NEW YORK: The identity of the high-priced prostitute at the centre of the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal emerged yesterday after the embattled crime-busting New York state governor declared that he would resign.
The brunette - identified in federal court papers as “Kristen,” a call girl for the Emperors Club VIP agency - was revealed to be Ashley Alexandra Dupre, 22, the New York Times reported and who Spitzer arranged to have brought from New York to Washington for $4,300 (BD1,600) for about two hours.
“I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster,” Dupre, an aspiring R’&’B singer from a broken home in New Jersey, was quoted as telling the newspaper.
In a stunning fall from grace, Spitzer, 48, announced he would resign effective Monday amid revelations that he had arranged through a prostitution ring to meet an escort on February 13 at a Washington hotel.
Lieutenant Governor David Paterson, 53, will take over on Monday to become the state’s first black governor and the first blind governor in US history.
Spitzer’s resignation came as more details emerged of his use of prostitutes, with the New York Post saying he had spent up to $80,000 (BD30,000)on call girls going back 10 years to his time as New York state attorney general.

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