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Spitzer Flap Frees Sawyer's Hooker Special

Prostitution show, stalled for 2 years, to air this week

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 17, 2008 4:05 PM CDT
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(Newser) – A Diane Sawyer special about sex workers will air this week after 2 years on the shelf, Rush & Molloy report in the New York Daily News, and the ABC newshound can thank Eliot Spitzer. Previously considered too sensational for prime time, the show is now closer to "ripped from the headlines." It highlights legal brothels like Nevada's Moonlite Bunny Ranch, where Sawyer "really hit it off with all my girls," the owner says.

"Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak" will air Friday on "20/20." Meanwhile, the brothel owner says he's offered Spitzer call girl Ashley Alexandra Dupre $250,000 to work for him—and will let the ex-governor visit free. "She'll be there for him, whenever he wants!" said Dennis Hof. And, wise to rumors about Spitzer's proclivities, he warns that a condom is mandatory.

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks at Purchase College's 40th Anniversary Gala at Millennium Broadway Hotel, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 in New York.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks at Purchase College's 40th Anniversary Gala at Millennium Broadway Hotel, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 in New York.   (AP Photo/Gary He)
News Anchor Diane Sawyer arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine Women of the Year awards, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 in New York. Sawyer's 2-year-old prostitution special airs on ABC Friday.
News Anchor Diane Sawyer arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine "Women of the Year" awards, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 in New York. Sawyer's 2-year-old prostitution special airs on ABC Friday.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
This undated image obtained from a MySpace webpage shows a woman identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre.
This undated image obtained from a MySpace webpage shows a woman identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre.   (AP Photo)
News Anchor Diane Sawyer arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine Women of the Year awards, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 in New York.
News Anchor Diane Sawyer arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine "Women of the Year" awards, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007 in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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