https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding#January_1994_attack January 1994 attack[edit] On January 6, 1994, Harding's main team competitor Nancy Kerrigan was attacked. The widely publicized attack took place after a practice session at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt,[13] hired Shane Stant to break Kerrigan's right leg so that she would be unable to compete at Lillehammer. After failing to find Kerrigan at her training rink in Massachusetts, Stant followed her to Detroit. When she stepped off the ice after practice at Cobo Arena and walked behind a nearby curtain into a corridor, Stant struck her on the thigh a few inches above the knee with an ASP telescopic baton.[14] Her leg was only bruised, not broken, but the injury forced her to withdraw from the national championship. Harding won that event, and she and Kerrigan were both selected for the 1994 Olympic team.[15] Harding finished eighth in Lillehammer, while Kerrigan, by then fully recovered from the injury, won the silver medal behind Oksana Baiul from Ukraine. The attack on Kerrigan and the news of Harding's alleged involvement led to a media frenzyof saturation news coverage. Kerrigan appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek magazines in January 1994. Reporters and TV news crews attended Harding's practices in Portland and camped out in front of Kerrigan's home. CBS assigned Connie Chung to follow her every move in Lillehammer. Four hundred members of the press jammed into the practice rink in Norway. Scott Hamilton complained that "the world press was turning the Olympics into just another sensational tabloid event."[16] The tape-delayed broadcast of the short program at the Olympics remains one of the most watched telecasts in American history.[17] On February 1, 1994, Gillooly accepted a plea bargain in exchange for his testimony against Harding. Gillooly, Stant, Eckhardt, and getaway car driver Derrick Smith all served time in prison for the attack.[18] Eckhardt was sentenced to 18 months in prison forracketeering but was released four months early in September 1995.[13] Harding avoided further prosecution and a possible jail sentence by pleading guilty on March 16 to conspiring to hinder prosecution of the attackers.[19] She received three years probation, 500 hours of community service, and a $160,000 fine. As part of the plea bargain, she was also forced to withdraw from the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships and resign from the USFSA.[20]On June 30, 1994, after conducting its own investigation of the attack, the USFSA stripped her of her 1994 U.S. Championships title and banned her for life from participating in USFSA-run events as either a skater or a coach.[12] The USFSA concluded that she knew about the attack before it happened and displayed "a clear disregard for fairness, good sportsmanship and ethical behavior". Although the USFSA has no control over non-competitive professional skating events, she was also persona non grata on the pro circuit because few skaters and promoters would work with her. Consequently, she failed to benefit from the pro skating boom that ensued in the aftermath of the scandal.[16]
She fought Paula Jones, didn't she? And weren't stills from her honeymoon video printed in Penthouse?
I can confirm this part. I remember starting college and my new dormie says, hey Sedatedfork, check this out!
Good news! They finally started filming! Man, I really miss Tonya and all of her drama. That was some great entertainment there..... http://www.today.com/popculture/see...transformation-tonya-harding-new-role-t107101 See Margot Robbie's amazing transformation into Tonya Harding for new role Ree Hines TODAY Jan. 17, 2017 at 6:06 AM Margot Robbie's role as Tonya Harding in the biopic, "I, Tonya," was announced last spring, but back then it was hard to imagine the 26-year-old "Suicide Squad" star sporting the former figure skater's signature look — complete with spiral-curled hair, bouncy bangs and '90s wardrobe. But now there's no need to imagine it. Robbie was spotted on the set of the film Monday bearing a remarkable resemblance to Harding — from that unmistakable hairstyle to her high-waist, stonewashed jeans. EUGENE GARCIA / AFP - Getty Images file-Tonya Harding practicing in Portland, Oregon, in January 1994. The Australian actress wore padding underneath a heather blue sweater, and her face appeared altered for the role, too, with noticeably fuller cheeks than usual. "I, Tonya" will take a closer look at the life of Harding, a two-time Olympian and figure skating champion, and the events that led up to a January 1994 attack on her biggest competitor, Nancy Kerrigan. FAFL, LYNX / FameFlynet Margot Robbie gets in costume for her role in "I, Tonya." It was Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and bodyguard who ordered the assault on Kerrigan after a practice session at the U.S Championships in Detroit. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images file Robbie at an event in Hollywood earlier this month. Gillooly was sentenced to two years in prison for the attack, while Harding was stripped of her title and banned from participating in any United States Figure Skating Association events for life. "I, Tonya" — which also stars Allison Janney but does not appear to have cast the role of Kerrigan yet — is set to be released in 2018.
She had the sexiest legs I've ever seen. Solid muscle. I imagined the power of her thrust when she mounted a man. The actress would have to be a world-class athlete to even approach those legs. I'm sure the actress' legs will bear no resemblance. Even if she's an athlete, 99% of athletes don't have legs like Tonya had. (A pity her body is all shot now.)
The important thing is, she was from Portland. She was one of the top 2 skaters nationally (Kerrigan). So she was famous even before the scandal. Home town girl makes bad. But what was REALLY important was that body. Put a grocery bag over the head if you don't like the head. But she got fat many years ago. As for the boxing, that was a 1-time stunt. She came out and didn't even try. Just collected the check. She got no more boxing offers because of that.
How do people not know who Tonya is? That story was EVERYWHERE every day on the news. At some points, it was like OJ simpson lite in terms of coverage... you couldn't NOT hear anything about it.
I'm guessing her sex tape is still floating around the internet somewhere.... Humm. Got me wondering now... Lol. Nancy's graceful skating never appealed to me. Like you say- Tonya was SO strong and powerful. She'd go out and beat the living crap out of the ice. Kick it's ass, in her trailer park kinda way. Sexy!....
Not suprised, they are making movies of everybody these days....they made a movie, well a series of movies about @SlyPokerDog back in the day
I actually worked with Jeff Stone. To me, and the others working with him, he was very kind and open about everything. Said it was 100% her idea. His biggest regret......not being with Tonya after the boob job. True story
His boss rented some space from the dealership I worked at. They wholesaled out the back. I look out the window and out on the street him and his gf were arguing. He suddenly slaps her so hard she went to the ground. I went out there and showed him the error of his ways. Then he went and told his boss that I attacked him for no reason and next thing I know his boss and him and trying to get into with me. That's when his gf came out of the bathroom with half her face swollen and red.
God knows how or why, but for about a year after all that dram went down, I continued to run into her in completely different random places. Every Wednesday she would go to a chiropractor right across the street form a detail shop I worked at. She'd pull up in this tacky ass early 90s trashy Corvette. We'd all whistle and holler at her. She'd flip us off and we'd all crack up. She came over once cussing at one of our guys for always whistling at her and he hosed he down. Classic memory right there. And then she lived in the same apartment complex out by Oregon City as a guy I was in the National Guard with, so I'd see her there as well. So weird. She lived in a dumpy apartment, but had like 5 cars and trucks and all these quads and dirt bikes. The 30/30 ESPN made on that whole event is an amazing watch. And on a side note, there are some older camera guys in my business now that have told me that because of all that shit, they were able to buy houses and cars and put their kids thru college. CNN/ABC, all the big networks would hire them and keep them on call to go shoot and report at any moment. We get "day rates", so whether you are working or not you get paid, while on call.
