20 years ago today: Tonya Harding vs Nancy Kerrigan. Remember the story?

Smurfboy

Well-Known Member
Sep 11, 2013
2,229
239
1,380
hi-res-1216956-mandatory-credit-pascal-rondeau-allsport_crop_north.jpg

shanestantBRSize.png




Twenty years ago, Stant whacked Kerrigan on the knee for $6,500 and unleashed a media firestorm and sports controversy that drew worldwide attention. His name appeared on the front page of every newspaper in the country for weeks, and then—poof—Shane Stant vanished

On the day after Christmas, Stant climbed into Smith's black Porsche 944, and the uncle and his nephew drove 22 hours from Arizona to Portland, Ore. The next day, Smith and Stant met with Eckardt at his parents' home, a split-level building made of sand-colored brick that sits roughly three-quarters of the way up Mount Scott in suburban Portland.

The four men—Gillooly, Eckardt, Smith and Stant—discussed the best way to attack Kerrigan. Stant and Gillooly told the FBI that Eckardt suggested killing Kerrigan, but nobody else wanted to go that far. Gillooly said damaging Kerrigan's right leg was the best plan, because that is her landing leg, and if she couldn't land, she couldn't skate.

They planned to hurt her before the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which was scheduled for Jan. 7 in Detroit. If Kerrigan missed the competition, that would all but guarantee Harding's place on the Olympic team (Harding is shown above skating in those championships, a day after the attack; photo from Getty Images). The men decided the attack should take place in Massachusetts, where Kerrigan practiced.

CNN (long but good read): http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...al&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_c3&hpt=us_t4

I know some people probably don't give a smurf about this old news, however I clearly remembered this famous story when I was 12 or 13 years old. It was crazy and the news was all over the world. They wouldn't stop talked about it for many months after what happened. If I'm not mistaken, they did made small film about the whole event thing. Did you remember this story?
 
20 years allready holy crap I rember this like it was yesterday I was like 18 or 19.
Now tonya is on the true hd tv channel doing shows like Americas dumbest robbers
 
Being that I'm currently 23 I do not remember this. My 3 year old self was not interested.
 
Hahaha! That's the first thing I thought of

Small clip, but I swear the actual incident had her yelling Why for a good 5 minutes straight!




Have you guys noticed there is no tears on this girl? For a longer version, please see my original post of this thread. I was watching her face and did not see tears on her face. Odd, eh?
 
Have you guys noticed there is no tears on this girl? For a longer version, please see my original post of this thread. I was watching her face and did not see tears on her face. Odd, eh?
Thats because the gods wash their children with the tears of figure skaters.
 
Have you guys noticed there is no tears on this girl? For a longer version, please see my original post of this thread. I was watching her face and did not see tears on her face. Odd, eh?
I remember seeing her in all kinds of interviews, guest shots on tv shows and such. I know she was young back then.... probably around 20, but man she came across as a big time airhead.
 
From MA so clearly remember this because that's all the local news would talk about! More recently she had been in the news because her brother was on trial for killing their father. And of course they talked about this incident again at some point during all the coverage of that trial.
 
From MA so clearly remember this because that's all the local news would talk about! More recently she had been in the news because her brother was on trial for killing their father. And of course they talked about this incident again at some point during all the coverage of that trial.

I guess her brother got aquitted of the murder charges, but convicted of assault and battery in connection with his Fathers death.
 
I guess her brother got aquitted of the murder charges, but convicted of assault and battery in connection with his Fathers death.

That's how I recall that too, what a sad situation, I do think he was somewhat responsible for what happened to his father but agreed with the verdict.
 
I thought he died because of a heart attack? I don't recall the larnyx thing - that is a totally different story!
 
From wiki:

Personal life[edit]
Kerrigan graduated from Stoneham High School and attended Emmanuel College in Boston to study business.[citation needed]

She created The Nancy Kerrigan Foundation to raise awareness and support for the vision impaired. Kerrigan's mother, Brenda, is legally blind.[citation needed]

Kerrigan married her agent, Jerry Solomon, on September 9, 1995. The marriage was her first and his third.[35] In addition to his children from prior marriages, the couple have three children together, Matthew,(b. Dec. 17, 1997) Brian,(b. April 14, 2005) and Nicole.[36][37][38] Jerry Solomon also has a son from his second marriage.[39]

Kerrigan's father died at age 70 on January 24, 2010,[40] allegedly due to a violent struggle with his son Mark in a dispute over the use of a telephone.[41] Prosecutors said that Mark was in a drunken rage when he choked his father during the incident. Mark Kerrigan was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death.[42] The family said her father died of a long-standing heart condition.[43] Nancy Kerrigan called the allegation of homicide "unjustified" and said she would defend her brother. She and her mother appeared on a joint witness list to possibly testify at Mark Kerrigan's trial, which was due to begin on May 13, 2011.[43] Following the court proceedings on May 19, 2011,[44] Nancy Kerrigan was involved in a two-car accident in Wakefield, Massachusetts. There were no injuries to either party.[45] On May 25, 2011, Mark Kerrigan was acquitted of manslaughter but found guilty of assault and battery by a Middlesex County jury.[46] He was sentenced to 2½ years in prison with six months suspended.[47]
 
As I said before, she might have been young back then, but she was sure a dimwit.

 
I thought he died because of a heart attack? I don't recall the larnyx thing - that is a totally different story!

He did die of a heart attack, his son crushed his larynx when he put his hands around his fathers throat during their altercation. I think the prosecution tried to prove that the heart attack that killed the father was caused by his Son.