Tonya Harding

Tonya Maxine Harding (born November 12, 1970) is a former figure skater from Portland, Oregon. Despite a tough childhood in an unstable lower-class family, as well as being plagued by asthma, she became an elite figure skater. She won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and place second in the 1991 World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition.

Later celebrity

Tonya Harding entered the world of the nude Internet celebrity with the appearance of a pornograpic "Wedding Video" that shows her having sex with her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly. Gillooly (who, not long after the scandal began to fade from prominence, changed his name to "Jeff Stone") sold the tape to a tabloid show after having been implicated as a conspirator in the Kerrigan attack. Stills from the tape were published by Penthouse in September 1994, and the tape itself was released at about the same time.

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Nude Internet celebrity - Penthouse

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Harding appeared on a USA Pro Wrestling show in 1994 as the manager for wrestler Art Barr.

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1994 - Art Barr

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In late 1996, Harding used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to help revive an 81-year-old woman, Alice Olson, who collapsed at a bar in Portland, Oregon, while playing video poker.

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1996 - Portland, Oregon

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Harding has had a number of run-ins with the law since her involvement with the Kerrigan attack. Some of the incidents which have been reported in the press include:

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On May 25, 1995, it was reported that Harding claimed she was being stalked by professional golfers driving a white Lincoln Town Car, resulting in a car chase involving Harding, her ex-husband Gillooly, and the police.

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May 25 - 1995

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On February 12, 1997, Harding claimed that she was abducted at knife-point outside her home by a bushy-haired man who forced her to drive to a rural area, where she rammed her truck into a tree and escaped by running into the woods. This incident happened on the opening weekend of the 1997 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

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February 12 - 1997

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On October 16, 1997, Harding reported that her truck had been stolen from a shopping mall parking lot.

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October 16 - 1997

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On January 6, 2000, six years to the day after the attack on Kerrigan, Harding was in the news again after she lost control of her truck on an icy road and landed in a ditch. She and a male companion then allegedly made threats against a press photographer.

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January 6 - 2000

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On February 24, 2000, Harding was ordered by a Clark County judge to stay away from alcohol and her former boyfriend, Darren Silver, after being booked on fourth-degree Domestic Violence assault charges for punching Silver and throwing a hubcap at him at their Camas, Washington residence. Harding was also sentenced to 3 days in jail and 10 days of community service on a work crew. Shortly before this, Harding had been attemping to make a comeback as a professional skater, but the hubcap incident effectively put an end to her skating career.

Related Topics:
February 24 - 2000 - Clark County - Alcohol - Domestic Violence - Hubcap - Camas, Washington

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On April 20, 2002, Harding was involved in another accident with her

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April 20 - 2002

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truck in a ditch. She was cited for drunk driving and a violation of her

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probation agreement from her 2000 conviction. According to her police records, she was 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) tall and weighed 105 lb (47 kg) at the time.

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