Saturday, March 15, 2008

Lawyer for “Kristen” (Ashley Dupré) Scolds Media Over Photos


Working for $100 an hour as a court-appointed attorney for Ashley Dupré, the prostitute and aspiring singer said to have liaised with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in February, Buchwald defended his client’s privacy in an emailed press release to reporters this evening.
The email says Dupré was “thrust into the public glare at age 22 without her consent” and that “some publications, in violation of journalistic norms, have used the occasion of Governor Spitzer’s political misfortunes as an excuse to exploit Ms. Dupré’s persona for commercial purposes by, among other things, displaying a montage of suggestive photographs of Ms. Dupré that has nothing to do with the Spitzer story,” and in “violation of her privacy rights and federal copyright law.” It adds that unnamed commercial websites have also done the same. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - American Blinds, Wallpaper