Domino Harvey
Domino Harvey | |
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Born | London, England | 7 August 1969
Died | 27 June 2005 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 35)
Occupation | Bounty hunter |
Parent(s) | Laurence Harvey Paulene Stone |
Relatives | Harry Morton (half-brother) |
Domino Harvey (7 August 1969 – 27 June 2005) was an English bounty hunter in the United States. She came from a well-to-do background, being the daughter of noted actor Laurence Harvey and fashion model Paulene Stone. Harvey's fame was increased posthumously by the 2005 release of the film Domino, which was loosely based on her life, in which Harvey was portrayed by Keira Knightley.
Early life
Harvey was born on 7 August 1969 in
Career
Harvey dropped out of school as a teenager to pursue a career in modelling,
In California, Harvey initially started working as a DJ at clubs in Los Angeles.
Bounty hunting
After completing a bail recovery agent training course, Harvey began working with the teacher of the course, Ed Martinez, at a bail bond agency in
Harvey collected swords and knives,[4] and kept AK-47s in her apartment. As a bounty hunter in the mid-1990s, Harvey earned roughly $30,000–40,000 annually. The agency where Harvey worked was paid 10% of the bail posted by each fugitive they caught.[3] She said she chose bounty hunting for the excitement of the work, even though it was not a high-paying job.[4] She typically worked in Southern California, but on one occasion travelled across the United States to Atlanta, Georgia, to seek one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.[5]
Harvey lived above the garage of her mother's home in Beverly Hills, California.[5] After she began working as a bounty hunter, the Daily Mail published an article about her. Director Tony Scott read the article and contacted Harvey. They soon became friends and regularly visited each other; Scott spent time observing her while she tracked fugitives.[3] Their friendship lasted for the rest of her life.[5]
Addiction and death
Harvey entered drug rehabilitation clinics four times; each stay was funded by her mother. Scott claims that Harvey and the bounty hunters with whom she worked would often keep drugs they found when arresting criminals.[3] Martinez has said that they used marijuana, cocaine and heroin.[4] In 1997, Harvey went to a drug rehabilitation clinic in Hawaii.[4] She lived in Hawaii for two years.[3] In 2001, having returned to California, she attempted to become a bounty hunter again but was unable to find work with her previous employer.[5]
In 2003, Harvey was arrested on charges of possession of crystal
Harvey continually denied that she was a drug trafficker, claiming to have been set up.
Film
A film inspired by her life, Domino, was released in October 2005. In his preparations for the film, director Tony Scott taped hours of conversations he had with Harvey about bounty hunting incidents. During filming, Harvey spent three weeks on the set. There have been tabloid reports that the ending was changed after her death and also that she was unhappy with the film's portrayal of her. The film studio has countered that she was involved with the project for nearly 12 years. Promotional featurettes for the movie include Harvey on set with the cast and crew; she contributed to the soundtrack and also attended the movie's wrap party in December 2004. Harvey herself appears at the very end of the cast credits of the film. However, she did not live to see it released.[5]
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b The Telegraph, 30 June 2005.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The New York Times, 9 October 2005.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Guardian, 29 June 2005.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Copley News Service, 14 October 2005.
- ^ a b c The Times, 29 June 2005.
- ^ a b The Sunday Times, 4 September 2005.
Bibliography
- "Model, bounty hunter, addict—The story of Domino Harvey". The Times. 29 June 2005.
- Edemariam, Aida (29 June 2005). "She loved bringing in sleazebags". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- "Domino Harvey". The Telegraph. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- Evans, Peter (4 September 2005). "Farewell to my gun-toting daughter". The Sunday Times.
- Weiner, Allison Hope (9 October 2005). "A Lust for Life and Danger". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- Meyer, Norma (October 14, 2005). "Real 'Domino' took a bad turn, with a San Diego stop". U-T San Diego. Copley News Service. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
External links
- Domino Harvey at IMDb