Court papers show she is known by the name Ashley Youmans -- and as Ashley Alexandra Dupre -- a 22-year-old would-be singer from New Jersey, the New York Times reported Wednesday. She has not been charged with any crime. As Monday she made a brief appearance in U.S. Magistrate Court as a witness against four people charged with operating Emperor's Club VIP, the prostitution ring, the New York Times said.
Who is this high priced hottie? What we know of Ashley is told by her on her MYSPACE page. Dupre writes that she left home at 17 to begin "my odyssey to New York." ...
"It was my decision, and I've never looked back," she writes. "Left my hometown. Left a broken family. Left abuse. Left an older brother who had already split. Left and learned what it was like to have everything, and lose it, again and again.
"Learned what it was like to wake up one day and have the people you care about most gone. I have been alone. I have abused drugs. I have been broke and homeless. But, I survived, on my own. I am here, in NY because of my music."
In her profile, Dupre says she moved to Manhattan to pursue her music career.
"I am all about my music, and my music is all about me," she writes on her MySpace page. "It flows from what I've been through, what I've seen and how I feel."
The page includes a picture of Dupre with the slogan "what destroys me, strengthens me." It also features a song titled "What we want" recorded by Dupre, with lyrics including "I know what you want, you got what I want, I know what you need, can you handle me?"
On the MySpace page, Dupre lists singers Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Celine Dion, as well as her brother, as her influences.
She also offers some advice for those experiencing hard times. CNN has this story and more info on Spitzer giving up his office on Monday.