Word: kerrigans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kerrigan's agent, who happens to be her husband, denied a published report that she was paid for the interview, saying she was paid only to skate, as were the other skaters. Jerry Solomon, who was 38 when he took on Kerrigan as a client at 23, married her after the Olympics and calls her one of his "strangest" cases--"Money doesn't motivate...
...Kerrigan, who is smaller, softer and prettier in person than on television, says she can't tell how it will come off because she found the experience so strange. She said she scarcely remembers what she said. Told that it seemed surprising that she would even consider sitting down with someone who pleaded guilty to covering up the conspiracy to maim her, she said, "I was surprised that I would...
Maybe that's because, by his account, she has already made a haul in excess of $10 million, even though, in the opinion of her coach, Evy Scotvold, "she didn't come off looking very good" after making some "terrible mistakes." Scotvold says Kerrigan should have been home resting after the Olympics rather than coming off as bratty in public appearances she was too exhausted to make. He mentioned the infamous Disney parade in which Kerrigan shared a float with the famous rodent and accurately confided, "This is so corny...
...back to Tonya. "We had a decision to make," Solomon says. He and Kerrigan knew "that going into the Olympics, this was going to be a big topic, and we could talk about it, or we could have gone to Aruba for a month...
Back in Lillehammer, the woman she beat was seen as an ungracious runner-up, especially after skipping the closing ceremonies. But now the silver medalist has her prize. Kerrigan, all of 28, had her parents bring 13-month-old Matthew to the show in Portland. She has told friends for years that all she ever really wanted was a family, and she absolutely glowed when she held her son in her arms...