Ex-Newsom mistress exposes wild affair step by step, reveals Kamala Harris advice to stay quiet
Ruby Rippey, the woman whose affair with then-Mayor Gavin Newsom sparked a 2007 California political scandal, detailed the encounter step-by-step in a piece published Tuesday in Vanity Fair, while revealing the role former Vice President Kamala Harris played in advising her afterward.Rippey, who was married to Newsom's campaign manager at the time, Alex Tourk, and who served as the mayor's appointments secretary, disclosed that Harris, who, at the time was the San Francisco District Attorney, privately advised Rippey to "pause" and refrain from public comment or taking a book deal as the scandal broke."She listens, then says simply: ‘I wouldn’t say anything right now, Ruby. More time will give you better perspective,’" Rippey claims Harris told her after the affair became public.KAMALA HARRIS IS THE 'FAIRLY OBVIOUS' 2028 PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER, DEMOCRATIC INSIDERS SAYThe essay chronicles Rippey's battle with alcoholism, the eventual breakdown in her marriage and her journey to sobriety, while questioning how Newsom's team framed the affair in his memoir.Rippey notes that Newsom’s book wrongly claims he was the one who "came clean" to her husband, a detail she says gives him credit for a confession she had already made.
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Ruby Rippey, the woman whose affair with then-Mayor Gavin Newsom sparked a 2007 California political scandal, detailed the encounter step-by-step in a piece published Tuesday in Vanity Fair, while revealing the role former Vice President Kamala Harris played in advising her afterward.Rippey, who was married to Newsom's campaign manager at the time, Alex Tourk, and who served as the mayor's appointments secretary, disclosed that Harris, who, at the time was the San Francisco District Attorney, privately advised Rippey to "pause" and refrain from public comment or taking a book deal as the scandal broke."She listens, then says simply: ‘I wouldn’t say anything right now, Ruby. More time will give you better perspective,’" Rippey claims Harris told her after the affair became public.KAMALA HARRIS IS THE 'FAIRLY OBVIOUS' 2028 PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER, DEMOCRATIC INSIDERS SAYThe essay chronicles Rippey's battle with alcoholism, the eventual breakdown in her marriage and her journey to sobriety, while questioning how Newsom's team framed the affair in his memoir.Rippey notes that Newsom’s book wrongly claims he was the one who "came clean" to her husband, a detail she says gives him credit for a confession she had already made. When she asked a Newsom advisor if the governor "tells the truth" in the book, he responded, "Well, we all remember things differently, don’t we, Ruby?"Rippey described beginning the affair while working at City Hall, detailing encounters that included sitting in a hot tub together, spending nights in hotel rooms, and visiting his Russian Hill penthouse.NEWSOM PAC BOUGHT THOUSANDS OF MEMOIR COPIES ABOUT HIS HARDSHIPS, JUICING SALES"The next clear memory is getting into the back of my boss’s chauffeured town car, heading to The Carneros Inn," Rippey wrote, later adding, "I stretch my legs across the center console and let my heels fall off. He takes one of my feet and begins to massage it, the gesture half-hidden inside the loud car."Rippey described waking up beside Newsom the next morning, noting that while the encounters continued for months, they were fueled by addiction and status: "We meet and we drink.
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- Ruby Rippey, the woman whose affair with then-Mayor Gavin Newsom sparked a 2007 California political scandal, detailed the encounter step-by-step in a piece published Tuesday in Vanity Fair, while revealing the role former Vice President Kamala Harris played in advising her afterward.Rippey, who was married to Newsom's campaign manager at the time, Alex Tourk, and who served as the mayor's appointments secretary, disclosed that Harris, who, at the time was the San Francisco District Attorney, privately advised Rippey to "pause" and refrain from public comment or taking a book deal as the scandal broke."She listens, then says simply: ‘I wouldn’t say anything right now, Ruby. More time will give you better perspective,’" Rippey claims Harris told her after the affair became public.KAMALA HARRIS IS THE 'FAIRLY OBVIOUS' 2028 PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER, DEMOCRATIC INSIDERS SAYThe essay chronicles Rippey's battle with alcoholism, the eventual breakdown in her marriage and her journey to sobriety, while questioning how Newsom's team framed the affair in his memoir.Rippey notes that Newsom’s book wrongly claims he was the one who "came clean" to her husband, a detail she says gives him credit for a confession she had already made.
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