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Slain Model Terrified of Hubby: Friend

Millionaire reality show contestant Jenkins charged with murder

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2009 2:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – A friend and former fiancé of slain model Jasmine Fiore says she was terrified of her husband, millionaire real estate developer and reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins, who was today charged with her murder, People reports. Fiore’s friend says she was “100%” scared of Jenkins, and that she had recently called him saying “I’m in over my head” and “I don’t know how I can get out.”

The friend also describes the assault on Fiore that landed Jenkins in court. He punched “her in the arm with enough force to push her into a pool,” he says. “She went right into the water fully clothed. Her phone, purse, everything.” Jenkins “was just so, so, so jealous.” Also today, the production company that cast Jenkins apologized for hiring a contestant with a criminal record. “Obviously, if the company had been given a full picture of his background, he would never have been allowed on the show.”

Ryan Alexander Jenkins.
Ryan Alexander Jenkins.   (AP Photo)
UFC fighter Tito Ortiz and Jasmine Fiore in 2006.
UFC fighter Tito Ortiz and Jasmine Fiore in 2006.   (Getty Images)
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Jenkins was just so, so, so jealous. He would go through her phone every night. I think she may have even had a third phone but I'm not sure. - Travis Heinrich

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wwwonderer
Aug 24, 2009 3:31 AM CDT
His trial will be the next show.
wwwonderer
Aug 24, 2009 3:30 AM CDT
It may be a reason WHY he got on the show. You think they want to cast members of The Mundanes? No! They NEED 'edgy' people.
wwwonderer
Aug 24, 2009 3:29 AM CDT
That's the point. Theses shows don't represent average life. They are pump full of drama and conflict. And people tune in to see that.

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