The mysterious demise of Playboy casting assistant Kimberly Fattorini is put underneath the highlight in a surprising new documentary, wherein her devastated ex-boyfriend expresses his perception that there was foul play.
Fattorini died on July 21, 2017, in West Hollywood, California, from an obvious overdose following an evening out.
Whereas the date rape drug GHB was present in her system – in addition to cocaine and alcohol – the coroner didn’t carry out a sexual assault examination and by the point the cops requested one ‘in mild of further data he had acquired,’ it was not potential.
There was not sufficient proof to file a legal case, and the investigation was closed with zero arrests.
The season three premiere of Investigation Discovery’s The Playboy Murders takes a better take a look at the case and lays naked the murky holes, whereas Fattorini’s family members share their doubts over the official reason for demise.
Hours earlier than she handed, Fattorni had been partying with Monica Maass and Eli Wehbe.
In her interview with detectives, Monica claimed that the group had gone to Eli’s residence to take medicine and get together and at one level, NFL participant Shawne Merriman arrived.
She alleged that Shawne ordered an Uber to take the ladies to Monica’s condo the place they continued to drink.
Playboy casting assistant Kimberly Fattorini’s demise is put underneath the highlight in a damning new Investigation Discovery documentary
Fattorini died on July 21, 2017, in West Hollywood, California from an obvious overdose following an evening out
The next day, Monica claimed she found Fattorni useless on the couch. She claimed Shawne panicked and fled the scene.
There had been accusations that Shawne had drugged and raped Fattorni earlier than her demise. He denied these claims.
In his interview with detectives, Eli additionally denied that Shawne had introduced GHB to his home. Shawne was by no means charged in reference to the demise.
Lots of Fattorini’s family members refute the concept she overdosed and imagine there have been a lot darker circumstances surrounding her demise.
A type of sceptics embody her ex-boyfriend, former Playboy casting director Sam Rhima, who describes the small print surrounding her demise as a ‘coverup.’
Talking within the Playboy Murders documentary, he stated: ‘I do know Kim greater than anyone else. The one factor she would have finished that night time was drink alcohol.’
‘No one does GHB as a celebration drug,’ he provides. ‘No one does a drug that is meant thus far rape folks.’
‘Once I discovered there was GHB in her system, I knew that she was drugged,’ Fattorini’s buddy and former Playboy mannequin Tawnie Jaclyn added.
Playboy casting director Sam Rhima claims the small print surrounding her demise as a ‘coverup’
He had dated Fattorini for a number of years earlier than her demise in 2017
‘I knew that was someone else’s doing.’
Addressing his heartbreak over investigation being closed, Sam added: ‘I used to be shocked. I do not know who else was concerned within the coverup, however there was clearly a coverup of what occurred to her.
‘I feel nobody received arrested as a result of they’d unfold all these rumors to make it appear to be she’d OD’d, which she didn’t.’
He went on so as to add: ‘And I do not understand how excessive the duvet up goes or who else helped them cowl up however extra occurred to Kim than what they’re saying.
‘I nonetheless cannot perceive why the sheriffs division did not do something about it,’ Sam provides.
‘Realizing what occurred and what’s proper there of their face.
‘How do you shut an investigation on a woman who was clearly drugged, raped and kill. Why would you shut an investigation on one thing like that?’
Fattorini’s mother and father filed a wrongful demise lawsuit in July 2019 towards Shawne, Monica, and Eli, wherein they cited battery, drug supplier legal responsibility, and negligence.
The lawsuit states paramedics discovered Fattorini laying on the ground unresponsive.
‘She was half-naked along with her denims unzipped and unbuttoned, as if somebody had tried to drag her denims on to her physique earlier than the police or paramedics arrived,’ the submitting reads.
‘Her bra was twisted and her lips had been blue. She was additionally not sporting any underwear regardless of.’
The lawsuit remains to be pending.
Within the litigation, Shawne, Eli and Monica every filed solutions denying each allegation within the motion.
Additionally they denied that the plaintiffs had been entitled to any damages.
DailyMail.com contact Shawne, Monica and Eli for additional remark. It’s famous that the trio declined to debate Fattorini’s demise for the collection.
On the time of its submitting, reps for Shawne referred to as the lawsuit ‘baseless.’
They added to TMZ: ‘Shawne attended an after get together greater than two years in the past the place a younger girl sadly overdosed… The police completely investigated and located no wrongdoing by any means by Shawne.
‘The truth that they’re elevating this now, two years after the very fact, demonstrates the baseless nature of those allegations.’
DailyMail.com contact Shawne, Monica and Eli for additional remark. It’s famous that the trio declined to debate Fattorini’s demise for the collection.
They’ve beforehand denied accusations that had been linked to Fattorini’s demise.
In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com final week, Holly Madison, the host and government producer of The Playboy Murders, revealed why Fattorni’s case means a lot to her.
‘This season, the one we’re opening up with the Kimberly Fattorini case,’ she stated. ‘That one actually sticks with me. It was a case that was dropped at our consideration.
‘As season two was airing we stored getting all these messages on Instagram from individuals who had been shut associates of Kimberly and wished us to cowl her case as a result of they really feel prefer it wasn’t getting sufficient consideration and that there have been so many unresolved questions.
‘There’s nonetheless a pending civil swimsuit happening relating to that case, so it means so much to me to have the ability to carry that case to the forefront once more, hoping that it’d assist someone get closure.’
The Playboy Murders premieres on Monday, Might 5 at 9/8c on ID and streams on Max.
