Top 5 Tabloid News Stories Of The ’90’s
We’re flashing back to the Top 5 tabloid news stories of the 1990’s! Take a trip down memory lane with this notorious moments! BAM!
5.) Hugh Grant & The Divine Brown Incident
Hugh Grant was on top of the world with films like the Oscar-nominated Four Weddings & A Funeral when he was busted for soliciting a working girl by the name of Divine Brown in 1995. This led to his famous interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he discussed his carnal incident.
Hugh Grant talks about his arrest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in this file photo dated July 10, 1995 in Burbank, CA. Grant and his girlfriend of 13 years, Elizabeth Hurley have decided to call it quits May 23, 2000. It is reported that the reason for the break up was a difference of opinion over whether to start a family. (Photo courtesy of NBC)
4.) Joey Buttafuoco & The Long Island Lolita
Joey Buttafuoco was having an affair with a lady named Amy Fisher…when one day…Fisher paid Joey’s wife Mary Jo a visit. Fisher confronted Mary Jo on her porch and then shot her in the face. Thankfully, Mary Joe survived.
LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 7: Joey Buttafuoco appear in court where he pleaded innocent to insurance fraud and grand theft January 7, 2004 in Los Angeles, California . Buttafuoco’s affair with an underage Long Island girl made national headlines in 1992 after she shot his wife. He is due back in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 25, when a date is scheduled to be set for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial. (Photo by Nick Ut-POOL/Getty Images)
3.) Lorena Bobbitt Frees Willy
Lorena Bobbitt chopped off her husband John’s penis while he was sleeping. She claimed John had been abusive and so she needed to take away his Little John.
PARK CITY, UT – JANUARY 28: Lorena Bobbitt of ‘Lorena’ attends The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village on location at The 2019 Sundance Film Festival – Day 4 on January 28, 2019 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb)
2.) The Curios Case Of Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan
In 1994, ice-skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked after practice when a man struck her in the knee with a pipe. It was later found out that the men at the attack had ties to Kerrigan’s skating rival…Tonya Harding…creating one of the most tabloid-ish news stories ever.
17 FEB 1994: TONYA HARDING WALKS BY AS NANCY KERRIGAN OF THE USA TAKES A BREAK DURING PRACTICE IN LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY. Mandatory Credit: Pascal Rondeau/ALLSPORT
1.) The Trial of O.J. Simpson
Not just the biggest story of the decade…but maybe the most widely-covered court case in American history…millions of people were glued to the T.V. set when former football star O.J. Simpson was put on trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and acquaintance Ron Goldman.
Former American football star and actor O.J. Simpson listens to testimony during his double murder trial in Los Angeles, March 16, 1995. Simpson is on trial for the homicide of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. In this image he listens to the testimony of Lieutenant Philip Vannatter, one of the two lead detectives on the case. (Photo by Dan Mircobich/AFP/Getty Images)
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