The ex-madam and political candidate who claimed she supplied former New York Gov . Eliot Spitzer with escorts pleaded guilty Friday to pushing prescription drugs , the U.S. Attorney 's Office said . Kristin Davis , 38 , who ran against Spitzer for the office of comptroller , admitted in Manhattan federal court to one count of `` distributing and possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances , specifically alprazolam , zolpidem and carisoprodol , '' Preet Bharara , U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York , said in a statement . Bharara said Davis illegally sold `` hundreds of highly-addictive and dangerous prescription pills '' and helped fuel `` the fastest-growing drug problem in the country '' and a `` public health epidemic . '' Davis faces up to 5 years in prison when she is sentenced July 25 . Under the plea agreement , she also agreed to forfeit $ 1,765 . Her lawyer , Daniel Hochheiser , told CNN that he plans to ask for leniency . `` I 'm hoping that she can remain at liberty so that she can pursue her new career and complete her current studies , '' he said . `` She 's going to school ... but at this point I just want to protect her privacy . It 's more career-oriented ... to put herself in a position to gain new skills so she pursue a new career once this case is wrapped up . '' Davis was arrested on the drug charges last August when she was running an unsuccessful campaign for comptroller against Spitzer . The former governor has denied using the services of the ex-madam . Based on a tip from an FBI witness , agents set up a sting operation from January through March of 2013 and caught her pushing pills on three separate occasions to the witness , who she believed to be a drug dealer , prosecutors said . Davis became synonymous with the prostitution scandal involving Spitzer , then serving as governor . She never provided proof that she arranged escorts for Spitzer , but she did spend four months behind bars for running an escort firm . Spitzer , a Democrat , resigned in 2008 . The former governor has denied using the services of the ex-madam . A former hedge fund senior vice president , Davis ran as a Libertarian with a plan to legalize marijuana in New York City . Has the road to redemption gotten shorter ?
Kristin Davis , 38 , pleads guilty to peddling prescription drugs . Davis was a former candidate for New York City comptroller . She is the first person in history convicted of selling narcotics on behalf of her campaign.