Posted Oct 28th 2009 5:00PM by TMZ Staff
The Canadian company that allegedly did a half-ass background check on convicted girlfriend-beater and accused wife-murderer Ryan Jenkins for the show "Megan Wants a Millionaire" is now being sued for letting him slip through the cracks.
In the lawsuit, filed by an investigative agency called Collective Intelligence, the agency says it was hired by the producers of "Megan" to perform criminal background checks on the show's possible contestants.
Since Jenkins was Canadian, Collective hired a Canadian company called Straightline International to do Jenkins' background check up north. Straightline allegedly told Collective that Jenkins was in the clear -- but in fact, he had been convicted of domestic assault on a girlfriend in 2007.
After "Megan" hit the airwaves, Jenkins allegedly murdered and dismembered his wife Jasmine Fiore -- and VH1 was forced to cancel the rest of the season, along with another show starring Ryan called "I Love Money 3."
In the suit, filed in Illinois, Collective claims its reputation has been ruined by the Jenkins fiasco, and is suing Straightline for breach of contract, negligence and fraud ... and wants at least $50,000.
Straightline has yet to get back to us.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: collective intelligence, CollectiveIntelligence, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, lawsuit, megan wants a millionaire, MeganWantsAMillionaire, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, straightline international, StraightlineInternational
Posted Oct 7th 2009 12:35AM by TMZ Staff
Ryan Jenkins' father is eager to see the letter his son wrote three days before he was was found hanged in a motel room -- so he's making a trek to Buena Park, California to check it out.
Dan Jenkins tells TMZ he's been in contact with the Buena Park Police Department since finding out Ryan wrote a letter on his computer titled "Last Will and Testament" -- which cops called a "suicide note" -- and has set up an appointment with the BPPD to see it sometime next week.
As we first reported ... in the letter, police say Ryan never admits to murdering his wife Jasmine Fiore -- but he does apologize to his family for all the pain he caused them.
The BPPD tells us nothing found on the hard drive changes their view that Jenkins is responsible for Fiore's murder.
Filed under: Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: buena park, BuenaPark, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, thunderbird motel, ThunderbirdMotel
Posted Oct 5th 2009 4:45PM by TMZ Staff
The Buena Park Police Department tells us they found what they consider to be a "suicide note" on Ryan Jenkins' computer -- the one found in the motel room where he hanged himself.
Cops say they found the page-and-a-half long letter titled "Last Will and Testament" -- which was written on August 20th -- three days before he was found dead at the Thunderbird Motel in Canada.
We're told Ryan never admits to murdering his wife, Jasmine Fiore, in the letter -- but he does apologize to family and friends for the pain he caused them.
Cops say in the letter, Jenkins blames Jasmine for the situation he was in -- professing both his love and disdain for her.
Filed under: Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, suicide note, SuicideNote
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 7:08PM by TMZ Staff
About 300 people showed up to the memorial service for Ryan Jenkins -- the man believed to have murdered his wife, model Jasmine Fiore, and then stuff her in a suitcase.
Ryan's father Dan refuses to believe his son murdered Jasmine and has hired a private investigator.
Jenkins was found hanged in his room at the Thunderbird Motel in British Columbia on August 23.
Filed under: Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: dan jenkins, DanJenkins, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, memorial, memorial service, MemorialService, model, murder, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, swimsuit
Posted Oct 1st 2009 8:07AM by TMZ Staff
Ryan Jenkins' dad refuses to believe his son murdered model Jasmine Fiore -- and is taking steps to try and clear Ryan's name.
Dan Jenkins has hired a private investigator in California, telling the Calgary Herald, "We just want the truth to be told ... It is just unfathomable to us that he could be responsible for anything that has been reported."
Meanwhile, the Buena Park Police Department obtained Ryan's hard drive this week -- the one found with his body after he hanged himself in Canada -- and are analyzing it to see if it holds any clues about Jasmine's murder.
The BPPD says Ryan is the only suspect in the case.
Filed under: Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: calgary herald, CalgaryHerald, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, private investigator, PrivateInvestigator, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins
Posted Sep 28th 2009 5:25PM by TMZ Staff
Buena Park Police officials tell TMZ they've now received the computer hard drive found with Ryan Jenkins when he was discovered hanged back in August.
We're told the BPPD received the hard drive from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- who found the computer in Jenkins' room in the Thunderbird Motel in British Columbia on August 23.
As we've previously reported, no suicide note was found with Jenkins -- but police tell us they hope there will be data on the hard drive that will shed new light on the murder of swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore.
Police tell us the case could be closed within weeks.
Filed under: Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: hard drive, HardDrive, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, thunderbird motel, ThunderbirdMotel
Posted Sep 26th 2009 7:12AM by TMZ Staff
Nearly five weeks after he hanged himself in the Thunderbird Motel in British Columbia, friends and family will remember murder suspect Ryan Jenkins in a private memorial.
TMZ has obtained the invitation sent out by Ryan's father, Dan Jenkins, inviting friends and family to the service to be held October 1 in Calgary.
As we've reported, a large public memorial is scheduled for Jenkins' wife -- murdered swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore -- on Oct. 4 in Las Vegas.
Buena Park Police tell us they're hoping to receive Jenkins' hard drive -- found with him at the Thunderbird -- from Canadian authorities within the next two weeks.
Filed under: Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: dan jenkins, DanJenkins, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, playboy, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins
Posted Sep 24th 2009 12:35AM by TMZ Staff
Jasmine Fiore's friends and family gathered at a ranch in Santa Cruz, CA on Sunday -- and the private ceremony was decorated with a bunch of old photos of the former model.
We're told the emotional memorial was held at the estate of Joanna Miller -- granddaughter of Walt Disney -- because Jasmine was good friends with Joanna's son.
We're told a larger, public memorial for Jasmine will be held on October 4 in Las Vegas.
Filed under: Photo Galleries, Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, memorial, photos, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, santa curz, SantaCurz
Posted Sep 23rd 2009 1:15AM by TMZ Staff
Jasmine Fiore's close friends and family attended a private funeral service for the slain model over the weekend -- and we're told it was "an extremely emotional event."
According to someone in attendance, over 200 people gathered at the home where Jasmine grew up in Santa Cruz, CA to remember the brutally murdered bikini model.
We're told friends and family -- including Jasmine's mother, Lisa Lepore, and Jasmine's ex-boyfriend, Robert Hasman -- read poems and told heartfelt stories about Jasmine ... and "everyone was crying."
Our source says plans are in the works to hold a public memorial for Jasmine in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks.
Filed under: Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: funeral, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, lisa lepore, LisaLepore, robert hasman, RobertHasman
Posted Sep 4th 2009 1:45AM by TMZ Staff
Just four days before she was brutally murdered, Jasmine Fiore shared a romantic moment on a Southern California beach with a man who wasn't her husband, Ryan Jenkins.
The man in the photos is Michael Cardosi --Jasmine's ex-husband -- a man who had been locked up in prison for the last three years.
The photos were taken on the day he was released from the slammer -- Tuesday, August 11.
In the pics, the two can be seen hugging, smiling, touching and even sharing a kiss. In the photo below, you can see she's not wearing her wedding ring.
Cardosi's mother, Winnie Humphreys, tells us the two were ecstatic to see each other during the two-day reunion -- adding Jasmine had kept in touch with Michael throughout his stint in prison.
Cops believe Jasmine was murdered by her husband, Ryan Jenkins, in the early hours on Friday, August 14. Cardosi was sent back to the slammer on Sunday, August 16 for violating the terms of his probation.
Buena Park police told us they don't know if Jenkins ever found out about Jasmine's time on the beach with her ex -- but cops tell us "jealousy was the most obvious motive for this murder."
Filed under: Photo Galleries, Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, michael cardosi, MichaelCardosi, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, RyanJenknis
Posted Sep 4th 2009 1:00AM by TMZ Staff
Ryan Jenkins' sister, Alena, was just on "GMA" -- where they asked her, flat-out, about the photos we posted this morning of Jasmine Fiore kissing her ex-husband just days before her murder.
Though she says she didn't know about Jasmine's ex, Alena said Ryan probably wouldn't have been surprised about the pics -- because Jasmine "was a bit of a show off" who "would quite often expose her breasts in public."
Also interesting: Alena refused to answer when asked if she drove Ryan to the hotel where he later killed himself.
Filed under: TV, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: alena jenkins, AlenaJenkins, jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, michael cardosi, MichaelCardosi, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins
Posted Sep 1st 2009 10:40AM by TMZ Staff
A lot of questions surrounding Jasmine Fiore's murder may have died with Ryan Jenkins -- cops say he didn't leave a suicide note in the motel room where he was found hanged.
Jenkins was found hanging from the coat rack in his room at the Thunderbird Motel in British Columbia on August 23, over a week after cops believe he murdered Jasmine in San Diego and then fled the United States.
Although cops didn't find a suicide note, they did find Jenkins' laptop in the room -- but it's yet to be determined if there is anything of significance on the comp.
Filed under: Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: jasmine fiore, JasmineFiore, model, murder, ryan jenkins, RyanJenkins, suicide note, SuicideNote
Posted Sep 1st 2009 1:30AM by TMZ Staff
This story will connect the following people --- Sharon Osbourne, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore, Michael Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones ... and Kevin Bacon.
Let's start with Sharon -- who is being sued by a chick she "viciously attacked" on a VH1 special back in 2008 ... a chick named Megan Hauserman ... who later got her own reality show that starred Ryan Jenkins ... who probably killed Jasmine Fiore.
Megan just filed new papers against Osbourne, claiming Sharon almost killed a process server who tried to deliver legal papers to Ozzy's wife on April 20.
According to the new papers, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Megan claims the server "approached and was almost run over by defendant to the point where the papers were dislodged from the process server's hand."
So what's the connection to Jacko?
In the suit, Megan says the server tracked Sharon from her home in the very exclusive, private community of Hidden Hills, CA -- where Lisa Marie Presley used to live ... and she was married to Jacko ... who was in "Men in Black 2" with Tommy Lee Jones ... who was in "JFK" ... with Kevin Bacon.
Boom.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson, Exclusives, Ryan Jenkins, Jasmine Fiore
Tags: michael jackson, MichaelJackson, sharon osbourne, SharonOsbourne
