Ex-Hooker Blogger Is Cancer Researcher

Belle du Jour's father stunned by daughter's double life

(NEWSER) - The father of Britain's most famous call-girl-turned-research-scientist Brooke Magnanti says he has used more than 150 prostitutes himself, and introduced his daughter to some of them. Paul Magnanti, whose daughter's double life has captivated the British press, says meeting the women showed her the "human face" of selling sex. Magnanti's blog about her sex work became a TV series and best-selling book. She revealed her identity over the weekend. More»

Capri Anderson will file civil complaint

(NEWSER) - If you thought you'd seen the last of Capri Anderson, the porn star (and rumored prostitute ) police found hiding in the bathroom after Charlie Sheen's latest rampage , think again. She's filing a criminal report as well as a civil complaint alleging assault and false imprisonment, she tells Good Morning America . She claims she was offered $3,500 to make a "paid appearance" at a dinner party with Sheen, but went back to his room of her own free will (she denies she was expecting to be paid $12,000 for sex), which is where things got ugly. More»

Major Garrett blames bit.ly for inserting site he in no way visited

(NEWSER) - Fox News White House correspondent Major Garrett accidentally posted a link to a Las Vegas hooker’s website on Twitter last night while covering the State of the Union, using one of those condensed Twitter links. He figured it out, deleted it, and apologized—but not before Gawker pounced. Later he added, “For those suckling snide syrup. I publicly acknowledged an innocent mistake and corrected it. If that’s not good enuf, take a hike.” More»

NY Post's newest scribe is Ashley Dupre

(NEWSER) - The call girl whose assignations with Eliot Spitzer helped cost him the New York governor's office has a new gig: advice columnist. For the New York Post , of course. In today's debut effort, Ashley Dupre answers a parenting question, then gets into the good stuff.

• "Are there telltale signs a man isn't happy in his marriage?": No actual answer, but some advice: "Ask yourself, when was the last time you did something to make your husband feel loved, special and appreciated?"

'Concerned' hooker managed to push him off

(NEWSER) - A call girl has charged that disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer "went too far" when he choked her during kinky role-playing sex, reports the New York Daily News. Spitzer, who was state attorney general at the time, "wanted a scenario where I was supposed to say I had just been to a self-defense class," the hooker said. "He was supposed to respond, 'Let's see if you learned anything,' and he would be aggressive." More»