In this New York Post article, Annie Gaus reports that Gavin Newsom’s 2005 affair with Ruby Rippey-Gibney, a married City Hall aide, is resurfacing as she prepares a Vanity Fair piece.
- The tryst, revealed in 2007, involved Newsom’s close aide Alex Tourk’s wife and nearly derailed his career as San Francisco mayor.
- Newsom called it “the stupidest and briefest of affairs” and “the worst betrayal” in his memoir, blaming drinking; he admitted it publicly and apologized.
- Rippey-Gibney, then struggling with substance abuse, later reflected that she was a consenting adult; she has since remarried.
- Newsom was dating future wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom at the time; she initially criticized Rippey-Gibney but apologized.
- The scandal could resurface amid Newsom’s expected 2028 presidential ambitions.
Read the full story:
https://nypost.com/2026/07/15/us-news/gavin-newsoms-sleazy-affair-back-in-the-spotlight/
