Spitzer Call Girl Suing "Girls Gone Wild"

$10M Lawsuit Claims Founder Exploited Her Image; Says She Was 17 And Drunk In Videos

(AP)  The call girl linked to the downfall of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer sued the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" series on Monday for $10 million, claiming he exploited her image and name to advertise the racy videos.

Ashley Alexandra Dupre, 22, contended in the lawsuit that she was only 17 - too young to sign legally binding contracts - and drunk on spring break in 2003 when she agreed to be filmed for "Girls Gone Wild" in Miami Beach.

Dupre "did not understand the magnitude of her actions, nor that her image and likeness would be displayed in videos and DVDs," says the lawsuit filed by Miami attorney Richard C. Wolfe.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Miami names as defendants "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis, two of his companies and a man purportedly involved in creation of two Internet sites that the lawsuit contends improperly use Dupre's image to sell DVDs and other products.

Francis, 35, has built a soft porn empire filming and marketing videos of young women exposing their breasts and being shown in other sexually provocative situations, often at public events such as Mardi Gras or spring break beach locales.

Dupre, who lived in Beachwood, N.J., while growing up, gained notoriety in March when it came out that she was the high-priced call girl named "Kristen" named in court documents who was hired by Spitzer for at least one tryst at a posh Washington hotel. Spitzer, known as "Client 9" in the documents, resigned as New York governor a few days after the scandal broke.

Francis made a public $1 million offer for Dupre to appear in a "Girls Gone Wild" video and go on a promotional tour, then rescinded the offer after he realized he already had footage of Dupre from 2003. Dupre's lawyer warned she was only 17 when the video was shot, not 18 as Francis claimed.

Francis said in March that Dupre spent a week on a "Girls Gone Wild" bus and made seven full-length tapes after signing release papers. He also said he bought her a bus ticket home to North Carolina.

Francis said he was surprised by the lawsuit.

"It is incomprehensible that Ms. Dupre could claim she did not give her consent to be filmed by Girls Gone Wild, when in fact we have videotape of her giving consent, while showing her identification," Francis said in a statement.

He said the photos were taken "in front of a room full of people, including two newspapers and multiple crews we had in the room." Francis also said he would be happy to discuss the $1 million offer with her again.

The lawsuit claims Dupre is the victim of unfair trade practices, false advertising and unauthorized use of her likeness.

Francis is no stranger to legal problems in Florida. He spent a year in jail and was released in March after pleading no contest to child abuse and prostitution charges for filming underage girls in the Panhandle beach town of Panama City. Four women who claim they were 17 or younger when filmed have filed lawsuits there against Francis.

Francis also faces federal tax evasion charges in California. Prosecutors say companies controlled by Francis claimed more than $20 million in phony deductions in 2002 and 2003 and that Francis used offshore accounts to conceal income.

[displeased]

truthalways, I agree. This call girl has a name and her relationship with Girls Gone Wild has nothing to do with Spitzer. Why wasn''t she arrested for prostitution anyway?

[displeased]

so now like a typical woman, has to resort to playing the victim role in a lawsuit to make her money.
Posted by shanev137

Typical woman eh? I don''t think I know any women that used lawsuits to get by. This call girl is far from typical. I think you meant to say "like a typical street who.re, has to resort to..."

[truthalways]

spitzers wife must be happy the news keep calling her the spitzer call girl..may be she needs to sue the ***!!! for using her husband''s name , harming her to make money!! what country are we living now..****** havew rights...gay..abortionist..inmates..whatever!!

[shanev137]

Wow. This who~re is already played out. That was quick. She obviously didn''t get her million dollar book and movie deal for *** Spitzer, so now like a typical woman, has to resort to playing the victim role in a lawsuit to make her money.

Gold-digging who~res really haven''t changed at all in the last few decades.

[chenz66]

Let me get this straight. This bimbo was too stupid to graduate high school. The only job she is capable of is to lie on her back and spread her legs. For this, she takes a governors career down. Now, she%u2019s suing for 10 million because someone taped her showing her breasts when she was 17 years old. Good country this America. I%u2019m starting to think I%u2019m the stupid one!

[kristin1228]

ummm...she wasn''t drunk enough to show a fake ID and claim that she was 18. who are these lawyers that are representing her that told her she had a case??

[johnshaft4]

A true prostitute. Perhaps, she should go to law school.

[Syndicate]

Actually I care. I want to see her take that SOB to the cleaners.

[displeased]

Alas! This is what now passes for news in the US - who cares?!?
Posted by walker1209

You''re right, who cares about this ***. The reason this is news is they''re informing the public of another frivolous lawsuit from an insignificant *** trying to take advantage of the system.

[megamanx1-2009]

Ok so if she was 17 and drunk then she admits to underage drinking....

[davidy007]

Another Lawyer....Jeezzz..their like roaches....

What are you all communists. She is an business women that has a product that sells. She has the right to market her product any way she wants too. So some sleezy child porn peddler wants to use her marketability to further his deprived empire. She was not able to legally to sign a contract.

[zerato-2009]

What are you all communists. She is an business women that has a product that sells. She has the right to market her product any way she wants too. So some sleezy child porn peddler wants to use her marketability to further his deprived empire. She was not able to legally to sign a contract. Good luck to her

[prinzowhales]

What do you say to a drunken wh.ore?
What do you say to a drunken wh.ore?
What do you say to a drunken wh.ore
...Early in the morn---ing?

[walker1209]

Alas! This is what now passes for news in the US - who cares?!?

[davidy007]

Exploited "her image"???!!??? LOL ...I love the news anymore...."My image as High priced Ho is now been tarnished and I am looked at as just a "Regular" Ho. I am suing....I love it...

[roger_inkart]

I would have thought this story had weeks in the running. Oh yea, he''''s a dem, that''s why.

Posted by Xlib at 10:22 AM : Apr 29, 2008

Ah, the imaginary myth of the ''librul media'' comes to soothe the conservative with waves of indignation.

How much press did Spitzer''s scandal receive compared to Sen. Vitter (R) for example? Both were caught visiting prostitutes. Yet Vitter''s story hardly made any news (and he wasn''t forced to resign, and received a standing ovation from his fellow Republicans when he returned to congress.)

There is a double standard here, but not in the way you believe it.

[xlib]

Guess that''s what happens when your best customer is taken away from you. Wonder how herr spitzer, the moral crusader is doing?? I would have thought this story had weeks in the running. Oh yea, he''s a dem, that''s why.

[ioweign]

She has to be a blond...

[jjarden]

America is DOOMED. You may think it isn''t, but the signs are EVERYWHERE. This society has changed for the worse in so many ways since I was born in 1963. It really has become a "Soddom & Gamorah"...and I''m NOT even Religious!

[djberson]

Sorry girly-girl, everyone knows what Girls Gone Wild is. And you are a hooker anyway, so why do you care how your IMAGE is exploited?