Eliot Spitzer eyed for allegedly choking woman

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Eliot Spitzer, the former governor of New York, has been placed under investigation for allegations he choked a woman at a hotel over the weekend.

CBS News reported a Russian woman accused Spitzer of shoving her and placing his hands around her neck inside the Plaza Hotel room in New York City.

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Police said to 1010 WINS Spitzer and the woman, age 25, had an argument that turn physical.

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"Sources also said the incident was not sexual in nature and the woman is not a prostitute," CBS News reported.

The argument reportedly started after the woman, who's not been publicly named, told Spitzer she was leaving to head back to Russia.

CBS News reported the woman was hospitalized later that evening – but for a suicide attempt she made that same night, not for the alleged attack.

"The woman ... made an attempt to cut her wrists at the hotel," CBS News reported. "She was taken to Roosevelt Hospital. That's when she told doctors that she was allegedly assaulted by Spitzer."

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News outlets reported the woman has stopped cooperating with police and is refusing to press any charges against Spitzer.

Spitzer, meanwhile, has not be charged or even questioned by detectives, CBS News said. And a spokesman for Spitzer, Lisa Linden, said: "There is no truth to the allegation."

Spitzer resigned from his governor role in March 2008 when he was implicated in a scandal involving prostitutes. He lost his run for New York City comptroller in 2013..