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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Arrested, Lawyer Defies You to Tell the Difference Between a Nude Prostitute and a Nude Classy Woman

Drew Grant — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:28:00 -0400

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's honest hooker mistake (Getty Images)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is officially in hot water again, as French officials arrested the former International Monetary Fund chief yesterday over suspicions that he used embezzled funds to pay for his wild swinger orgies.

While Mr. Strauss-Kahn was released from suspicions of rape charges after it was found that the maid he allegedly molested had issues with her credibility (and the journalist he raped ran out her statutes of limitations), he could go down Al Capone-style. It wasn't that he participated in partner-swapping sex parties, you see, it was that some of these naked women might have been paid for the pleasure of the 62-year-old's company. Orgies? Well he's just being French! But prostitution? Merde!

Meanwhile, Mr. Strauss-Kahn's lawyer had an interesting take on the issue.

"He could easily not have known (that the women were being paid)," said lawyer Henri Leclerc in a statement made in December. "Because as you can imagine, at these kinds of parties you're not always dressed."

Huh?

"I defy you to tell the difference between a nude prostitute and a nude classy woman," he clarified.

Oh, well he has a point there. Stripped down out of their mandatory t-shirt reading "Prostituée," its impossible to tell a normal stranger willing to have sex with you from a paid lady of the night.

Morning Memo: Meet Spitzer’s Call Girl, Ashley Dupre! And, Michelle Williams Speaks Out About Heath Ledger

Tom McGeveran — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:49:41 -0400

Even the gossipy bit—Who's That Girl?!?—that all of the tabs were after all day yesterday (us too, in fact) is broken first by The Times: Spitzer's prostitute "Kristen" is in fact known as Ashley Alexandra Dupré, though she was born 22 years ago as Ashley Youmans, in New Jersey. [The New York Times]

Anderson Cooper is shocked at the cost of hookers these days, but the King of All Pimps explains that Dupre was getting $1,000 an hour, so it's kind of a victimless crime. Also, the King of All Pimps thinks Dupre is the "girl next door," and exactly what you would expect for $1,000 an hour. Oh, and "they don't do it for the sex, they do it for the cash." [Gawker.com]

Michelle Williams speaks about Heath Ledger in Interview: "For as long as I'd known him, he had bouts with insomnia. He just had too much energy ... His mind was turning, turning, turning — always turning. He had an uncontrollable energy. He buzzed. He would jump out of bed.” [via PageSix.com]

Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell show up to buck up the spirits of Clay Aiken during his current Broadway stint. [JustJared.com]

Eliot Spitzer: Bringing the Passion Back to Albany

Tom McGeveran — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:15:59 -0400

Eliot Spitzer's 2006 campaign message: "Bring some passion back to Albany."