Former Gavin Newsom aide shares fresh details of affair

Ruby Rippey, a former aide to Gavin Newsom, has shared her account in a Vanity Fair essay of an affair with the California governor that occurred over two decades ago when he was mayor of San Francisco, according to The Guardian. Rippey worked as his appointments secretary while married to his deputy chief of staff. She also discusses struggles with alcoholism and substance abuse during that time. Her recollection of events appears to contradict Newsom's account.

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