More scandal in the tragic murder of Jasmine Fiore, apparently she and her ex-husband Michael Cardosi shared a little romantic moment four days before her murder.
Jasmine, who was murdered by her husband Ryan Jenkins, took to a beach in Southern California where her and Cardosi shared a kiss.
Cardosi had been locked up in prison for the past three years but when he was released, on August 11, the pair took off to the beach together to take these pictures .. which she has her wedding ring off.
Winnie Humphreys, the mother of Cardosi, said the pair had kept in touch the whole time he was in prison.
As we all know Jasmine was murdered three days later on August 14 but it is uknown if Jenkins knew about them spending time on the beach together. But police tell TMZ that “jealousy was the most obvious motive for this murder.”
By the way, Michael Cardosi was sent back to prison on August 16 for breaking the terms of his probation.
If you haven’t heard by now, “Megan Wants A Millionaire” contestant Ryan Jenkins has committed suicide in a motel room in Canada. The murder of his wife, model Jasmine Fiore, really shook the reality show and brought an air of tragedy and controversy into the world.
It’s not the first time in the history of television, that controversy and tragedy comes from reality TV. I give you the Top Ten Reality TV Tragedies and Controversies.
1. Ralf Panitz was convicted of murdering his ex-wife after they clashed in a typically tempestuous episode of “The Jerry Springer Show” which aired in 2000. During the show, titled “Secret Mistresses”, Panitz and his new partner accused Nancy Campbell-Panitz of stalking them. She agreed to appear because she believed her husband wanted a reconciliation, but was booed and mocked by the studio audience.
2. Lie detectors are a staple of many chat shows, but the producers of Australian radio’s “Kyle and Jackie O Show” pushed the boundaries by strapping a vulnerable 14-year-old to a polygraph and quizzing the girl about her love life. Her revelation that she was raped at the age of 12, and disc jockey Kyle Sandilands’s indelicate handling of the news, sparked a public outcry. The breakfast show was suspended but returned to air on August 18th.
3. Jonathan Schmitz agreed to an appearance on “The Jenny Jones Show” to meet a secret admirer. He went into a rage when he found out his admirer was a male friend, Scott Amedure. Schmitz shot Amedure with a gun he just purchased, claiming that the man wouldn’t “leave him alone day and night.” The Amedure family sued Warner Brothers and was awarded a $25 million settlement. It was said by Schmitz that show producers made it sound like his crush was actually a woman.
4. Former guests on “The Jeremy Kyle Show” have featured in a number of court cases. In 2007, a judge condemned Britain’s most popular daytime talk show as “a human form of bear baiting” after fining David Staniforth for headbutting his love rival Larry Mahoney on set. The judge added, “The people responsible for this – namely the producers – should in my opinion be in the dock with you.”
5. The alleged sexual assault of a young female contestant was broadcast live on the web by Australian Big Brother in 2006. The incident, which was never shown on television, provoked outrage from women’s groups and John Howard, who was then prime minister, called for the show to be taken off the air. Michael Cox, 20, and Michael Bric, 21, were thrown out of the house and questioned by police, but no charges were brought.
6. Producers of Spanish show “Patricia’s Diary” were not aware of Ricardo Antonio Navarro’s record of domestic violence when they invited him to propose to his former girlfriend live on air in 2007. Svetlana Orlova turned down the marriage request; five days later he stabbed her to death, apparently unable to deal with the humiliation. It later emerged that she had been beaten by Navarro for years, and even had a court order requiring him to stay away from her.
7. Sree Dasari, a contestant in this year’s Big Brother 10, slashed his wrists after being evicted from the house to a chorus of boos. The University of Hertfordshire student, who was ridiculed for his attempts to seduce fellow contestant Noirin Kelly, was watching an episode of the show when he became upset. Channel 4 was criticized for letting him appear on sister show “Big Brother’s Big Mouth” – wearing a long-sleeved shirt – just days after his “cry for help”.
8. Police officers in San Diego, California, were forced to obtain a search warrant to raid the set of a 2003 series MTV show The Real World to gather evidence of an alleged rape, after producers tried to limit their access. A 22-year-old woman claimed she had been date-raped in the bathroom of the reality show’s house, although none of the show’s contestants were suspects. After an eight-month investigation, the case was dropped.
9. Big Brother 8 contestant Chanelle Hayes took an overdose of painkillers earlier this month after relationship problems with her footballer boyfriend Matt Bates, who plays for Championship side Middlesbrough. She had achieved a degree of fame though her on-screen romance with fellow contestant Ziggy Lichman.
10. Kelli McGee was encouraged by the producers of Extreme Makeover, ABC’s cosmetic surgery show, to say unflattering things about her sister Deleese Williams’s appearance. They planned to contrast the remarks with her post-surgery praise, but when Williams was ditched from the show and found out about her sister’s criticisms, it sparked a family feud that resulted in McGee committing suicide in 2005.
source: Ryan Jenkins found dead: ten other reality TV tragedies and controversies – [telegraph]
Ryan Jenkins, the man who is accused of killing his wife, was found dead at a motel in Hope, British Columbia, last night.
Ryan who appeared on VH1′s reality show Megan Wants A Millionaire was charged murdering his swimsuit model wife, Jasmine Fiore, on August 20th.
He was found hanging from a belt in a room at the Thunderbird Motel after the manager decided to check on the room rented three days earlier by an unknown woman.
While the woman checked in – a man waited outside in a silver PT Cruiser with Alberta licence plates (Jenkins is from Calgary). The woman stayed in the room for 20 minutes then left and was never seen from again, but on Sunday at 11am when it was time to check out – the manager went to check the hotel room.
Kevin Walker, the manager of the hotel, said that when he seen the man walk past his own room “he didn’t look like the Ryan Jenkins I’d seen on TV. He looked like a man at the end of his rope, not the muscle-bound macho man you saw on TV.â€
He continued, “I thought maybe they left the key in the room and just left, as I was pushing the door open, I smelled death. And then, as I kept opening the door, there was death staring at me, hanging from the coat rack by a belt. After I swung the door open and saw him hanging there — I didn’t notice anything after that.â€
This whole murder scandal kicked off last Tuesday in Buena Park, CA, after police made Jenkins a man of interest in the death of his ex-wife who’s body was found stuffed in a suitcase with her teeth and fingers removed. The only way to identify her was the serial number on her breast implants.
Police have dismissed the murder charges but are now investigating how he crossed the border into Canada.
By the way Jenkins was also going to be on Vh1′s other show I Love Money 3, which he is rumored to have won. But now a statement has been released saying:
“Just in case you missed it, we’re sad to announce that the fate of both Megan Wants a Millionaire and I Love Money 3 have been determined: both have been canceled and will not make it to air.”
You really could not write any of this if you tried.
source: Accused killer Ryan Jenkins found hanged in B.C. motel [Vancounver Sun]
