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Posted Nov 22nd 2008 1:30PM by TMZ Staff
Ashley Dupre -- who actually makes Paris Hilton look virginal, took to the airwaves last night to yap about that little Gov. Eliot Spitzer escort controversy.
Dupre claims she doesn't feel responsible for Spitzer's downfall saying, "If it wasn't me, it would have been someone else. I was doing my job. I don't feel that I brought him down." In one meeting alone Dupre racked in a whopping $4,300 from Spitzer.
Dupre claims she is done with her sellin' her bod and just wants to move on. Good luck with that.
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Wacky & Weird
Tags: Ashley Dupre, AshleyDupre, Eliot Spitzer, EliotSpitzer
Posted Jul 16th 2008 12:36PM by TMZ Staff
Street walking Eliot Spitzer was out in NYC yesterday -- and even though he laid himself off from his last job, it doesn't mean he isn't keeping busy.
Filed under: Train Wrecks
Tags: ashley dupree, AshleyDupree, eliot spitzer, EliotSpitzer
Posted Jun 2nd 2008 6:00PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned lawyers for "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis have subpoenaed Eliot Spitzer's favorite midnight caller Ashley Dupre to testify under oath and on video about her shady and sordid dealing with a prostitution ring.
Following her spectacular rise to fame as Spitzer's call girl du jour, Dupre filed a $10 million suit against Francis and GGW after the company offered her -- and then rescinded after they discovered video of her in their vaults-- a $1 million deal. She claims "GGW" ruined her reputation.
We hear lawyers for GGW plan to grill Dupre on a litany of topics, hoping to prove that her previous use of fake names, fake IDs and fake web pages will shed light on the alleged shady lady's credibility. GGW's lawyer says after they're done with her, they're confident "any jury will view her claims as frivolous."
For his part, Francis says, "Now that we are calling on her to testify under oath, the world will learn the real truth about Ashley Dupre." Bring it on!
Dupre's New York lawyer Don Buchwald responded to TMZ: "To the extent her testimony is needed, she will of course comply with whatever the rules are in Florida courts."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Joe Francis
Tags: ashley dupre, AshleyDupre, call girl, CallGirl, eliot spitzer, EliotSpitzer, girls gone wild, GirlsGoneWild, hooker, joe francis, JoeFrancis
Posted Mar 8th 2006 10:42AM by TMZ Staff
Payola investigation targets Entercom Communications Corp.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
(Mar. 8) -- Gifts, trips and cash were used to pave the way for air time for certain songs and artists at radio stations owned by one of the nation's largest chains, according to lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
The suit filed Wednesday, stemming from Spitzer's "payola" investigation, targets Entercom Communications Corp. (ETM), based in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. The company owns and operates 105 radio stations.
"We have moved from the label side, those who put out the records and are forced to pay for air time, and switched to the radio conglomerates ... that are extracting money," Spitzer said Wednesday.
He said payola violates radio stations' federal licenses and New York state civil law. He said the Federal Communications Commission, which he said has been "asleep at the switch" on payola, should consider revoking the licenses.
An Entercom spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
In February, Spitzer subpoenaed nine of the nation's largest radio conglomerates in his "payola" investigation of major artists and songs that he claims got air time because of payoffs by recording companies.
Two major recording companies agreed last year to settle their parts of the investigation. Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG) said it would pay $5 million, and Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed to pay $10 million.
Spitzer said Entercom e-mails he obtained include one from an unidentified executive that stated: "These are not optional. They come from corporate and generate millions of dollars for Entercom."
Shares of Entercom fell 8 cents to $28.68 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Tags: Eliot Spitzer, EliotSpitzer
