Ashley Alexandra Dupre Sues Girls Gone Wild

Ashley Alexandra Dupre has sued Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis for $10 million on Monday claiming her image and name are being exploited.

Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a former call girl linked to the downfall of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Miami, Florida.

Ashley Dupre also contended in the $10 million lawsuit that she was only 17 and drunk on spring break in 2003 when she agreed to be filmed for "Girls Gone Wild" in Miami Beach.

Dupre claims she was too young to sign legally binding contracts and did not understand the magnitude of her actions, nor that her image and likeness would be displayed in videos and DVDs as stated in the lawsuit filed by Miami attorney Richard C. Wolfe.

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has built a soft porn empire filming and marketing videos of young women exposing their breasts and being shown in other sexually provocative situations often at public events such as Mardi Gras or beach spring break locales.

Dupre became well known in March as the high-priced call girl named "Kristen" who was hired by Spitzer for at least one tryst at a posh Washington hotel. Spitzer, known as "Client 9" in court documents, resigned as the New York governor a few days after the scandal broke.

Francis alleged in March that Dupre spent a week on a "Girls Gone Wild" bus and made seven full-length tapes after signing release papers. He also said he bought her a bus ticket home to North Carolina.

The lawsuit alleges Dupre is the victim of unfair trade practices, false advertising and unauthorized use of her likeness.