afish
06-17-2004, 09:59 PM
In perhaps the least shocking news of the day, the Aruba marriage did not last. From today's Review Journal (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Jun-17-Thu-2004/news/24122181.html) :
A Las Vegas real estate agent's 7-month marriage to "Big Brother 3" participant Tonya Paoni turned ugly Tuesday.
Richard A. Foster filed a statement with Metro, claiming Paoni grazed his arm with a knife and threw a cell phone at him while he was in bed recovering from a recent heart attack.
Paoni could not be reached for comment.
The case has been referred to Metro's Domestic Violence Detail.
Foster said in a telephone interview that Paoni lost her temper when he wouldn't take her back. She threw her cell phone hard enough to leave a hole in the wall, he said.
"She has filed to take my $750,000 house, which I owned before she moved in."
Foster said they met at Playboy magazine's 50th anniversary party at the Palms in September and married Oct. 22 after Paoni proposed in Aruba, where Foster won $43,000 in a poker tournament.
"The 43 got eaten up in seconds. I spent $150,000 just buying her jewelry and trips," Foster said. He said Paoni spent $1,700 of his money on nude pictures of herself as a Christmas present to him.
"She's a gold digger and I know I made a mistake. I'm not looking for sympathy," said Foster, who said he had a heart attack on June 7 from the stress of the breakup.
He said Paoni told him she was going out for sushi last Saturday but later admitted she was at a high-roller party featuring "The Sopranos" cast at the Golden Nugget.
Paoni had a brief stay on the CBS reality show "Big Brother 3" in 2002 after housemates questioned her character and devotion to her five kids.
A Las Vegas real estate agent's 7-month marriage to "Big Brother 3" participant Tonya Paoni turned ugly Tuesday.
Richard A. Foster filed a statement with Metro, claiming Paoni grazed his arm with a knife and threw a cell phone at him while he was in bed recovering from a recent heart attack.
Paoni could not be reached for comment.
The case has been referred to Metro's Domestic Violence Detail.
Foster said in a telephone interview that Paoni lost her temper when he wouldn't take her back. She threw her cell phone hard enough to leave a hole in the wall, he said.
"She has filed to take my $750,000 house, which I owned before she moved in."
Foster said they met at Playboy magazine's 50th anniversary party at the Palms in September and married Oct. 22 after Paoni proposed in Aruba, where Foster won $43,000 in a poker tournament.
"The 43 got eaten up in seconds. I spent $150,000 just buying her jewelry and trips," Foster said. He said Paoni spent $1,700 of his money on nude pictures of herself as a Christmas present to him.
"She's a gold digger and I know I made a mistake. I'm not looking for sympathy," said Foster, who said he had a heart attack on June 7 from the stress of the breakup.
He said Paoni told him she was going out for sushi last Saturday but later admitted she was at a high-roller party featuring "The Sopranos" cast at the Golden Nugget.
Paoni had a brief stay on the CBS reality show "Big Brother 3" in 2002 after housemates questioned her character and devotion to her five kids.