She was most famous for having “accidentally” shot her boyfriend, Olympic skier Spider Sabich. She probably killed him in anger, but she got lucky at the trial. The prosecution bungled evidence that would have established that she was high on cocaine, and police mishandled her diary, which contradicted her claim that she and Sabich were happy together.
Even without that evidence, her jury should have convicted her of reckless manslaugher, but her jurors were not much smarter than OJ’s. Longet claimed the gun accidentally discharged as Sabich was showing her how it worked, but forensics showed that the gun was four to six feet away from him when it was fired. Moreover, they were in the bathroom, an unlikely venue for a gun safety lesson. The jury did find her guilty of negligent homicide, and she got the official celebrity jail term – 30 days, to be served on weekends when she was available!
According to SNL, she then organized her own professional skiing tournament, so she could shoot more top skiers. Accidentally, of course.
For you younger readers, SNL used to be edgy.
Long, long ago.
That ended when Michael O’Donoghue left after season three. Lorne did hire Mister Mike back a couple of times, but it was never the same. (Although props go to Will Ferrell for the 1998 Neil Diamond sketch, which was very much like an O’Donoghue concept.)
(She did no nudity that I know of)
The whole accidental bathroom shooting sounds like one of Mr.Mike’s Least-Loved Bedtime Stories.