Today's Blind Items - The Brother Did It - Old Hollywood

Back in the days of silent films, this actress was probably B list. She retired from acting at a very young age after an on set accident. She also died at a very young age when she took her own life. That part of the story appears to be changing now. There is an author who is writing a book on something wholly unrelated to the actress, but interviewed a man who had served in World War Two and he told a very interesting story about his life. Prior to serving in the War, he spent some time in jail. A couple of years to be exact. He then told the story of how he came to be in jail for those two years.

He (A) was at a bar when a man (B) he was drinking with asked him if he knew of anyone who wanted to make some quick money kidnapping a woman for a few hours and roughing her up. When he found out how much the man was willing to pay he agreed to find a couple other guys and take care of the situation. He asked why the man wanted the woman beaten and the man said that she was set to marry a guy (C) after B had been led to believe she wanted to be with B. B said he had been having sex with the actress for well over a decade but this was going to be her third marriage and B was tired of her going back on her word.

When B told A who the woman was, B agreed to do it for free because he had always wanted to be with a movie star.

So, A and two of his friends kidnapped the actress. They dragged her off the street and drove for 20 minutes to a field. They then beat her and took turns raping her. They then drugged the actress and made their escape.

Our actress was able to identify one of the men and A and his two friends were arrested and charged with the crime of rape. Meanwhile, our actress did get married and it was not to B.

B met with A in prison several times and B told A to just keep denying everything because B had a plan to get A out of jail.

A and his two friends were convicted of the crime and sentenced to an indeterminate amount of time. Right after the sentencing, B spent some time with the actress and got her incredibly drunk. He then forced her to eat poison. She died.

After she died, a judge who had been considering a new trial for the three men, decided to release them instead because our actress was not alive to testify. B had got them out.

Oh, and what makes this story even more interesting is that B was the brother of the actress.