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Bombshell essay from Gavin Newsom’s ex-mistress will force him to reckon with ugly past

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Gov. Gavin Newsom is about to face a reckoning over his 2007 affair with Ruby Rippey Gibney. 

At the time, Newsom was mayor of San Francisco. Gibney was his appointments secretary, and was married to his campaign manager and friend, Alex Tourk.

Gibney has said over the years that she did not see herself as a victim. But now she is set to tell her full story to Vanity Fair. One way or another, Newsom is going to have to deal with it.

Newsom has evaded any serious political consequences for his behavior. He acknowledged the affair, apologized for it, and created the impression that he would enter a rehab program for alcoholism.

But when he ran for governor in 2018, he admitted that he had not gone to rehab, after all.

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