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Turner and Stompanato in Mexico in early 1958. While filming the romantic comedy The Lady Takes a Flyer in the spring of 1957, [1] American film actress Lana Turner began receiving phone calls and flowers on the set from a former Marine named Johnny Stompanato, using the name "John Steele."
John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958) was a United States Marine and gangster who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress Lana Turner.
Stompanato's family sought a wrongful death suit of $750,000 in damages against both Turner and her ex-husband, Steve Crane. In the suit, Stompanato's son alleged that Turner had been responsible for his death, and that her daughter had taken the blame. [216] The suit was settled out of court for a reported $20,000 in May 1962. [217]
True crime author Casey Sherman, a Cape native, just published his 16th book looking into the stabbing death of gangster Johnny Stompanato who was found in Hollywood screen star Lana Turner's home ...
EXCLUSIVE: Lana Turner’s mobster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was allegedly stabbed to death in her house by her daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958. This incident is the basis for Casey Sherman’s ...
Crane with mother Lana Turner at her juvenile court hearing, April 1958. On April 4, 1958, at age 14, Crane stabbed her mother's boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, to death. [11] The killing was ruled a justifiable homicide: she was deemed to have been protecting her mother during a domestic altercation. [11]
During the film's principal photography in Britain, Connery was confronted on-set by gangster Johnny Stompanato, then-boyfriend of Lana Turner, who suspected the actor was having an affair with Turner. Stompanato pointed a gun at Connery and warned him to keep away from Turner. Connery responded by grabbing the gun out of Stompanato's hand and ...
Detour: A Hollywood Story is a 1988 memoir by Cheryl Crane, the only daughter of actress Lana Turner, with additional writing from Cliff Jahr.In the book, she recounts her early life, including her alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather Lex Barker, and the 1958 killing of Johnny Stompanato during a domestic struggle.