Ashley Dupre, the former call girl involved in the NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer sex scandal, has filed a $10 million dollar lawsuit against the Girls Gone Wild creator, Joe Francis.
Dupre claims that Francis allegedly exploited her name and image without her permission for advertising and commercial purposes.
In 2003, Dupre was approached by representatives of GGW at the Chester Field Hotel in Miami. She states that they offered her drinks and, then, after she was drunk, they induced her into exposing her breast while being filmed. While under the influence, Dupre agreed to sign a release form allowing Francis to use footage of her for his series.
Dupre, who was then 17-years old at the time, claims she did not understand the magnitude of her actions, nor that her image and likeness would be displayed in videos and DVDs produced and distributed by the makers of GGW.
Francis told TMZ: "We were very surprised and in fact amazed today that Ms. Dupree filed a lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild. We have not publicly released any new video of Ms. Dupree, due to corporate policy of not using footage of individuals younger than 18. It is incomprehensible that Ms. Dupree could claim she did not give her consent to be filmed by Girls Gone Wild, when in fact we have videotape of her giving consent, while showing her identification."