9 February 49 marries Johnny Stompanato, Mickey Cohen’s bodyguard and moneyman, at the home of her parents in Las Vegas, Nevada. The press tags him a "Los Angeles ceramic manufacturer." Stompanato is a Marine war veteran, who converted to Islam when he married Sarah Utish, a Turkish girl, in 1946 in China. He`s 23; she`s 33.
12 February 49 phones from Las Vegas to tell about her marriage to Stompanato. She tells a reporter that she and Stompanato
intended to keep their marriage secret.
7 March 49 buys her own home with the aide of Los Angeles Superior Court. Superior Judge Newcomb Condee awards her the Laurel Canyon Drive home after she outbids Leo Lettman, a liquor dealer. Her bid was $33,575.
8 July 49 divorces Stompanato and testifies: "Johnny had no means. I did what I could to support him." He will marry actress Helen Stanley in 1953 and hit the news after being murdered by Lana Turner’s daughter, Cheryl Crane, in 1958.
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