Ashley Alexandra Dupre has already made an estimated $200,000 – worth nearly four dozen four-hour trysts with the “gov of love” – from online music downloads in the wake of the Gov. Spitzer sex scandal – and she is poised to make millions more.
Dupre put two songs on the music Web site AmieStreet.com. They are selling at 68 cents each and have been downloaded about 300,000 times.
While Dupre’s MySpace pro file claims she is “all about” her music, that’s probably not where she will make the most dough.
Hustler magazine offered Dupre $1 million for a nude photo spread yesterday. Penthouse also made her an offer, though the figure has not been reported.
“Whatever [the magazines] offer her, that’s the opening bid,” said Howard Bragman, a longtime public-relations expert in Hollywood. “You start a bid ding war. Who isn’t going to buy this issue?”
Adult-film producers are also getting a rise over the idea of Dupre star ring in a porno flick. Kick Ass Pictures an nounced yesterday that they would pay her $1 million to star in a movie.
With all this new money coming in, her court-appointed public defender is probably on the way out.
“If she’s made that much money in that short amount of time, that would certainly make her ineligible for taxpayer-supported legal fees,” defense attorney Steve Zissou said.
“That should be brought to the attention of the judge. Certainly she is capable of paying her own legal fees.”
Dupre’s public defender, Don Buchwald, said in a statement yesterday that his client was upset over the media’s exploitation of her.
Buchwald said that “Spitzer is a public figure. Ms. Ashley Dupre is not. She was thrust into the public glare at age 22 without her consent.”
But the “unauthorized” attention is about to make Dupre rich.
Experts estimate that Dupre will bring in between $2.5 million and $5 million from companies looking to promote the hooker who brought down the governor.
Dupre would have to service Spitzer 581 to 1,162 times at her going rate of $4,300 for four hours to earn the same amount of money.
“If she’s got half a brain, she should be negotiating with the big companies now. If she doesn’t, she should call me,” Bragman said.
“My advice would be make your money now and quickly. She’ll need to manage it well because it’s got to last her a long time.”
Above and beyond the adult magazines and movies, Dupre could cash in on commercials, tabloid-TV shows, a sexy clothing line, perfume and more, said Adam Weiss, the New York public-relations specialist who once represented “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher.
“I guarantee some Hollywood movie mogul will give her a $250,000 deal if she wants it,” Weiss said.
Weiss suggested a line of cosmetics called “Client No. 9” as lucrative starting point, but something like a book deal could bring in $1 million.
That’s not so far off, it seems.
Georgi Vodka yesterday offered Dupre “six figures” to be their cover girl. The company has ads with a bikini-clad butt on the back of almost every bus in the city, and would like to brand a vodka after her called “Vodka No. 9.”
“She’s probably got the most popular butt in America right now,” the company’s Jeff Schwartz said. “She’d be the No. 1 girl for all our advertisements. That’s a lot of exposure.”