Ashley 'Kristen' Youmans Was Eliot Spitzer's Hooker of Choice

Ashley Youmans certainly has discovered how to make ends meet while pursuing her illusive dream of being a musician.

 The woman whose physical talents brought down anti-online gambling crusader Eliot Spitzer has been revealed. Her real name is Ashley Youmans, her code name is 'Kristen', and her presently preferred name is Ashley Alexandra Dupre. The Governor of New York, Spitzer was forced to resign yesterday after federal wiretaps were made public containing conversation between Spitzer and employees of the Emperors' Club escort service, during which Spitzer set up a date with Youmans.

Ashley has spent the past few years wandering the country. Ending up in New York, the 22-year-old, an aspiring singer and actress, says she has used the last year or so to network and learn the music business.

Well, she certainly has discovered how to make ends meet while pursuing her illusive dream. The Emperors' Club charged over $1000 an hour for "Kristen's" time, a fee unlikely to be equalled by Ashley as a white suburban hip-hop singer. When told on the wiretap that Spitzer, nicknamed Eliot Ness for his stright-arrow ways, may ask for something she didn't consider "safe" (most likely sex without a condom), Ashley responded that she had a way of dealing with that; that way, as she put it, was to ask if the client wanted the sex or not.

Spitzer may have truly believed his statements that gambling could do irrepairable harm to families; but to gamble on getting away with a habit that cost him over $80,000 and, once revealed, has now ruined his political future and embarrassed and strained his family seems far more risky than spinning a slot machine.

Ashley's future, by comparison, seems much brighter. No longer will she make excellent money for playing with the penises of strangers; now she will make ungodly money, and probably only occasionally have to break out the kneepads to do so. Penthouse has already inquired about featuring her in the magazine and on the cover; Playboy must be considering the same. 

She will be on talk shows, paid to show up at Vegas parties, and may even get to sing, perhaps on her own reality show, although certainly not because the music is worthwhile. In a society that treasures Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, Ashley may bloom as the real whore among the attention whores.