Jeff Gillooly is the ex-husband of former ice skating star Tonya Harding. They married in 1990, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, he was found guilty of conspiring with Shawn Eckhardt in hiring Shane Stant to attack rival skater Nancy Kerrigan. Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is travelling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). ... Tonya Harding performs a triple axel jump at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. ... Shawn Eckhardt was early 1990s champion skater Tonya Hardings bodyguard. ... Shane Minoaka Stant (born 15 April 1971) is a Hawaiian-Indian man who is best known for clubbing Nancy Kerrigan on the knee with a retractable metal baton on January 6, 1994, weeks before the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. ... Nancy Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969 in Stoneham, Massachusetts) is a two-time Olympic figure skating medalist. ...

On July 14, 1994, he was sentenced to two years in prison. After his release he and the two other conspirators publicly severed all ties with Harding. July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Gillooly eventually changed his name to the less-recognizable Jeff Stone.

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Because this was announced around the time of Congressional leader Newt Gingrich's peak of popularity, Jay Leno announced on the Tonight Show that Jeff Gillooly had changed his name to Newt Gillooly. Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943) is an American politician who is best known as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. ... Jay Leno (born James Douglas Muir-Leno April 28, 1950) is an American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. ... The First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush and current host Jay Leno. ...

Jeff Gillooly is mentioned in an episode of Family Guy during a parody of The Vagina Monologues. Family Guy is an American animated comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler. ...

In an episode of Seinfeld, Jerry reports that attendees of his act yell "Gillooly" at him after his friend George accidentally injures Bette Midler while Jerry is dating Midler's understudy. For the actor, see Jerry Seinfeld. ... Bette Midler, on the cover of her 1973 album of the same name This is about the performer also called The Divine Miss M; for her eponymous albums, see her list of albums. ...

His second cousin, Dylan Lien, is Olympic gold medal diver Greg Luganis's life partner.