Ashley Alexandra Dupre filed a lawsuit against Joe Francis and "Girls Gone Wild" for $10 million on Tuesday.
Dupre, the call girl linked to former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, claims that Francis and his popular video franchise exploited her image and name to advertise the racy videos.
Dupre, 22, contended in the 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. Due to her age, Dupre was too young to sign legally binding contracts
Dupre "did not understand the magnitude of her actions, nor that her image and likeness would be displayed in videos and DVDs," according to the lawsuit.
In March, it was discovered that Dupre was the high-priced call girl named "Kristen" named in court documents who was hired by Spitzer for at least one tryst at the Washington Mayflower Hotel. Spitzer, known as "Client 9" in the documents, resigned as New York governor a few days after the scandal broke.
Francis, 35, made a public $1 million offer for Dupre to appear in a "Girls Gone Wild" video and go on a promotional tour, then rescinded the offer after he realized he already had footage of Dupre from 2003. Dupre's lawyer warned she was only 17 when the video was shot, not 18 as Francis claimed.
Francis said in March that Dupre spent a week on a "Girls Gone Wild" bus and made seven full-length tapes after signing release papers and showing proper identification stating she was of age. He also said he bought her a bus ticket home to North Carolina.
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