Let's talk about Tonya Harding

[KingSpeed]

A movie is being made about her. For all you Portlanders, what do you remember about her story? Any inside info?

 

[oldfisherman]

Why?

Inside info?
Tonya grew up with few, if any, good role models in her life, and leave it there.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Jeff Galooley/Stone is a piece of chit.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Stood behind Tonya in line at a car repair shop about 20 years ago. Back in the day she had a world class derrière (an 11 outta 10) but had a voice that was worse than fingernails on a blackboard. She also acted like she deserved special treatment. Scenery aside, it was not a pleasant wait. I can only imagine what she could have achieved if all that talent hadn't been hampered by ten cent brain....

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Who?

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Stood behind Tonya in line at a car repair shop about 20 years ago. Back in the day she had a world class derrière (an 11 outta 10) but had a voice that was worse than fingernails on a blackboard. She also acted like she deserved special treatment. Scenery aside, it was not a pleasant wait. I can only imagine what she could have achieved if all that talent hadn't been hampered by ten cent brain....

It's ice skating, man. What could she really have achieved?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I think she lived behind my HS (Jesuit) when all that shit was going down.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Who?

^This. I've heard the name but I have no idea who she is or what she did.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/former-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-dead.297849/unread

Can we merge these two threads? That way we can discuss two people who created their own problems, and are people nobody cares about. Multitasking for the win.

 

[ripcityboy]

I think pretty much everything is out there. In retrospect, I think the best thing about Tonya Harding was by the comedian Brett Butler..... "if your name's Tonya your probably not supposed to amount to much."

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

^This. I've heard the name but I have no idea who she is or what she did.

Just did a Wikipedia search on her, seems like one crazy broad. Fun fact, my dad attended David Douglas at the same time she did.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Remember the letter that was the downfall of Harding found at a downtown (Dockside) dive bar?

For whatever reason developers opted to keep it:

 

[riverman]

Stood behind Tonya in line at a car repair shop about 20 years ago. Back in the day she had a world class derrière (an 11 outta 10) but had a voice that was worse than fingernails on a blackboard. She also acted like she deserved special treatment. Scenery aside, it was not a pleasant wait. I can only imagine what she could have achieved if all that talent hadn't been hampered by ten cent brain....

Just curious, was she buying a tire iron?

 

[KingSpeed]

^This. I've heard the name but I have no idea who she is or what she did.

She was the first US women skater to land a triple axel in competition. She was poor and from Oregon and made her own costumes. Someone bashed her main competition, Nancy Kerrigan, in the 1994 Olympics in the knee. Allegedly, her boyfriend arranged it. It was a HUGE story back then. Everyone tuned into that Olympics and neither Tonya or Nancy won. You should read up about it.

 

[riverman]

She was the first US women skater to land a triple axel in competition. She was poor and from Oregon and made her own costumes. Someone bashed her main competition, Nancy Kerrigan, in the 1994 Olympics in the knee. Allegedly, her boyfriend arranged it. It was a HUGE story back then. Everyone tuned into that Olympics and neither Tonya or Nancy won. You should read up about it.

Didn't she take up female boxing at one point after skating dumped her?

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

She was the first US women skater to land a triple axel in competition. She was poor and from Oregon and made her own costumes. Someone bashed her main competition, Nancy Kerrigan, in the 1994 Olympics in the knee. Allegedly, her boyfriend arranged it. It was a HUGE story back then. Everyone tuned into that Olympics and neither Tonya or Nancy won. You should read up about it.

Alledgedly? Jeff Gilooly/Stone plead guilty.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Just curious, was she buying a tire iron?

I believe she was returning one. Said something about it not getting the job done.......

 

[speeds]

If you watched late night TV in the mid-90's, Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuoco, Harding/Gillooly, and OJ Simpson were the jokes every night.

 

[Natebishop3]

There's a good 30/30 on Netflix about her. Beyond that, I have no idea why there needs to be more said on the matter.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Didn't she take up female boxing at one point after skating dumped her?

Yeah, she had her debut bout at Chinook Winds in Lincoln City.

 

[Denny Crane]

Alledgedly? Jeff Gilooly/Stone plead guilty.

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]

 

[KingSpeed]

Alledgedly? Jeff Gilooly/Stone plead guilty.

Oh but doesn't she still deny she knew anything about it?

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Oh but doesn't she still deny she knew anything about it?

As far as I know she hasn't admitted to being part of the plot.

 

[BlazerWookee]

She fought Paula Jones, didn't she?

And weren't stills from her honeymoon video printed in Penthouse?

 

[Sedatedfork]

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!

 

[Dougnsalem]

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.

 

[jlprk]

Stood behind Tonya in line at a car repair shop about 20 years ago. Back in the day she had a world class derrière (an 11 outta 10) but had a voice that was worse than fingernails on a blackboard. She also acted like she deserved special treatment. Scenery aside, it was not a pleasant wait. I can only imagine what she could have achieved if all that talent hadn't been hampered by ten cent brain....

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.)

 

[jlprk]

^This. I've heard the name but I have no idea who she is or what she did.

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.

 

[Strenuus]

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.

 

[Strenuus]

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.

Holy crap she looks just like her in those skates... that's creepy.