Blake's First Ex-Wife Speaks Out
Desi
June 1, 2001
Blake's First Ex-Wife Speaks Out
LOS ANGELES - Robert Blake's ex-wife refused Friday to confirm or
deny that the actor threatened and brutalized her, but she said
she is not the source of tabloid stories describing her marriage
as an abusive relationship.
She also refused to say if she suspects her ex-husband played a
part in the shooting death of his second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.
"I think it is important that it be known that I did not tell
those stories," Sondra Blake told a packed news conference at the
offices of her attorney, Gloria Allred.
"I'm not denying or saying they're true," she said of tabloid
reports asserting that at the end of her 22-year marriage to Blake
she was terrified of the actor. Included in those reports was an
allegation that Blake put a gun to her head and forced her to tell
the couple's two children that they had to live with him.
Appearing near tears at times during the news conference, Blake
said her refusal to confirm the reports should not be taken as
lending credibility to those stories.
"I think it neither support(s) or not support(s)" the facts of the
stories, she said.
Allred, who said the former Mrs. Blake declines to give her age,
said comments about the abuse allegations could cause
difficulties.
"She's not going to open up a Pandora's Box," Allred told
reporters.
Sondra Blake said she supports finding out who killed Bakley, but
she declined to say whether she has had any contact with her
67-year-old former husband since the murder.
"It evokes deep sadness and upset," she said of the shooting.
Earlier, Blake's ex-wife had appeared on NBC's "Today" show, and
recalled briefly what her marriage was like with the actor.
"It was a lengthy marriage, and like all lengthy marriages, it had
its ups and downs," she said.
While she acknowledged that there were "significant reasons" for
the demise of the marriage, she said she wants to keep those
reasons private.
"I do not wish to speak about my personal relationship with
Robert, at this time," she said on the show.
Sondra Blake on the NBC program also refused to reveal her
thoughts on the possibility that her ex-husband was involved in
the slaying of the woman he married after a paternity test proved
he was the father of a baby girl.
She called the slaying "a horrible tragedy. I was in shock. My
heart goes out to the baby and to the family."
The actor's ex-wife appeared in the interview alongside Allred,
who represented her during her divorce proceedings.
Allred said there are "a lot of similarities" between the Bakley
slaying and the stabbing-slashing killings of O.J. Simpson's
ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her waiter friend, Ron Goldman.
Bakley was found shot to death in Blake's car near Vitello's
restaurant in Studio City, where the couple had eaten dinner
minutes earlier.
Blake told police they walked to the car together, but he returned
to the restaurant to retrieve a pistol he had left behind. Blake
said he found his wife dead when he got back to the car.
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desi
Desi
Yvonne Adler
Goloria Allred. Wish the latter would not be involved insofar as she is a
publicity hound. Be that as it may, I think it's time for some
enterprising journalist to investigate whether or not police were ever
called out to Blake's house before his first divorce and, perhaps, a look at
the divorce papers themselves. From what I saw of Sondra Blake, her
unwillingness to even mention whether the police have contacted her after
the murder, I feel that Blake is an ominous presence. But the question is,
having Allred as her attorney in a "family matter," how could he have gotten
away with it?
Desi <de...@cts.com> wrote in message
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Desi
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/060101_nw_blakes_ex.html
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Patty
Yvonne wrote:
I saw Fox's interview of Sondra Blake, together with her
former attorney, Goloria Allred. Wish the latter would not be
involved insofar as she is a publicity hound. Be that as it
may, I think it's time for some enterprising journalist to
investigate whether or not police were ever called out to
Blake's house before his first divorce and, perhaps, a look at
the divorce papers themselves. From what I saw of Sondra
Blake, her unwillingness to even mention whether the police
have contacted her after the murder, I feel that Blake is an
ominous presence. But the question is, having Allred as her
attorney in a "family matter," how could he have gotten away
with it?
Patty:
I don't think Allred was her attorney during the divorce
preceedings, I don't think Allred has been around that long. I
think she's only been practicing since the mid 80s, and Blake
and Kerr were divorced in 1983. Prior to law, IIRC Allred was
a teacher.
Patty
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preceedings.
From kabc Los Angeles Channel 7:
Robert Blake's Ex-Wife Speaks Out
MURDER MYSTERY UPDATE
Sondra Blake and her attorney Gloria Allred speak out at a
news conference early Friday.
06/01/01 -- Sondra Blake was married to the actor until 1982.
They have two children together. But she says, since last
month's unsolved murder of Blake's other wife, tabloids have
hounded her.
"The Star" is reporting that Blake at one point threatened
her, putting a gun to her mouth.
Blake's ex-wife said on Friday that she is not the source of
tabloid stories describing her marriage as an abusive
relationship, but she refused to confirm or deny that the actor
threatened and brutalized her.
She also refused to say if she suspects her ex-husband played
a part in the shooting death of his second wife, Bonny Lee
Bakley.
"It was a lengthy marriage, and like all lengthy marriages, it
had its ups and downs," Sondra Blake said in a Television
interview.
She said there were "significant reasons" for the demise of
the 22-year-long marriage, which produced two children, but
she said she wants to keep those reasons private.
"I do not wish to speak about my personal relationship with
Robert, at this time," she said.
Tabloid stories have said that, at end of the marriage, Sondra
Blake was terrified, and Blake put a gun to her head and
forced her to tell the couple's children that they had to live
with him.
"I am not the source of those stories," Sondra Blake said,
adding that the assertion of her non-involvement in the
publication of those reports was the only reason she was
making an exception to her self-imposed rule against media
interviews.
There was no immediate explanation for why she felt
compelled to publicly dissociate herself from the tabloid
stories.
Sondra Blake also refused to reveal her thoughts on the
possibility that the 67-year-old actor was involved in the
slaying of the woman he married after a paternity test proved
he was the father of a baby girl.
She called the slaying "a horrible tragedy. I was in shock. My
heart goes out to the baby and to the family."
The actor's ex-wife appeared in the interview alongside Los
Angeles attorney Gloria Allred, who represented her during
her divorce proceedings.
Allred said there are "a lot of similarities" between the Bakley
slaying and the stabbing-slashing killings of O.J. Simpson's ex-
wife, Nicole Brown, and her waiter friend, Ron Goldman.
Bakley was buried a week ago today at Forest Lawn
Hollywood Hills, three weeks after her death. A day later, her
sister, Margerry Bakley, said she believes Blake was behind
the slaying.
"Even if you weren't afraid of a stalker," -- as the couple
supposedly was -- "you wouldn't park your wife that far away,
behind a dumpster with no lights by a construction site, you
just would not do that," she said.
Bakley was found shot to death in Blake's car near Vitello's
restaurant in Studio City, where the couple had eaten dinner
minutes earlier.
Blake told police they walked to the car together, but he
returned to the restaurant to retrieve a pistol he had left
behind. Blake said he found his wife dead when he got back
to the car.
Blake's lawyers have suggested that Bakley's scams may have
led to her demise. She had a record for mail fraud and
reportedly solicited money from men in exchange for
promised meetings and nude photographs.
Patty
Published June 1 2001, 12:58 PM PDT
KTLA-TV Los Angeles Channel 5 Warner's Brothers
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Blake's ex-wife Sondra has broken
her silence her marriage to the actor. But she insists that her
only reason for surfacing is to clarify that she is not the
source of recent tabloid stories that the actor was abusive
during their 22-year marriage.
Sondra Blake also refused to say if she suspects her ex-
husband played a part in the shooting death of his second
wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. "I think it is important that it be
known that I did not tell those stories," Sondra Blake told a
news conference at the offices of her attorney, Gloria Allred.
"I'm not denying or saying they're true," she said of tabloid
reports asserting that at the end of her 22-year marriage to
Robert Blake, she was terrified of the actor. Included in those
reports was an allegation that Blake put a gun to her head
and forced her to tell the couple's two children that they had
to live with him.
Sondra Blake said her refusal to confirm the reports should
not be taken as lending credibility to those stories. "I think it
neither supports or not supports" the facts of the stories, she
said.
Sondra Blake said she supports finding out who killed Bakley,
but she declined to say whether she has had any contact with
her 67-year-old former husband since the murder. "It evokes
deep sadness and upset," she said of the shooting. She also
said that the case has affected her. "It's personal because my
family is involved," she said, referring to the two children
from her marriage with Blake. "I love my children very much."
Bakley was buried a week ago at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills,
three weeks after her death. Bakley was found shot to death
Kris Baker
Yvonne Adler wrote in message <0lSR6.2994$C64.1...@nntp1.onemain.com>...
>I saw Fox's interview of Sondra Blake, together with her former attorney,
>Goloria Allred. Wish the latter would not be involved insofar as she is a
>publicity hound.
Wanna bet that Allred was the tabloid's "source"?
>Be that as it may, I think it's time for some enterprising journalist to
>investigate whether or not police were ever called out to Blake's
>house before his first divorce and, perhaps, a look at
>the divorce papers themselves. From what I saw of Sondra Blake, her
>unwillingness to even mention whether the police have contacted her after
>the murder, I feel that Blake is an ominous presence.
That's standard in police investigations; you're not supposed
to divulge what you've been questioned about. It's not
ominous, it's just to keep the leak-level down as much as
possible.
>But the question is, having Allred as her attorney in a "family
>matter," how could he have gotten away with it?
Someone talked (obviously I suspect Allred), and now Allred
and Sondra are putting on a big press conference to deny
that Sondra was the source of certain statements. That
has nothing to do with Blake keeping her from talking.
Unless I'm misunderstanding your question (which I may be).
Kris
DAtdaniel
That makes the whole conf. make sense I could not quite grasp the point of it
until then. You are good!
Tammy
Josie
snipped rest
Sounds to *me* like she's afraid to say what she really thinks.
I mean, come on now.......IF these stories were totally
untrue....why the hell wouldn't she just say so?
Josie
Josie
<shan...@jps.net> writes:
>Be that as it may, I think it's time for some
>enterprising journalist to investigate whether or not police were ever
>called out to Blake's house before his first divorce and, perhaps, a look at
>the divorce papers themselves.
As I said in here before......Blake was well known for his fits of anger and
WAS in the news before for causing a big scene in front of the house that he
and
his ex wife shared. I remember it well. It was all over the news at the time.
He was screaming and hollering out in front of his house....throwing garbage
cans around....and the police *were* called. It was widely reported that when
the police showed up....he even screamed and hollered at them. He was totally
out of control.
Josie
Yvonne Adler
settlement. Might it not have alloted alimony to her, provided that she
never talks about her marriage? Removal of said spousal support each and
every month is one very good reason to shiver in her boots about being
"blamed" for the leak of abuse.
By not taking money from the tabloids and not revealing anything about her
life with Blake, she'd make an outstanding witness against him. Braun
could not smear her in front of the jury for taking money or seeking
publicity. Blake is a very bad man. Who needed another poster-boy for
spousal abuse and murder after Simpson!
Josie <josephe...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Josie
<shan...@jps.net> writes:
>
>Why isn't Sondra Blake talking? One simple reason could be her divorce
>settlement. Might it not have alloted alimony to her, provided that she
>never talks about her marriage? Removal of said spousal support each and
>every month is one very good reason to shiver in her boots about being
>"blamed" for the leak of abuse.
>
I'd be willing to bet that she's remarried by now though. And alimony ends when
one remarries.
Josie
Yvonne Adler
trial. She was representing Denise Brown, the victim's sister, and she
(Allred) decided that the vic's children needed something joyful in their
lives. She took them to see "Cats." Not, of course, forgeting to alert
the media that she and the children would be attending. The resulting
mayhem caused the children to be startled and they had to go home without
entering the theater.
Allred seems to be broadly hinting that Blake is like Simpson. I wouldn't
doubt her leaking this story, straight from her legal files.
I love Allred. I think her impulses and thoughts are wonderful. But then
comes her need for publicity. Her need to hold press conferences. And now,
her possible leak of confidential files.news:20010601185449...@nso-mo.aol.com...
Patty
How long does alimony have to be paid anyway? You mean he has to pay
it forever unless she marries? What about where the judge gives the wife
so much time to get skills to be able to be on her own? I don't know if
Sandra Kerr is remarried or not, but she has worked at acting since the
divorce, including a bit part on an episode of ER when it first started.
Blake didn't buy his present house until 1983, a year after the divorce, so
I assumed she had probably gotten a house when they divorced.
Patty
you...@net.com
> Why isn't Sondra Blake talking?
Did it ever occur to you that some people, however few, don't believe it
necessary, every time they end a relationship, to go on talk shows and
describe their sex acts, or what the spouse thought about his "noble
tool" or
the how the spouse enjoyed getting down on all fours and baying like a
dog
doing it? We used to have a word for that. It's called "decency."
Maggie
>
>> Why isn't Sondra Blake talking?
>
>Did it ever occur to you that some people, however few, don't believe it
>necessary, every time they end a relationship, to go on talk shows and
>describe their sex acts, or what the spouse thought about his "noble
>tool" or
>the how the spouse enjoyed getting down on all fours and baying like a
>dog
>doing it? We used to have a word for that. It's called "decency."
***Thought of that, but discarded it. The ex-Mrs. has been appearing all over
the airwaves with her media-hungry attorney in tow (or vice versa)--she's
eating all this up. I think it's entirely possible that Blake is not
responsible for any bad acts toward her, but she knows that if she appears on
TV and fails to disavow those rumored acts, everyone will just assume he did
the things some people are saying he's done. After all, she's clearly not
interested in *helping* Blake--she's not supporting him in these TV
appearances.
Maggie
"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
- Tom Clancy
DedNdogYrs
dissociate herself from the tabloid stories.>
It sounds to me like she did this because she is scared to death of Blake and
wants him to know she didn't have anything to do with the Tabloid stories
accusing him of abusing her during their marriage. The fact that she doesn't
confirm the stories but doesn't deny them either tells me that they are mostly
true or she would have denied them. Maybe if and when he is arrested she will
speak the truth, although considering her emotional weakness I wouldn't bet on
it.
Dogs & children first.
ponyduck
One common idea I keep picking up from all the various people who have
been interviewed about this case, is that while Blake had a temper,
and frequently screamed & hollered & even threw things, no one so far
has reported him hitting or pushing or laying his hands on anyone
(unless those reports about his first wife are true).
-pony
ponyduck
wrote:
That's what I think, Maggie. I have a feeling there are still some
hard feelings on Sondra's part (perhaps justified, who knows?), and
she's not entirely averse to seeing Blake vilified.
It will be interesting to see if, now that's she's said her piece, she
quietly disappears from the limelight again, or continues to appear
for subsequent interviews.
-pony
you...@net.com
Now you know why I hide behind a punster persona. Let me narrate a
little story for you. I think it comes from a Fielding novel called
JOSEPH ANDREWS, or maybe TOM JONES. I'd love to find the original,
because it's been a long time since I saw it.
A robber has just escaped from a posse chasing him. The posse comes to
a crossroads with a sign pointing in one direction, apparently leading
to a refuge (maybe an inn). One group in the posse suggests that's the
obvious direction the robber took. Another group suggests that's
precisely why he would not take that direction and go in the opposite
direction, to shake the posse off his trail. The robber is finally
caught and it turned out the robber was illiterate anyway.
As for the press conference, well, even the police held a press
conference which, as I recall lurking on this newsgroup, disappointed
everybody on it who expected some pivotal revelation. That doesn't mean
the police are being manipulated by Gloria Allred.
If you wish to "over-read" in this case, be my guest. It seems to be a
pleasant pastime for many of you, and there's really no harm there;
although I think your time would be better spent reading Poe or Holmes.
Kddrver
>>Robert, at this time," she said on the show.
I thought that this showed class. Usually everyone that can get some publicity
does, especially in Hollywood. Also she has children with this man, one of
which is taking care of the baby from what I've heard. So she doesn't want to
trash their dad. Again in this day and age this shows class to me.
>IF these stories were totally
>untrue....why the hell wouldn't she just say so?
I did kind of wonder about this, though.
Keep on Yellow Bussin'
Luk
> >IF these stories were totally
> >untrue....why the hell wouldn't she just say so?
Because if she said anything to indicate truth
or untruth about the stories she'd get sucked in
farther. The media would continue to pry,
misinterpret and cajole her to tell more. Her only
recourse is to flatly state she had nothing to do
with the first story and to make it clear she will
not feed the tabloids.
Luk
Yvonne Adler
Harlan Braun says that his client has nothing but fond memories of their
time together. Does anyone think that comment was anything other than
recompense for her rediculous statements re "privacy?"
DedNdogYrs <dednd...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I suspect the ex-wife is afraid of Blake, and wanted to send a very
public message to him... "I didn't talk.... don't come after me."
da boss
gemini...@excite.com
That would be my guess as well.
...geminiwalker
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