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This undated image obtained from a MySpace webpage shows a
woman identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre.
A woman has sued the call girl linked to the downfall of
New York Gov Eliot Spitzer, claiming Ashley Dupre used her lost
driver's license to appear on a "Girls Gone Wild" video.
Dupre made news in March when she was identified as a
high-priced call girl in the Emperors Club VIP prostitution
ring whose client list included Spitzer, who resigned soon
after the scandal broke.
A federal lawsuit filed this month by Amber Arpaio, alleged
owner of the lost driver's license, seeks unspecified
monetary compensation for defamation and invasion of privacy.
Dupre has said she was only 17 when she signed a contract to
appear in the "Girls Gone Wild" video.
The video displays a New Jersey driver's license in the name
of Amber Arpaio and a birth date that would have made her
appear to be in her 20s.
Arpaio, 26, cannot recall where she lost the license and
doesn't know Dupre, although the women have similar faces,
said Arpaio's lawyer, Joseph J. Fell.
"Somehow, Ashley Dupre got ahold of the license and had it
for some period of time," Fell said Thursday.
Arpaio also sued "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joseph Francis.
Lawyers for Francis and Dupre had no immediate comment.
Dupre's publicist did not immediately return a call seeking
comment.
Earlier this month, Dupre dropped her own lawsuit against
Francis. She had previously claimed her name and image were
exploited.
The lawsuit by Arpaio was filed in U.S. District Court in
Trenton on July 11 and reported Thursday in The Star-Ledger
of Newark.
