AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Ruby Rippey breaks silence on Newsom affair, says Kamala Harris urged her to stay quiet
Gavin Newsom's former mistress has published a detailed account of their affair in Vanity Fair, and claims then-District Attorney Kamala Harris privately counseled her to say nothing when the scandal broke. Ruby Rippey, who served as appointments secretary to then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, laid out the relationship in a first-person essay that disputes key […] The post Ruby Rippey breaks silence on Newsom affair, says Kamala Harris urged her to stay quiet appeared first on American Almanac .
Gavin Newsom's former mistress has published a detailed account of their affair in Vanity Fair, and claims then-District Attorney Kamala Harris privately counseled her to say nothing when the scandal broke. Ruby Rippey, who served as appointments secretary to then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, laid out the relationship in a first-person essay that disputes key parts of Newsom's own telling and pulls Harris directly into the aftermath. Rippey says Harris, who was San Francisco's top prosecutor at the time, told her to "pause" and turn down a book deal rather than speak publicly about what happened. The essay, published Tuesday in Vanity Fair, recounts an affair that began at City Hall, stretched across months, and ended only after…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Gavin Newsom's ex-lover recalls crude remark he made before their affair began
Ruby Rippey says Gavin Newsom commented on her "pregnancy weight" at a dinner with her then-husband, his own top aide, a year before the two began a sexual relationship that nearly ended his political career. Rippey, the ex-wife of Newsom's close friend and senior adviser Alex Tourk, published a first-person essay in Vanity Fair detailing […] The post Gavin Newsom's ex-lover recalls crude remark he made before their affair began appeared first on American Almanac .
Ruby Rippey says Gavin Newsom commented on her "pregnancy weight" at a dinner with her then-husband, his own top aide, a year before the two began a sexual relationship that nearly ended his political career. Rippey, the ex-wife of Newsom's close friend and senior adviser Alex Tourk, published a first-person essay in Vanity Fair detailing the arc of the affair from its earliest spark to its unraveling amid cocaine use and a family intervention. The essay marks the first time she has told her story in detail, after years of declining reporter requests and staying silent while Newsom's career advanced from San Francisco City Hall to the governor's mansion in Sacramento. The account lands as Newsom's second gubernatorial term winds down and…Open
NYTIMES (Heather Knight) - Aide Who Had Affair With Newsom 20 Years Ago Details Her Experience
Ruby Rippey has stayed mostly quiet since her relationship with the San Francisco mayor rocked the city. Not anymore.