Ashley Alexandra Dupré is in the news again, this time suing “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis for a cut of video sales he’ll receive by using old footage of her as a drunken 17-year-old. What happens in Miami, stays in Miami unless you sign a waiver allowing exploitative business men to use and market your image however they see fit:

Now 22 (turning 23 Wednesday), Dupré was a few weeks shy of her 18th birthday when she ran into Francis’ film crew outside Miami Beach’s Chesterfield Hotel in March 2003. They got her drunk and filmed her flashing her breasts in hotel rooms, according to the suit.

Francis, 35, who arrived in Miami on Monday to promote his new Girls Gone Wild magazine, told The Miami Herald he has ”never sold one” video of Dupré and referred questions to his attorneys.

Francis repackaged the footage last month after Dupré emerged as a central figure in the high-priced prostitution scandal that ensnared New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, leading to his resignation. Investigators say Spitzer paid big bucks for sexual encounters with Dupré, who worked as an escort named “Kristen.”

With scandal, of course, comes instant fame:

After her sudden notoriety, Dupré entertained million-dollar offers from Francis, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and others who wanted to sell her photos and story.

But the Girls Gone Wild kingpin rescinded the offer when he realized he already had footage of her in his archives. Calling the video Hooker Gone Wild, Francis is advertising it on his websites — including one called ashleydupre.net — and inserting it in copies of the video empire’s new magazine.

Dupré and her Miami attorney, Richard Wolfe, say Francis has profited from false advertising and unauthorized use of her name and images. They also say, at 17, Dupré was unable to make an informed decision about appearing in the videos.

Dupré’s lawsuit claims Francis promoted the new videos by saying she was ”doing a lot of hot lesbian acts,” which she says is false. The suit also accuses Francis of trying to get the public to believe Dupré ”is performing sexual acts” in the videos. Not true again, she says.

Who’s right and who’s wrong in this situation? He’s a creep! She’s dumb! But he’s exploitative! But she was 17! But, then again, he’s a business man. But, of course, she’s a shameless self-promoter. God, whatever. Everyone involved is a sleazy anal fissure and we wish they’d just go on the next season of “The Surreal Life” where they belong.

Spitzer escort sues `Girls Gone Wild’ [Miami Herald]
Video [AP]