Sex therapist Amie Harwick’s alleged killer ‘stalked’ her at a porn awards show before her death. Ben Affleck’s latest mea culpa. And a wild fashion feud hits the boiling point.
Here’s a closer look at today’s stories:
Amie Harwick’s alleged killer stalked her at porn awards weeks ago
Hollywood sex therapist Amie Harwick’s alleged killer, ex-boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse, “stalked and threatened” her at a starry porn awards show hosted by Stormy Daniels just weeks before her death.
Pursehouse confronted Harwick at the XBiz adult industry awards ceremony Jan. 16 in downtown LA, leaving her terrified, her close friend, former adult-film star Jasmin St. Claire, exclusively told Page Six. A fearful Harwick — who was at XBiz representing Pineapple Support, an org that offers mental health services to sex workers — alerted the cops, but nothing was done, St. Claire claims.
She said, “Gareth knew Amie was going to be at XBiz. He stalked her there and went bats–t crazy. He was at the awards working as a photographer, but his behavior was abusive and threatening. He was yelling and screaming. Amie told me after the incident that she was scared he would show up at her home. She went to the police, but they did not take it seriously. He was really obsessive over her; controlling.” Below, Pursehouse can be seen to the left of the frame, dressed in a red shirt.
Harwick — who was 38 and the ex-fiancée of “The Price Is Right” host Drew Carey — fell from her third-floor balcony to her death early Saturday, the LAPD said.
Ben Affleck calls divorce from Jennifer Garner the ‘biggest regret of my life’
Ben Affleck has revealed in a new interview that he considers his divorce from ex-wife Jennifer Garner to be the biggest regret of his life.
Affleck, 47, opened up to the New York Times about how his crumbling marriage prompted his relapse into alcohol abuse and the rehab stint that followed.
“I drank relatively normally for a long time,” Affleck shared. “What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart. This was 2015, 2016. My drinking, of course, created more marital problems.”
In 2018, Affleck and Garner divorced after 13 years of marriage. They share children Violet, 14, Seraphina, 11, and Sam, 7.
“The biggest regret of my life is this divorce,” he continued. “Shame is really toxic. There is no positive byproduct of shame. It’s just stewing in a toxic, hideous feeling of low self-worth and self-loathing.”
Steve Madden apologizes to Alice + Olivia designer after filmed rant goes viral
Steve Madden has apologized to Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet after the fashionable pair got into an ugly verbal fracas in the lobby of a Florida hotel.
“I’m sorry for losing my temper with Stacey. I have the utmost respect for her … I was raised better than that,” shoe guru Madden told us. In a video of the dispute, which Bendet captured and posted online, Madden tells her, “You can go f - - k yourself” after she confronted him about allegedly copying her designs.
In 2018, Alice + Olivia sued Madden-owned label Betsey Johnson when it came out with handbags featuring a face design similar to Bendet’s StaceFace. The case was settled.
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