accused him of a Plaza hotel assault, the New York Post reports.

New York Post: “The Russian vixen who accused Eliot Spitzer of choking her at The Plaza hotel is a divorced, globe-trotting beauty who once bared all in an article titled ‘Sex is Sex, but Money is Money’… Spitzer and Travis’ relationship began at least two years ago, while she was working as a high-priced call girl — and he was her ‘sugar daddy.’”

“Spitzer phoned her repeatedly after she was taken to the hospital, and he showed up there looking … to try to sneak in, a source said. ‘He was all covered up, with a dark hat pulled down and a black jacket pulled up, trying to cover himself as much as possible so he wouldn’t be recognized.”

“The NYPD is investigating allegations that disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer choked a woman during an encounter inside a room at the swanky Plaza Hotel,” the New York Post reports.

“Cops rushed to the hotel just south of Central Park after the woman — whose relationship to Spitzer is unclear — phoned 911 and said she was having a breakdown and had slashed her wrists around 8 p.m. Saturday. She was taken for medical treatment at Roosevelt Hospital, where she told staffers that Spitzer — who quit as governor over a hooker scandal in 2008 — had choked her.”