In the wake of the death last month of Jasmine Fiore comes word that a 31-year-old ex-adult movie actress from Los Angeles was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend.
According to Los Angeles police, Brian Lee Randone, 45, a self-proclaimed preacher who was on the TV beauty pageant "The Sexiest Bachelor in America" will be arraigned next week for allegedly torturing and murdering his girlfriend, Felicia Lee.
Randone, who remains jailed on $2 million bail, was charged last week with one count of murder and one count of torture. He is scheduled for arraignment on Sept. 29 and is looking at 25 years to life in prison if convicted, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Randone, who was arrested on Sept. 11, allegedly beat and choked Lee during a domestic dispute at their apartment in the foothill community of Monrovia, northeast of Los Angeles. Police say the pair had lived together for only a few months.
In 2000, Randone was a contestant on the Fox special "The Sexiest Bachelor in America." He battled with contestants from other states but did not win.
Lee, 31, who was born in Singapore, had small parts in the movies "Rush Hour 2" and "The Fast and the Furious" while also doing some modeling for the Playboy television channel.
Lee also appeared in several adult movies under the name Felicia Tang.
The murder of Lee is reminiscent of the case in August where Ryan Jenkins, a former contestant on the reality TV show "Megan Wants a Millionaire," allegedly killed his wife, ex-model Fiore, then fled to Canada and took his own life.
Fiore's badly beaten body was discovered in a dumpster in Orange County last month.
Fiore and Jenkins had checked into the L'Auberge hotel in Del Mar on Aug. 13. Surveillance video showed Fiore and Jenkins leaving the Hilton at about 2:30 a.m. on the morning of Aug.14. The couple were later spotted at the Ivy Hotel, a nightclub in downtown San Diego.
At approximately 4:30 a.m., Jenkins returned to the L'Auberge hotel in Del Mar alone and Fiore wasn't seen alive again.
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