The New York Times has revealed the real name of "Kristen" the call girl for no other reason than that they could. She is Ashley Dupre of New York City, an aspiring singer clearly paying the bills with her "day" job. Everyone she ever knew now knows what she's been up to.

Its pretty useless chastising the New York Times for being a sleazy rag. I'm sure its all perfectly legal, but what compelling public interest is there in knowing her name? We are most definitely in National Enquirer territory now--prurient interest.

Just because a woman choses the oldest profession, doesn't mean she wants everyone knowing about it--her mother, father, siblings, cousins, aunts, high school friends, etc...

Miss Dupre is an attractive woman, if not a particularly beautiful one. Aside from her youth, the motivation for Spitzer to throw away his entire life is not obvious. Considering how being a porn actress is now considered an asset for a show biz career, perhaps once she gets over the shock of this invasion of her privacy, Miss Dupre might leverage the attention she'll undoubtedly be getting, into significant opportunities--clearly she needs to find a new line of work.

What is almost certain is that the media will now visit the agonies of hell onto the Spitzer family by attempting to extract every sordid detail of her relationship with Eliot Spitzer. Hey, there's money to be made here..."