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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

Former Gavin Newsom aide shares fresh details of affair

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Ruby Rippey and Gavin Newsom in this composite image. Newsom, who was single at the time, acknowledged the relationship in 2007. Composite: AP and Getty Images

A former aide to Gavin Newsom has publicly shared for the first time her full account of their affair, which took place more than two decades ago when Newsom was mayor of San Francisco.

In a new essay published in Vanity Fair on Tuesday, Ruby Rippey writes about her struggles with alcoholism, substance abuse and her relationship with Newsom while she worked as his appointments secretary and was married to his deputy chief of staff and later the manager of the mayor’s re-election campaign.

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