FOUND Kristen (Photo: MySpace)

The New York Times continues to OWN Eliot Spitzer and his high priced ho-bagging ways. First, they break the biggest story of the year when he turns up on a wire tap arranging pay for play. Now they grind their six-inch red stiletto into his eager groin via an exclusive interview with Ashley Alexandra Dupré, or as Spitzer knew her, Kristen. (She was born Ashley Youmans, but she’s an artist now; her music is on her MySpace page, which the Times unearths.) She started working in the biz, she says, when the man she was living with walked out on her, leaving her scrambling for rent. “I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster,” she told the paper in a series of phone interviews Tuesday night. “This has been a very difficult time. It is complicated.” Online, she describes herself as a runaway, victim of abuse, occasional drug user, and fan of Christina Aguilera, Patsy Cline, Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse, the Rolling Stones, and more.

Judging from her latest blog entry, this call girl has a heart of gold …

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