A Tumultuous Relationship
Stompanato was hyper-possessive, threatening Turner just for socializing with male friends and former lovers.
Despite some reservations, Turner opened her life to Johnny Stompanato. She paid for his living expenses and his gambling debts and introduced him to her 14-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane, the child of her second marriage to restaurateur Stephen Crane.
Stompanato was often violent with Turner and reportedly abused her during their frequent arguments while Crane looked on. Stompanato once even threatened to mutilate Turner’s face and torture her daughter.
It took less than a year for Turner to decide that her gangster wasn’t a good long-term prospect. When she went to England to film the romantic drama, Another Time, Another Place with newcomer Sean Connery, she thought she finally had a chance to cut Stompanato out of her life.
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