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PRESS: Spy vs. Steven Seagal...
Perhaps there is another Spy-Seagal similarity here. Both are adept at high- wire innuendo -- Spy as a key to its satirical japery, Seagal as a spur to his myth. If he did make these remarks, he may have intended them as macho provocations, as sick jokes or as acid tests -- the ultimate Spy prank...
Connolly has other hairy charges: that Seagal was a bigamist when he was courting his current wife, actress Kelly LeBrock; that two female aides were paid to keep quiet about his sexual harassment of them; that among his friends are kinfolk of various godfathers and gonifs. "Steven likes to hang out with the underworld of espionage," says J.F. Lawton, who wrote Under Siege, "and maybe also of crime. But I don't see Steven rubbing anyone out. And if you have Michael Ovitz behind you, you don't really need...
Connolly, whose piece mixes seemingly meticulous research with some sloppy checking (author Joe Hyams is confused with a Warner executive who has the same name), spoke with Seagal's ex-wives and other sources. But his star witness is Strickland, a former CIA agent who suffers from depression and has been institutionalized 11 times. Nonetheless, Strickland's psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Ackerman of Los Angeles, says he "is not insane, has absolutely no delusions or hallucinations." Today Strickland is in hiding, because, he says, "I think Steven's dangerous. He's got the money and some very near-the- edge people...
...which has long had an edgy relationship with movie stars -- it has made its reputation by soiling theirs -- may soon find out if Steven Seagal is dangerous or timid. Both the star and the magazine are under siege and out for justice...