Kevin Spacey accuser and writer Ari Behn dies by suicide

Scandinavian writer Ari Behn — the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct — died this week, his manager said. He was 47.




Behn died by suicide Wednesday, his manager told the Norwegian news service NTB. Authorities said he was found at his home in Norway.

The Norwegian royal family said in a written statement that Behn was "an important part of our family for many years and we carry warm and good memories of him with us."

Behn, who was Danish-born, and Martha Louise, the oldest daughter of Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja, were married for 14 years. The couple divorced in 2017 and have three children.

Behn also wrote books and plays, including 1999′s "Trist som faen," or "Sad as Hell," a short story collection that was translated into several languages.  

In 2017, Behn accused Spacey of groping him under the table at a Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo a decade earlier. It didn't appear that Behn ever pursued criminal charges or a lawsuit against Spacey.

Spacey didn't comment on the allegations at the time, which came amid a string of similar accusations. A lawyer for Spacey didn't respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment Thursday.

Behn is the second of Spacey's accusers to die in 2019. An anonymous massage therapist who alleged that Spacey tried to forcibly kiss him and forced him to grab the actor's genitals during massage sessions died in September. Following the anonymous accuser's death, Los Angeles prosecutors rejected the sexual battery case related to his accusation. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office stated the allegations couldn't be proven without the massage therapist's participation.

In addition to his accusers, another person connected to the allegations against Spacey, Linda Culkin, died in 2019 when she was struck crossing the street in Quincy, Massachusetts, in May.

The former nursing assistant had pleaded guilty to sending death threats and bomb threats to Spacey and his associates. She was sentenced to over four years in federal prison in 2014.

Prosecutors said at the time that Culkin became obsessed with Spacey after a patient told her of being attacked by him.

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Kevin Spacey accuser and writer Ari Behn dies by suicide

Scandinavian writer Ari Behn — the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct — died this week, his manager said. He was 47.




Behn died by suicide Wednesday, his manager told the Norwegian news service NTB. Authorities said he was found at his home in Norway.

The Norwegian royal family said in a written statement that Behn was "an important part of our family for many years and we carry warm and good memories of him with us."

Behn, who was Danish-born, and Martha Louise, the oldest daughter of Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja, were married for 14 years. The couple divorced in 2017 and have three children.

Behn also wrote books and plays, including 1999′s "Trist som faen," or "Sad as Hell," a short story collection that was translated into several languages.  

In 2017, Behn accused Spacey of groping him under the table at a Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo a decade earlier. It didn't appear that Behn ever pursued criminal charges or a lawsuit against Spacey.

Spacey didn't comment on the allegations at the time, which came amid a string of similar accusations. A lawyer for Spacey didn't respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment Thursday.

Behn is the second of Spacey's accusers to die in 2019. An anonymous massage therapist who alleged that Spacey tried to forcibly kiss him and forced him to grab the actor's genitals during massage sessions died in September. Following the anonymous accuser's death, Los Angeles prosecutors rejected the sexual battery case related to his accusation. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office stated the allegations couldn't be proven without the massage therapist's participation.

In addition to his accusers, another person connected to the allegations against Spacey, Linda Culkin, died in 2019 when she was struck crossing the street in Quincy, Massachusetts, in May.

The former nursing assistant had pleaded guilty to sending death threats and bomb threats to Spacey and his associates. She was sentenced to over four years in federal prison in 2014.

Prosecutors said at the time that Culkin became obsessed with Spacey after a patient told her of being attacked by him.

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Liverpool's rout of Leicester makes it just a matter of time until they clinch first Premier League title

Liverpool are 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League, and their supporters still refuse to sing that their team are "gonna win the league" this season. There have been too many near misses at Anfield since the club were most recently crowned champions of England in 1990 for the fans to tempt fate by going too early with that particular chant, but Jurgen Klopp's players made it 17 wins out of 18 in the league this term with Thursday's 4-0 victory against closest challengers Leicester City.

It would seem that the only people who don't yet believe that the Premier League trophy is on its way to Liverpool are the very supporters who are so desperate to witness it.

Their Boxing Day win at second-place Leicester showed it's no longer a case of if Liverpool win the Premier League this season, but when. It's also become slightly irrelevant as to when they will win it, too. The only real questions that remain unanswered are about how big Liverpool's winning margin will be and how many records they will smash along the way.

Liverpool's consistency has been off the scale. Only Manchester United have been able to land a blow on Liverpool in the league, by holding them to a draw at Old Trafford in October, but the rest have all been beaten at least once. As they approach their final league game of 2019, against Wolves at Anfield on Sunday, Liverpool have not dropped three points since their very first game of the calendar year: a 2-1 defeat against City at the Etihad on Jan. 3.

It goes further. Liverpool have now gone 35 games unbeaten in the league -- Arsenal's 2004 Invincibles hold the Premier League record on 49 games unbeaten -- and 30 of those have been victories. Translate those past 35 games into points and Liverpool would be on 95 points, which is simply incredible, yet with 20 league games still to play between now and the end of the season, there is still 60 points available to Liverpool.

They can drop 12 points -- or lose four games -- and still end up with 100 points, but they're moving like a steam train right now, and current form would suggest that Liverpool are going to go well beyond City's century milestone. Such is their lead at the top that Liverpool can now play without fear or anxiety for the rest of the season because they know they have such a sizeable margin for error that the odd mistake or defeat here or there is highly unlikely to make a difference toward the outcome of the title race.

When a team plays with such freedom, they tend to win because they are playing to their strengths, which means things could only get better for Liverpool. And that will lead to the question as to whether they can claim another piece of history by emulating Arsene Wenger's great Arsenal team, which emerged as champions in 2003-04 having gone unbeaten for an entire league campaign.

Back then, the Premier League presented Arsenal with a specially made gold trophy to mark the achievement. Having waited so long to become champions, any trophy will do for this Liverpool team, but if they can make it gold like Arsenal did, the agonising wait will feel even better when, not if, it ends.

Make no mistake: The Premier League title is heading to Anfield this season. The supporters might not want to sing about it until the silverware is sitting in the trophy cabinet, decked in red ribbons, but they should throw off their inhibitions and sing it loud and clear, because nobody is catching this Liverpool team.

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Liverpool's rout of Leicester makes it just a matter of time until they clinch first Premier League title

Liverpool are 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League, and their supporters still refuse to sing that their team are "gonna win the league" this season. There have been too many near misses at Anfield since the club were most recently crowned champions of England in 1990 for the fans to tempt fate by going too early with that particular chant, but Jurgen Klopp's players made it 17 wins out of 18 in the league this term with Thursday's 4-0 victory against closest challengers Leicester City.

It would seem that the only people who don't yet believe that the Premier League trophy is on its way to Liverpool are the very supporters who are so desperate to witness it.

Their Boxing Day win at second-place Leicester showed it's no longer a case of if Liverpool win the Premier League this season, but when. It's also become slightly irrelevant as to when they will win it, too. The only real questions that remain unanswered are about how big Liverpool's winning margin will be and how many records they will smash along the way.

Liverpool's consistency has been off the scale. Only Manchester United have been able to land a blow on Liverpool in the league, by holding them to a draw at Old Trafford in October, but the rest have all been beaten at least once. As they approach their final league game of 2019, against Wolves at Anfield on Sunday, Liverpool have not dropped three points since their very first game of the calendar year: a 2-1 defeat against City at the Etihad on Jan. 3.

It goes further. Liverpool have now gone 35 games unbeaten in the league -- Arsenal's 2004 Invincibles hold the Premier League record on 49 games unbeaten -- and 30 of those have been victories. Translate those past 35 games into points and Liverpool would be on 95 points, which is simply incredible, yet with 20 league games still to play between now and the end of the season, there is still 60 points available to Liverpool.

They can drop 12 points -- or lose four games -- and still end up with 100 points, but they're moving like a steam train right now, and current form would suggest that Liverpool are going to go well beyond City's century milestone. Such is their lead at the top that Liverpool can now play without fear or anxiety for the rest of the season because they know they have such a sizeable margin for error that the odd mistake or defeat here or there is highly unlikely to make a difference toward the outcome of the title race.

When a team plays with such freedom, they tend to win because they are playing to their strengths, which means things could only get better for Liverpool. And that will lead to the question as to whether they can claim another piece of history by emulating Arsene Wenger's great Arsenal team, which emerged as champions in 2003-04 having gone unbeaten for an entire league campaign.

Back then, the Premier League presented Arsenal with a specially made gold trophy to mark the achievement. Having waited so long to become champions, any trophy will do for this Liverpool team, but if they can make it gold like Arsenal did, the agonising wait will feel even better when, not if, it ends.

Make no mistake: The Premier League title is heading to Anfield this season. The supporters might not want to sing about it until the silverware is sitting in the trophy cabinet, decked in red ribbons, but they should throw off their inhibitions and sing it loud and clear, because nobody is catching this Liverpool team.

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Heidi Broussard’s friend Magen Fieramusca charged in her disappearance

A Texas woman may have plotted for months to steal the newborn daughter of her best friend — whose strangled body was found by cops at the suspect’s home this week, according to police and reports Friday.

Magen Rose Fieramusca, 33, had been pals with victim Heidi Broussard since they met at a church camp when they were 11 years old, Houston’s KHOU-TV reported, citing a third woman who knew them both.

Fieramusca even went so far as to pretend to be pregnant herself, and the two attended prenatal doctor appointments together, the outlet reported.

Fieramusca, described as a former wedding planner, then made sure she was present in the delivery room when when Broussard gave birth to baby Margot three weeks ago, People magazine reported, citing another pal.

Then, on Dec. 12, Broussard and her baby vanished.

Cops later found the mom’s body inside the trunk of a car at Fieramusca’s home near Houston _ and baby Margot was found inside the home, unharmed, according to multiple reports.

An autopsy has determined that the mom’s death was caused by “ligature strangulation,” officials said.

On Friday, Fieramusca was arrested and charged with kidnapping and tampering with a corpse, according to police and news reports.

“It is heartbreaking circumstances that bring us here today,” Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said at a press conference Friday.

“Everyone (was) hoping for an outcome different than the one that appears we had, and that is with the loss of life,” the chief said.

“And although we are grateful that it appears as though we have safely recovered baby Margot, again, we do believe that Miss Broussard lost her life in this incident.”

No charges were filed Friday in the killing of Broussard, though Manley said “there could be additional charges filed in the case.”

He said the arrest of Fieramusca took “a tremendous undertaking” by numerous law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Texas Rangers.

Broussard and her baby were last seen together when she dropped off her 6-year-old son at his southwest Austin elementary school and returned home.

Her fiance, Shane Carey, came home to an empty house.

He told Fox 7 News at the time that he called police after making several disturbing observations — including that Broussard’s ID and Margot’s diaper bag were still in the apartment, and her car door was unlocked.

Fieramusca’s light-colored Nissan was traced to Austin around the same time that Broussard and the baby disappeared, according to the Austin American Statesman newspaper.

But Fieramusca was able to convince an official from the search-and-rescue group Texas EquuSearch right before her arrest that she had no involvement in the disappearance, KTRK-TV reported Friday.

“I can’t believe how sincere she sounded,” EquuSeartch’s Tim Miller said. “How in the world could this person sound so convincing? “

Fieramusca was being held at the Harris County Jail on $600,000 bond.

Manley said baby Margot is “currently safe, currently healthy.”

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