Attorney: Spitzer escort was 17 in 'Wild' videos

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A lawyer for the call girl linked to former New York Gov. Eliot Sptizer said the woman was only 17 when filmed for "Girls Gone Wild" videos in 2003.
The Internet video release of "Girls Gone Wild" footage featuring Ashley Dupre has been delayed.

"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis also rescinded a $1 million offer to Dupre, now 22, for a new video after the company on Tuesday discovered it had footage of Dupre in its archives. [7 tapes worth.]

In an e-mail to one of Francis' publicists -- forwarded by Buchwald to the AP -- the attorney said he was "informed by Ashley that the video was in fact taken when she was underage (that is 17)."
Buchwald added in the e-mail that Francis was aware of Dupre's age during the filming.

Francis said he bought Dupre a Greyhound bus ticket back home to North Carolina in 2003. Dupre returned home after she spent a week on the "Girls Gone Wild" bus in Miami and filmed seven full-length tapes, which included nudity, after signing legal papers, the company said.

"It was because she was underage that he sent her home on a Greyhound bus back to North Carolina. It would be outrageous at the very least to play the video of an underage female on the Internet," Buchwald said in the e-mail.

Francis said all nude images of Dupre were taken in public places and contain no sexual contact. ( :*( )

"It's kind of like finding a winning lottery ticket in the cushions of your couch," Francis told the AP -- before he saw the e-mail from Dupre's attorney.