Quem se casou com Jeff Gillooly?

On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerrigan, an American figure skater, was struck on the lower right thigh with a baton by assailant Shane Stant as she walked down a corridor in Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Kerrigan had been practicing skating on an ice rink in the arena shortly beforehand.

The attack was planned by Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of fellow American figure skater Tonya Harding, and his co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt. They hired Stant and his uncle Derrick Smith to carry out the attack. Gillooly and Eckardt both claimed that Harding was involved in the attack and had knowledge of it beforehand. Harding initially denied all knowledge of the attack, but soon accepted a plea agreement admitting to helping cover up the attack after the fact. Later, both a grand jury and a disciplinary panel from the United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA) found further evidence of Harding's involvement during the planning and execution phases.

The attack was intended to prevent Kerrigan from taking part in the ongoing 1994 United States Figure Skating Championships and the forthcoming Winter Olympics, thus increasing the prospects of Harding in both figure skating events. Kerrigan could not compete in the US Championship but recovered in time to compete in the Winter Olympics. Both women competed in the 1994 Olympics, and Harding was later banned for life from USFSA figure skating events.

Tonya Maxene Harding (Portland, Oregon, 12 de novembro de 1970) é uma ex-patinadora artística e ex-boxeadora americana. Ela disputou por duas vezes os Jogos Olímpicos, foi campeã do Campeonato dos Estados Unidos e conquistou a medalha de prata no Campeonato Mundial de 1991.

No entanto, Tonya se tornou mais famosa em 1994 por seu envolvimento no atentado contra outra patinadora, Nancy Kerrigan, num episódio que o portal Sapo de Portugal chamou de "um dos maiores escândalos da história do desporto".

Devido ao crime, no qual acabou implicada, ela foi banida para sempre de todas as competições da Federação de Patinação Artística dos Estados Unidos.

O ataque de Tonya a Nancy foi "um tema de conspiração, abuso, inveja e vingança", escreveu o La Silla Rota em 31 de janeiro de 2022.