Guide Note

William Youmans is the father of Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the woman named as the prostitute in the Eliot Spitzer scandal.

Fast Facts

1. Residence: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
2. Divorced Carolyn Capalbo and remarried

Dupre was born Ashley Youmans in suburban New Jersey. Her parents divorced, and both remarried. She moved to North Carolina to live with her father in 2002, when she was 17, but stayed less than a year. She left to New York and changed her name to Ashley Alexandra Dupre.¹

Youmans' son, Kyle Youmans, has pleaded guilty to charges of possession of heroin.¹

"I was worried for her...I love her tremendously and support her, but I am just in so much shock right now." -William Youmans¹