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Ashley Dupre of the Eliot Spitzer scandal to break silence on '20/20'.


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New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Nov 15 (ANI): Ashley Dupre a.k.a. Kristen, who was the call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10 1959 ) is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. Spitzer was elected governor in the November 2006 election.  scandal, would be appearing for her first television interview on '20/20' with ABC's Diane Sawyer.

In the interview, scheduled for broadcast on November 21, the New Jersey runaway, who became a high-priced hooker, will most probably not be talking about Spitzer.

"People who think this is all about Eliot Spitzer are going to be disappointed," the New York Daily News New York Daily News

Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S.
 quoted an insider as saying.

"Diane has done extensive reporting on prostitution. This is another chapter in that reporting," the insider said.

Sawyer had spent two years on a prostitution piece for "Primetime", which did not air until after Spitzer resigned, when it was revealed he'd spent time with Dupre.

For Dupre, the scandal that ensued from her meeting with Spitzer put her in the limelight, and helped her gain fame.

However, her relationship with the former governor will not be the main focus in the interview.

According to sources, Sawyer only talked to Dupre about how a young woman from Wall Township, N.J., runs away from home, changes her name, and becomes a big-time New York call girl.

The interview, first noted at gawker.com, is expected to take up two parts of the hour-long "20/20" next Friday.

Calls and e-mails to Dupre went unanswered, and her attorney Don Buchwald revealed he had no comments to make. (ANI)

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