by Brian Brady
Commercial Real Estate Finance Expert
Structured Debt and Equity
Licensed Real Estate Broker in AL, CA, and FL
Remember Ashley Dupre? We visited her two years ago, when her tryst with New York’s #1 John hit the front page:
Who is Ashley Dupree and why do we care about her? Ashley is a budding songwriter and singer with a compelling story. She was cast into the limelight as Eliot Spitzer’s paramour; taking a few large a month for companionship. Now I don’t want to comment on the morality of prostitution; in 49 states, it’s illegal. Whether you’re an Emporer’s Club “provider” or a sex worker trolling Grand Central, the State of New York considers prostitution a crime. The allegations against Ashley have not been proven in a court of law and frankly, I don’t care if she did it or not. Why?
I said then that she could reinvent herself:
Memo to Ashley Alexandra Dupree: America is the land of “reinventing yourself”. Ask Sidney Biddle Barrows, Vanessa Williams, Donald Trump, or even Daryl Strawberry how forgiving the American public is. Americans crave drama, revere celebrity, and have a sense of justice about them.
Ashley followed the”fifteen minutes of fame” plan. She moved to LA, posed for a centerfold, and stayed away from jail. She moved back to Manhattan and is pondering a career in…real estate brokerage!
The Post’s sultry sex columnist has moved back to town from the West Coast and immediately decided to enroll in a real estate course at NYU. The course is required to apply for a New York broker’s license — but Dupre said she isn’t quite ready to become a full-time real estate dealmaker yet.
She told us, “I recently moved back to New York from Los Angeles. Since being home, I took and passed the accelerated Real Estate Salesperson Course at NYU.
Only in New York. Her future colleagues seem to think she fits in quite well:
Sources told us Dupre fit in well at NYU and “made a ton of friends. She dressed very cute to class, hung out with students during lunch, and has been very into the course. She was one of the top students — often answering questions from the lecturers before they’d even finished speaking.”
A cute dresser, who “does” lunch, and writes an advice column? She’s gonna be fabulous.
Sean Purcell says:
Hmmm, a former member of the oldest profession, who prostituted her body for the promise of big money, is now becoming a real estate agent – for the promise of big money. I hope she recognizes this as more of a lateral move in reputation management… 🙂
July 14, 2010 — 2:50 pm
Ryan Hartman says:
Bobba Booey… after hearing her on the Howard Stern show a few times, I genuinely think she’ll actually be a pretty darn competent practioner, all the other stuff aside…
July 15, 2010 — 6:55 am
Ryan Hartman says:
practitioner 🙂
July 15, 2010 — 6:56 am