Prostitute behind Spitzer sex scandal revealed
March 13, 2008
The call girl known as Kirsten travelled by train from New York to Washington to meet Eliot Spitzer in an hotel
Eliot Spitzer resigned as Governor of New York yesterday after a sex scandal put an abrupt end to the political career of a rising star who seemed destined for the White House.
Mr Spitzer, a crusading former prosecutor once known as the Sheriff of Wall Street, said that he would ?leave public life? two days after he was identified as Client 9 in a $5,500-an-hour international call-girl ring.
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The Governor was exposed as Client 9 of the Emperor?s Club VIP call-girl ring after he was caught on an FBI telephone tap setting up a tryst with a ?American, petite, very pretty brunette? prostitute named Kristen.
She was identified last night as a failed rhythm-and-blues singer born Ashley Youmans but now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupre.
?I just don?t want to be thought of as a monster,? Ms Dupre, 22, born in New Jersey and now living in New York?s Flatiron district, told The New York Times. ?This has been a very difficult time. It is complicated.?
On her MySpace page Ms Dupre said that she had left ?a broken family? at 17 and had used drugs, ?been broke and homeless?.
?But I made it,? she adds. ?I?m still here and I love who I am.?
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