Ashley Alexandra Dupre: I Haven't Made a Dime Off Spitzer Scandal

Ashley Alexandra Dupre sits in the front row of a show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in February, 2009. (Getty Images)

Former New York prostitute Ashley Alexandra Dupre took on her many, many haters in a blog posted Wednesday, writing that her part in the scandal that brought down Eliot Spitzer "closed far more doors than it ever opened."

Ashley Alexandra Dupre (Getty)
With Spitzer taking small steps back into the public eye, and speculation swirling about his potential return to politics, Dupre says she's tired of being referred to as the "woman who brought down the governor." Dupre complains, "I didn’t call the tabloids, I didn’t blow the whistle and I didn’t save 'the dress.' I did nothing to shine a light on my indiscretions or to 'out' anyone else."

Dupre, whose music was played on several radio stations after her name was plastered across newspapers such as the New York Post, says the perception that she was "cashing in" was completely false. Not only did she not make money off the music that was played. She didn't make money off the photos that appeared in newspapers, magazines and websites around the world. Dupre even claims she's refused to pose nude despite the lucrative offers.
People think I made money off music that was exploited when the scandal first broke, that I am doing reality television, and that I made millions posing nude for magazines. The truth is none of those things happened. This situation closed far more doors than it ever opened. I didn’t see a dime for my songs, but other people certainly did. I didn’t pose nude for a magazine, but other people made money off of photos of me that they sold to tabloids. Even photos I posed for ages ago were sold to the highest bidder. I never sold any photos of myself -- but people who I trusted did.  And the “millions” for the nude pics? I was offered that, repeatedly -- and turned them down because I didn’t want to perpetuate the problem or feed into the stereotype. Dupre also says she still plans to write a book about her experiences, despite the many book offers she's received that have since been rescinded. "I will write the book regardless and do it for the right reasons," she writes.

Yesterday, the New York Post reported that Dupre's mother, Carolyn Capalbo, is not happy about the idea of Spitzer returning to politics.

"I really can't blame him, but at the same time, my daughter's having a rough go," she told the New York Post. "I can imagine she's not happy about it."

Ashley Alexandra Dupre at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York

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