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Ruby Rippey-Gibney's Vanity Fair Reveal Reopens 2005 Scandal

7/16/2026

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Former City Hall aide Ruby Rippey-Gibney will recount view in an upcoming Vanity Fair exposé, her first public account of the 2005 scandal.
Former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom called the liaison “stupidest and briefest of affairs” and blamed excessive drinking.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom first called Rippey-Gibney the “culprit” and later apologized after criticism.
Analyst David Latterman said the Vanity Fair story’s impact is uncertain because news cycle diffuses scandal fallout.

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Former City Hall aide Ruby Rippey-Gibney will recount view in an upcoming Vanity Fair exposé, her first public account of the 2005 scandal.
Former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom called the liaison “stupidest and briefest of affairs” and blamed excessive drinking.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom first called Rippey-Gibney the “culprit” and later apologized after criticism.
Analyst David Latterman said the Vanity Fair story’s impact is uncertain because news cycle diffuses scandal fallout.