Ashley Dupré Revisits 2008 Spitzer Scandal and $1,000-an-Hour Escort Past
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 20
Ashley Dupré Revisits 2008 Spitzer Scandal and $1,000-an-Hour Escort Past
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 20
Summary
Ashley Dupré said in an Elle essay that she is no longer running from the "reckless" choices that made her tabloid fodder, including the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal and her affair with TJ Earle.
At 19, Dupré wrote, she was offered $1,000 an hour to date high-profile men; by 22, the FBI showed her a photo of a client she later learned was then-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Dupré said she takes responsibility for crossing a line with the married TJ Earle in 2008, acknowledging that the affair hurt his wife and daughters, including influencer Alix Earle.
Alix Earle has previously described the fallout as a child, saying paparazzi descended on her home and classmates' parents sometimes would not let friends visit her family.
Dupré, who married TJ Earle in 2013, said she now believes accountability should leave room for growth rather than defining someone forever by decisions made at 19 or 22.