Woman in Spitzer scandal remembered as hooker with 'a heart of gold'
The prostitute who has been thrust into the center of the nation's latest sex scandal has "a heart of gold," according to a former teacher who spoke with our corporate cousins at the Asbury Park Press. Born Ashley Youmans, the 22-year-old later changed her name to Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro and goes by the stage name Ashley Alexandra Dupré, The New York Times reports. The paper says Spitzer, who announced his resignation yesterday, knew her as a high-priced call-girl named "Kristen." "She was a wil

Eliot Spitzer's "Kristen" speaks out on her MySpace page
"Kristen", aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre, has a MySpace page (of course, who doesn't), and this is what she says there: "I am all about my music, and my music is all about me… It flows from what I’ve been through, what I’ve seen and how I feel. I live in New York and am on top of the world. Been here since 2004 and I love this city, I love my life here. But, my path has not been easy. When I was 17, I left home. It was my decision and I’ve never looked back. Left my hometown. Left a broken family. L

Ashley Alexandra Dupre's music experiences sudden price increase
Amie Street, a New York based music start-up that prices songs based on popularity, sells "Kristen's" (aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre, or Eliot Spitzer's hooker friend) music and as of this morning (March 12, 2008), you could get Ashley's music for free. By the afternoon, she was up to 30 cents. And by the evening, 8pm Pacific Time, Ashley's hit the 98 cents mark - Amie Street's top price. That's some good going there, all in one day too - there's nothing like a good sex scandal to boost your populari

Ashley Alexandra Dupre: new pictures
New pictures have surfaced of Ashley Alexandra Dupré, aka "Kristen," the high-priced hooker involved with the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. Among them are more candids and a headshot from her 2001 yearbook, in which the innocent-looking girl is labeled by her given name, Ashley Youmans. The 22-year-old left her her Flatiron district apartment around 8 a.m. this morning, unseen since her real name came to light Wednesday evening. The governor, who announced his resignation Wednesday morning (it wil

N.Y. Sex Scandal: 'Kristen''s Pop-Music Dreams
Before her link to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Ashley Alexandra Dupré was a 22-year-old New Jersey girl with a MySpace page and a pop-music dream. And now, her music is getting plenty of exposure – though presumably not in a way she would have preferred. Dupré's MySpace page had more than 5 million profile views – and growing – as of Thursday. There's been inflation, too, on her artist's page on the music site Amie Street. Before the scandal, her single "What We Want" could be procured