Dear Ashely,

First off, you look fantastic. The abs. The "V" torso. The cleavage. The uncaring glare on your face. You're a hottie, Dupre, and it's no wonder Eliot Spitzer might've dedicated taxpayer dollars toward your cause.

Second, good for you! We heard about that $2 million deal from reality-show producer David Krieff, who brought America such Emmy-worth programming as the TV special featuring Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding. Supposedly you're being offered the sum in exchange for exclusive rights to your life story? And that it's a way to profit from your headline-making career in a non-trashy way, like that Tila Tequila reality show offer would have?

And third, you want to be like the most obnoxious Ph.D. on television!

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Eliot Spitzer's old paid lady friend Ashley Dupre has found a new man to take care of her. And, just like her most famous client, this guy's married. She supposedly shacked up with a one Thomas J. "TJ" Earle at the Gramercy Park Hotel after a day of shopping and smooching in a limo, checking out separately, and heading back to where they came from, and belong: New Jersey. [NYP]

Having used the July 4 holiday weekend to quietly drop her lawsuit against Joe Francis, former Eliot Spitzer call girl Ashley Dupre is working on her next for-profit venture: reality TV show. She's supposedly in talks with MTV, among other networks, to launch her own dating show, with Dupre becoming the next Tila Tequila as contestants vie to penetrate the Jersey Shore's finest. No deal appears very far along however, and though she's said to be working with execs at Handprint Entertainment — responsible for turning Nicole Richie and Pamela Anderson into even more ridiculous pop culture icons — this news sounds more like a fishing expedition for a deal than an actual indication Dupre will be appearing in primetime by the fall. Either way, since taste doesn't appear to be a concern, the only real obstacle will be scheduling filming around that little public service she agreed to perform — testifying against New York's ex-governor in exchange for immunity.

Like Eliot Spitzer once did, your "words have touched me," wrote Ashley Alexandra Dupre on her MySpace blog on Saturday, in what's her first public statement since her the ex-gov's call girl scandal broke. (Well, the day it all went down, she did post: "Yeah, I did it.")

To her supporters (fans?), she writes, "Thank you all so much for taking the time to send me a bit of strength and inspiration via e-mail or comment. … Your words have touched me, and I thank you for that … with all my heart, I love you guys!!! :)" And to the haters? "I love you too, because it makes me push myself and want it even more."

Also, she's sorry if your friend request got deleted! ZOMG, the MySpace is haaard!

Why try to strike a settlement deal with Eliot Spitzer when, like Ashley Dupre on a good night, the feds have him nailed? "Prosecutors have records of Spitzer's transactions, phone records and taped conversations with Emperors Club, and are confident they need little more to nail him on charges that could include violating prostitution laws and money laundering, sources said. Probers are also said to be looking into whether he used campaign funds to pay for his pleasures." [P6] Meanwhile, the Times still appears unsure whether prosecutors will actually bring a case against Spitzer, even though they just snagged a third plea deal from the former tax guy, Mark Brener (seen here with Cecil Suwal, one of the agency's client specialists), who started the hooker ring (to pay his wife's medical bills, supposedly).

The New York Daily News has a whole new gallery of Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Eliot Spizter's former call girl and New Jersey native, spending some time at the beach with her mom. It makes sense: It's been quite warm in the northeast, and Jersey girls are supposed to spend time by the shore. Also: The photos of her in this white bikini were getting pretty tired.

Though the Daily News does photo caption her as the "disgraced" governor's wife, its article about Silda Spitzer's first return to the public spotlight is generally favorable: "Shedding the shame of her husband's downfall, a radiant Silda Wall Spitzer emerged from self-imposed exile Wednesday night - looking stunning in a designer evening dress and heels. The former First Lady of New York held her head high, greeting friends with hugs and kisses at a midtown benefit for the Children for Children foundation she founded." It helps that she did not bring her husband as her date.

In another era, Eliot Spitzer would've loved for any of his big takedowns to be picked up by Law & Order producers and made into a ripped-from-the-headlines storyline. His prostitution scandal that cost him his career? Probably not so much.

Too bad!

On tomorrow's L&O, substitute "Gov. Eliot Spitzer" for "Gov. Donald Shalvoy" and "Emperors Club" for "Excalibur."

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Rather than tango through the courts with Ashley Dupre, Joe Francis is hoping to "settle" her $10 million lawsuit – for allegedly tricking her into getting drunk in '03 and baring all for the cameras – for a cool $1 million. The Girls Gone Wild anti-hero is putting his million dollar fee back on the table for Eliot Spitzer's ex-call girl, after reneging on the initial offer when he realized he already had her on tape. And as Francis himself notes, "She should keep in mind it's considerably more than the governor of New York paid her, and our activities aren't illegal." Well, that might be for the courts to decide.

While Miley Cyrus commanded upwards of $1 million for her "life story" – girl is 15 – Eliot Spitzer's tell-all is being shopped around for a easily $350,000. Fortune's Peter Elkind, who also penned Enron fallout book The Smartest Guys in the Room, which sold 129,000 copies, is expected to have a deal wrapped up today. But what's the market like for manuscripts about fallen governors? Gay American Jim McGreevey's The Confession moved just 38,000 copies, and that fella wrote his own downfall.

Though Faith O’Donnell and Sally Anderson are pseudonyms for two of the three sex industry types profiled this month by the New York Times after the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal, the paper does want to set the record straight about 'em: They are not "high-priced call girls," as was reported; nor do they engage in "the 21st-century version of the oldest profession." Correcting the March 16 piece, yesterday the Times noted that one of its reporters – they don't say whether it's either Cara Buckley or Andrew Jacobs – never asked the women, explicitly, whether they traded sex for cash. After the article ran, they reminded the paper the term "sex workers," which they used, can refer to strippers, not just whores. The Times had just assumed they meant "prostitutes."

Some things are just easier to understand when explained by children.

As expected, the list of Eliot Spitzer's whores grows. Not only was the ex-gov a client of Emperors Club, but he also patronized Wicked Models, with a one Kristin "Billie" Davis playing ringleader. She brags about her 10,000-name-long client list and $1,000-an-hour fees. She got busted while destroying evidence and preparing to skip town after learning officials were on to her as the Spitzer investigation widens. It's alleged Davis personally serviced the former politico on numerous occasions, but no, THAT IS NOT HER IN THE KRISTIN DAVIS SEX TAPE.

Joe Francis was all prepared to offer Ashley Dupre $1 million to do a video and photo shoot for his Girls Gone Wild DVD series and magazine … until he realized he already had hours of footage of Eliot Spitzer's lady friend. In all, there are seven tapes of Dupre, who hooked up with the GGW film crew in Miami Beach during Spring Break '03; she had been kicked out of her hotel room after fighting with a friend, and they offered her a bus to party on. And like all good things that enter Ashley's life, this too, was short lived: They supposedly had to kick her off the bus when they discovered the then-18-year-old drinking.

Between stalking Eliot Spitzer at his apartment building and debating whether the media can use Ashley Alexandra Dupre's photos without permission, we've lost sight of one of the most important facets of the scandal: Diane Sawyer got a green light to talk about prostitutes on network TV.

The ABC anchor had been hoping to air her special on paid sex, but the network refused to give her the go ahead for Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak, about Dennis Hof's Bunny Ranch whorehouse in Nevada.

No longer: Call girls are suddenly relevant again!

With an air date set for Friday's 20/20, Sawyer's project is a go. All it took was the resignation of a governor — Heidi Fleiss and Deborah "D.C. Madame" Palfrey, alas, just weren't enough.