'Gavin gave me a massage…': Newsom's ex-aide reveals explosive affair details, drops Kamala shocker
Ruby Rippey, the former San Francisco City Hall official whose affair with then-Mayor Gavin Newsom sparked a major political scandal in 2007, has broken her silence in a revealing new Vanity Fair essay. Rippey shares never-before-told details about her relationship with Newsom, her battle with alcoholism, and how the scandal unfolded behind the scenes. In the essay, Rippey also reveals that then-San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris privately advised her to "pause" and avoid speaking publicly as the controversy exploded.