It really is a miracle, and she really is very happy.". Feb. 12, 1994: Harding drops her lawsuit, and the Olympic committee decides to cancel its hearing. She declares her innocence and wishes Gillooly well. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. [49] He had met Eckardt when they were students at Mt. Arrested for their roles in the attack were Derrick Smith and Stant, two men who liked to set booby-traps and play war together on property they shared in Corbett, Ore. And there were tales of Eckardt trying to entice a fellow student, Russell "Rusty" Rietz, to "kill someone" in Detroit for $65,000. Harding said that Gillooly phoned her one hour later asking her to pick him up. It's an 18-mile Open Ocean Paddle and each paddler must raise or contribute a minimum of $1500 to participate. The Portlander is the first U.S. woman to do so. College lecturer. She also agrees to resign from the U.S. Hi, I'm Shawn Eckardt and I'm born and raised in Montauk New York. [1][2][3] They hired Stant, and his uncle Derrick Smith, to carry out the attack. . That set in motion the events that led to his arrest. And there is no listing of a Blackstone Corp. in Switzerland. With no record of military service, Eckardt boasts that his skills include unconventional warfare, surveillance, psychological operations and something he calls the "Secret Service characteristics matrix for assassins." He claims to have worked as a counterintelligence specialist for a Swiss company 10 . As Rogers wrote in the LA Times, Gillooly and Harding had different ideas about how everything went down. [41] Gillooly said he would phone her after the meeting, and Harding then drove to Gillooly's mother's house. When asked about her finances, Harding said she had one bank account which was currently $109 overdrawn. Aug. 1994: Pictures taken from the video of Tonya and Jeff Gillooly's wedding night appear in the 25th anniversary issue of Penthouse magazine. Claims surface that Gillooly threatened Harding on several occasions during their marriage. [45][46] Smith was interested in the deal and agreed to drive to Portland with his nephew, Shane Stant, to meet with Eckardt and Gillooly. [38] Stant, thinking Kerrigan would still be training at the arena, frequented the parking lot for two days and relocated his car every half hour. [11] The Winter Olympics were also set to take place in February, where Kerrigan and Harding were likely to be the two female figure skaters representing the United States. [30][38] Eckardt introduced Gillooly to Derrick Smith, using only his first name, Stant was introduced as Smith's "friend." Not bad for someone who would have been 16 years old at the time of his hiring. Harding, who finished eighth at the 94 Olympics, was the subject of intense media scrutiny during the event in Lillehammer because of the alleged plot by her husband. He was the man who allegedly taped the conversation in which the plan to attack Kerrigan was hatched. Dec. 24, 1994: Harding skates as Mrs. Santa Claus at Clackamas Town Center during her first public skating performance since the Olympics. He is a 26-year-old, 300-pound college student who works out of his parent's home and drives a 1976 Mercury with a missing hubcap. There's other things you can do to disable somebody rather than you don't need to kill." Her pickup won't start. When I found out that the truth was finally going to come out., She continued: My skating was great. [88][89] Harding was stripped of her 1994 U.S. Championship title and banned for life from participating in USFSA events as either skater or coach. Eckardt said Harding then skated up to him and commiserated about his ongoing back pain. Meanwhile, Harding has steadfastly denied knowing anything about the . Harding told him that Eckardt should return the money. [30] Marano then called a USFSA contact to find the name of the rink and left a message on Harding and Gillooly's answering machine. Jan. 31, 1994: Gillooly says Harding approved the attack on Kerrigan. Brian Sean Griffith, a former bodyguard to figure skater Tonya Harding who admitted a role in the attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan during Olympics tryouts, has died. [1], Jeff Gillooly was Tonya Harding's ex-husband. [69] Her admitted failure to report about an assault on a fellow competitor, supported by her FBI transcripts, led to Harding being formally charged with "[making] false statements about her knowledge". She gave birth to her only child, a son named Gordon, on February 19, 2011. A jaw-dropping confession found in the archives of early-90s TV newsmagazine Hot Take, featuring Tonya Harding's infamous "bodyguard" Shawn Eckhardt.Learn mo. She and her lawyer, Robert Weaver, negotiated a plea agreement ensuring no further prosecution. [32], After Harding's plea deal on March 16, 1994, she has since made other claims about the assault scandal. Sep. 4, 2014. Shane Stant, Smith's nephew, initially planned to carry out the attack by himself and had travelled to Kerrigan's home rink in Cape Cod in late December 1993, but was unable to locate her. [38], Shortly after Eckardt had spoken on the phone with Derrick Smith, he visited Gillooly and Harding at their home and quoted $4,500 to execute the plot. "[39][38], Smith and his nephew, Shane Stant, arrived in Portland on December 27, drove to Eckardt's home, and asked for a meeting with Gillooly tomorrow at 10 a.m. Gillooly said Harding would be training at that time, but he agreed to meet them. Also, Eckardt includes with his resume a letter of recommendation from Blackstone Corp. and uses as a reference a Mr. W. J. Walther, the company's purported Oregon-based representative. A juge in Portland, Oregon refused. When the 33-year-old discovered the khaki green military-style backpack containing the device - a pipe bomb weighing at least 18kg that would turn out to be the biggest of its kind ever seen by the FBI at the time - he did everything he had been trained to do. And you get a peek," says Hauser, 31. When he told her about their "money-back guarantee," Harding laughed out loud. Harding hired Eckardt as her bodyguard because his resume indicated he was an expert in counterin-telligence and international terrorism, graduated from an 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. [38], On December 28, he and Stant were in Portland to discuss the attack plan. Jan. 4, 1994: On the way to Detroit for the U.S. . They settled on injuring the person enough so she could not skate. He tracked down Kerrigan and whacked her in the knee with a metal baton. In July, Gillooly was sentenced to two years in prison after publicly apologizing to Kerrigan adding "any apology coming from me rings hollow. On December 28, Harding finished her practice session at 10:30a.m., then Gillooly drove them to Eckardt's home. The first deputy on the scene observed Harding holding a baseball bat after breaking the motorist's eyeglasses. [30] Stant and his girlfriend also moved to Arizona along with Smith after once serving 15 days in jail for stealing cars. Jan. 16, 1994: Kerrigan resumes practicing in Boston. But the year began with headlines and newscasts, tabloids and talk shows blaring one name familiar to Oregonians: Tonya Harding -- good girl gone bad. Ads by BeenVerified. In 1993, Eckardt was enrolled in a paralegal course at Pioneer Pacific College and trying to build a business called World Bodyguard Services. The camera crew began recording again shortly after the attack and recorded Kerrigan sitting on the floor crying surrounded by arena staff. He then told her, "I think we should go for it." But the life beefy bodyguard Shawn Eric Eckardt portrayed in a resume filled with misspellings and apparent misstatements is vastly different from the facts. 2007, Eckardt passed away in Portland, Oregon, at just 40 years old. Harding then admitted that she had fired the gun and was worried about the publicity. [47] Smith returned to Arizona and was communicating separately with Stant and Eckardt by phone, while Eckardt reported back to Gillooly. Certified parachutist. [38] He claimed that in mid-December, Gillooly approached him to ask if he knew anyone who could disable Kerrigan. After Eckardt was shopped to the FBI by one of his friends, he implicated Gillooly who then agreed to testify against his own wife in exchange for a plea bargain effectively ending their troubled marriage. Eckardt says Gillooly hatched the plot. July 25, 1995: Derrick Smith, who drove the getaway car in the attack, leaves the South Fork Forest prison camp near the Oregon Coast after serving 18 months. Gillooly first stated that the gun had fired when he was carrying it. There is no other person than Brian Griffith," following the bodyguard's passing. Figure Skating Association. Accounts of Stants personal rehabilitation can be read in letters of recommendation he filed with a court in Oregon when he tried to have his conviction in the Kerrigan assault expunged. In 1970s Portland, Oregon, four year-old Tonya Harding is forced to ice skate by her abusive mother, LaVona. He said the boot camp made him realize his greed and manipulative nature were at the root of his crime. The attack was planned by Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of fellow American figure skater Tonya Harding, and his co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt. Harding replied, "I have definitely thought about it." [79] Judge Londer conducted routine questioning to make certain Harding understood her agreement, that she was entering her plea "knowingly and voluntarily." I got down on one knee and asked him to marry me." [91], The character of Karla Keller in the cancelled Data East arcade fighting game Tattoo Assassins is largely based on Kerrigan, Keller's backstory directly referencing the assault. Harding will skate in the Olympics. When Eckardt said it could still be done for more money, Gillooly asked "Do I have stupid written across my forehead?" The lettersfrom his mom, his sister, a former Navy SEAL/Army chaplain and a lawyer who is a former military prosecutorglow with praise for how Stant has turned his life around, Bleacher Report notes, adding that, in 2013, Stant had not given an interview for 20 years, choosing a life of obscurity after the scandal. [38] On December 25, Gillooly had an answering machine message from Smith asking for more details about the plan. In mid-December 1993, Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, approached Shawn Eckardt about somehow eliminating Kerrigan from the competition. A grand jury continues to hear testimony. Why? March 13, 2002: Harding puts up her dukes against former presidential pal Paula Jones on Fox's "Celebrity Boxing." Had social media been born back then, Portland would have been the center of the Twitterverse. He was 40. Olympian resigns", "Harding found guilty of hindering investigation", "Records indicate Harding lied about phone calls", "Harding stripped of title; banned for life", "Review: 'I, Tonya.' Olympic television ratings soar. Feb. 22, 2008: Don Horn of Portland's Triangle Productions believes he and his crew can improve upon the original and they open a three-week run of "Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera" at the World Trade Center Auditorium. March 21, 1994: A Multnomah County grand jury indicts Eckardt, Smith and Stant on charges including racketeering and conspiracy to commit second-degree assault. Tonya Harding's bodyguard Shawn Eckardt (Paul Walter Hauser) made international headlines when he sat down with Diane Sawyer. Shawn Eckhardt Found 11 people in Pennsylvania, Virginia and 12 other states. The attacker flees without being identified. Jan. 22, 1994: Investigators fly to Los Angeles to interview Kerrigan, who's filming a commercial there. 1476 (D. Or. Stant said no. Jan. 9, 1994: Detroit police release composite drawings of man suspected of attacking Kerrigan. Jan. 6, 1994: An assailant clubs Nancy Kerrigan, Harding's skating rival, on the right knee with a metal baton as she leaves skating practice in Detroit. She received three years probation, 500 hours of community service and was hit with a $100,000 fine. [49] He was the son of Derrick Smith's wife's sister. [35], Shawn Eckardt first testified about parts of the attack plot on January 12, 1994. "But the Shawn I know is someone, who, following his activities, immediately began to lay awake at night crying.". Mugshot YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Speaking on ABCs Truth and Lies: The Tonya Harding Story, the shamed athlete said she heard a conversation between her husband and Eckardt who she described as dumb as a post.. She said: I get angry, nobody wanted to ever believe me. The scandal received so much national attention that Eckardt was interviewed by Diane Sawyer before being released from prison. Sept. 22, 1995: Shawn Eckardt gets out of the Oregon State Penitentiary 109 days early for good behavior; he was to have served 18 months for his part in planning the attack. The New York Times, major networks and every tabloid television show from Australia to Japan descended on Portland, setting up camp downtown across from the Justice Center Jail. [10], Nancy Kerrigan is an American former figure skater who, in January 1994, was about to take part in the United States Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan. Who's in the audience on opening night? [63] On January 16, Harding's lawyer held a news conference in which he read a statement denying Harding's involvement in the attack on Kerrigan. One of them included Harding's bodyguard, and what happened to Shawn Eckardt is truly tragic. As the new movie I, Tonya depicts, he and Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, became suspects for the crime, and they both pleaded guilty to racketeering in their attempts to harm Kerrigan. Kerrigan had been practicing skating on an ice rink in the arena shortly beforehand. He received his own credit card from an evening mail delivery the next day. June 21, 1994: Harding manages wrestler Art Barr, "The American Love Machine," for one night. On June 29, the USFSA disciplinary panel met for nine hours over two days to consider Harding's alleged role in the attack. Multnomah County authorities arrest Eckardt and Smith, charging them with conspiracy to commit second-degree assault. May 16, 1994: Eckardt pleads guilty to racketeering. He had known Gillooly since they were in the first grade at school. Harding continues to deny her involvement in the attack on Kerrigan. Kerrigan was hit on the knee in January 1994 during the US Olympic Trials. According to him, she did phone the arena asking for Kerrigan's "patch and freestyle times," and phoned again for the address. He later gave the money to Smith who then drove Stant to the Seattle airport so Stant could fly to Boston. We're a team of dedicated, motivated, and highly-trained engineers, hydrologists, ecologists, GIS analysts, stream designers, and wetland and riparian buffer restoration experts. The questions are being debated by lawyers and law-enforcement officials as the investigation continues. Menu. Birth. During the interview, Eckardt claimed to Sawyer that Gillooly might have originally sought to kill Nancy Kerrigan, but he told Harding's ex-husband, "No, we don't need to do that. He died, apparently of natural causes, in December 2007 at age 40. L And "extremely adaptable in a rapidly changing environment.". [64][65] Harding left her home that evening to practice figure skating with her coaches, where she spoke with reporters and performed a triple Axel. May 2006: A writer and composer collaborate to craft "Tonya & Nancy: The Opera," and it makes its debut at Zero Arrow Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. Simpson's girlfriend." Feb. 11, 1994: A Clackamas County judge asks attorneys for the USOC and Harding to try to work out a compromise. [6][7] Law enforcement investigators had been following and videotaping the co-conspirators since January 10, and knew about the payphone calls. They're a warm-up act for the night's main event, pitting Mike Tyson against Clifford Etienne at The Pyramid arena in Memphis, Tenn.a"Tyson wins with a powerhouse punch, knocking out Etienne in 49 seconds. [38], According to Gillooly, as he was driving himself and Harding home, she asked if the meeting went well. [13] Derrick Smith, an associate of Eckardt, was paid $6,500 to carry out the attack; Eckardt had received the money from Gillooly. [15], On the afternoon of January 6, 1994, Kerrigan was practicing for the U.S. Championships on an ice rink inside Cobo Arena. In a July affidavit, Harding wrote that she had been in an abusive marriage for two years, "he has assaulted me physically with his open hand and fist [] put me down to the floor on several occasions. Shawn Eckardt, the 300-pound would-be bodyguard of figure skater Tonya Harding, walked out of prison Friday morning in Salem, Ore., the last of those involved in the attack on Nancy Kerrigan to be . She was told she could never have a child . Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley. [92][93], The attack was mentioned in Weird Al Yankovic's song "Headline News", a parody of the Crash Test Dummies hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". He lived for more than a decade after the infamous attack plunged him into the headlines. As you can tell, each relationship featured I, Tonya, is fraught with built-up animosity. Smith told Gillooly he could solve "problems," and Gillooly said he wanted Kerrigan out of the National Championships so Harding could win an Olympic gold medal. April 30, 1994: The NBC docudrama "Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story" debuts to lukewarm ratings. The film, which has a string of award nominations, hits UK screens on February 23. [25], In both March and July 1993, police came to Harding and Gillooly's shared apartment after reported arguments. The grand jury foreman said the evidence implied Harding as "involved from the beginning or very close." Oct. 1996: Harding calls 9-1-1 and gives mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after a customer collapses in a Milwaukie tavern. [6][7] Later, both a grand jury[8] and a disciplinary panel from the United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA)[9] found further evidence of Harding's involvement during the planning and execution phases. [29] In November 1993, the couple were evicted from their apartment for failing to pay rent. Why? That man was Shane Stant. 18 Jun 1967. When asked whether Gillooly had ever threatened her, Harding said he had not. Ten days later, Harding's lawyer asked the restraining order to be lifted because the couple again wished to reconcile. Harding continues training for the Olympics. Hoevet added that Eckardt was paid $3,500 by the Harding camp to provide security as the skater arrived at Portland International Airport, and accompany her on a planned trip to last week's pre-Olympic skating exhibition in Fairfax, Va. The latter was released four months early, in September 1995, and he went on to open up a computer business in 2001, according to The New York Times. June 23, 2010: Harding, 39, marries, Joseph Jens Price, 42, in Clark County, Wash. (She later told Inside Edition it was she who proposed: "It was at his birthday party. And now, the man who provided security for Tonya Harding when she returned home in triumph from the U.S. figure skating championships has emerged as a key player in the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Figure Skating Championships in Orlando, Fla. A restaurant owner in Northwest Portland finds Gillooly and Harding's trash in his trash bin and turns it over to the FBI. But . [71] Harding was given thirty days to respond. He changed his name to Jeff Stone and also went on to a life outside of the headlines. Stant agreed to go to Portland with Smith for a meeting, then he paid $59 for a 21-inch (53cm) ASP tactical baton from a store called Spy Headquarters. As if Gillooly's and Harding's contradicting stories aren't enough to keep up with, I, Tonya also focuses on a third central character, Harding's mom, LaVona Fay, aka "Sandy" Golden. Feb. 25, 1994: Kerrigan wins the Olympic silver medal in Norway while Harding, still under investigation by Oregon authorities, finishes eighth. View Shawn Eckardt results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Harding was a powerfully athletic figure skater who was able to complete the triple axel but came from the other side of the tracks. The whole thing created such a stir that it became a national sensation, and Eckardt was a key figure throughout the whole investation. She was not charged in the indictment due to the terms of her March 16 plea agreement.[86][8]. He was enrolled in the program for three years before being booted out in 1992. Eckardt is dead. Weaver said the decision disappointed her but was not a surprise, and that she had not decided on an appeal. It was their idea, he said, to kneecap Kerrigan. When Eckardt arrived, Gillooly agreed to pay more if Kerrigan could still be disabled before the Nationals competition. In 2018, she said she had prior knowledge of Gillooly and Eckardt discussing "[taking] out" one of her competitors in late 1993. Shane Stant Today: Where Is the Nancy Kerrigan Attacker Now? [14] Stant and Smith then planned to carry out the attack together. [72], On February 1, 1994, Gillooly's attorney negotiated a plea agreement in exchange for testimony regarding all involved parties in the attack. Shane Stant. /tristate/2021/07/23/caught-in-a-lie-nest-seekers-50m-amagansett-listing-sold-for-16-5m [94], The event is referenced in the songs "Strange Clouds" by B.o.B featuring Lil Wayne, "Tonya Harding" by Sufjan Stevens, and TONYA by Brockhampton.[95][96]. "[38][42], He said the men would need another photo of Kerrigan and her "skating times." Those involved dream it might make it to Broadway one day. Six months after the attack Harding was stripped of her titles and banned from US figure skating for life. In October, she decided to reconcile with Gillooly and withdraw the divorce, saying they were still in love and seeking counseling: "I know he's changed. PORTLAND, ORE. PORTLAND, Ore. -- It is a resume that even James Bond would envy. Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley, Harding, still under investigation by Oregon authorities, finishes eighth, Harding pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution. July 11, 1994: Eckardt is sentenced to 18 months in prison. But when the US Olympic Committee scheduled a hearing to discuss whether she should be removed from the team, Harding filed a $25million lawsuit against the Committee, and the USOC backed down and agreed to let her skate in the Olympics. Stant said he would not cut anyone. He wouldnt cut anybody. [38], When Smith told Stant about his phone call with Eckardt, Stant wanted to know more specifics. July 21, 1995: Shane Stant, Kerrigan's assailant, is released from the Santiam Correctional Institution after serving 14 months. Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story (TV Movie 1994) Dan Schneider as Shawn Eckhardt. Schatz asked Harding whether someone she knew could have planned the attack. After the meeting, he and Stant agreed not to injure Kerrigan "too badly. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Skater Tonya Harding has finally admitted she knew about the plot to injure her rival, Tonya Harding, left, skates past compatriot Nancy Kerrigan during a practice session at the Olympic Games in Norway in 1994, The athlete eventually finished in eighth place at the '94 Games and was later banned for life from US figure skating, Harding's former husband Jeff Gillooly, right, attends his arraignment hearing January 19, 1994, flanked by attorney Ronald H. Hoevet, Margot Robbie. Death. On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerrigan, an American figure skater, was struck on the lower right thigh with a telescopic baton by assailant Shane Stant as she walked down a corridor in Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. [38][30] It was true that Steinbrenner had recently given Harding a $10,000 donation through the USFSA. 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