India, July 29 -- Ruby Rippey, a former aide of California governor Gavin Newsom, has reignited the row over her affair with Newsom back from 2006 after opening up about it Tuesday, July 28 in an opinion piece for Vanity Fair.

The affair took place when Gavin Newsom was the Mayor of San Francisco (2004 to 2011) and Ruby Rippey was working as his appointment secretary. Newsom, who was single then, acknowledged the affair in a press conference shortly after it broke in the media as a scandal in January 2007.

However, at the time, only Gavin Newsom's side was presented, with no word from Ruby Rippey. Rippey, notably, was married to Alex Tourk, Gavin Newsom's campaign secretary, at the time of the affair. She has since separated from Tourk ...