Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee gave us a
rock-and-roll love story for the ages
the blonde bombshell and the bad boy
rock star fell in love at first sight
and flamed out with a bang they may be
happily married two new partners these
days but here's the reason why Pam and
Tommy really split
despite Anderson once telling lean not
to visit her on a work trip to Cancun he
did anyway Lea recalled and Motley
Crue's 2001 autobiography the dirt
evidently Pam wasn't even going to
return my call but her friend saw how
hard I was working in begged her go out
with him for one drink it couldn't hurt
well it did hurt because four days later
we were married we were just like okay
one two three four go like nobody really
thought much about anything just ninety
six hours after their first official
date they tied the knot on the beach in
1995 Lee remembered instead of wedding
bands we went for something more
permanent tattoos of each other's names
around our fingers this was real we were
married I knew him for days four days
ago a lot of restraint mom at the time
Anderson told People magazine it was
just instant mind-blowing animal
attraction he's everything I've ever
wanted in somebody Anderson got pregnant
almost immediately after they got hitch
but suffered a miscarriage that left
Leigh quote depressed for months when
the two welcomed their first son branded
in 1996 a dark realization hit Leigh he
wrote Pamela and I got busy having kids
so quickly that we never gave ourselves
a chance to build a solid relationship I
asked her much later
why didn't we work on our relationship
more we couldn't she replied I was
pregnant the whole time by Ali's own
account in the dirt frustrations in
their relationship had spiraled into
full-on domestic violence by 1998 during
one particular argument Leigh claims he
became violent toward Anderson he was
arrested and charged with felony spousal
abuse in May of that year the LA Times
reported that Lee pleaded no contest to
spousal battery and was sentenced to six
months behind bars as well as mandatory
counseling and community service during
a custody battle years later Anderson
accused Lee of physical and emotional
abuse and cited the same incident
claiming via The Evening Standard
Tommy physically attacked me with
complete disregard for my safety and
more importantly for the safety of our
children tommy kicked me violently in
the back several times and in the
products he was completely out of
control he was released from prison
after serving four months of his
sentence but in May 2000 Rolling Stone
reported that Anderson was a witness to
Lee's alleged drinking which violated
his probation Lee was sentenced to just
five days behind bars with his probation
extended to May 2003 he was ordered to
undergo random drug testing and join AAA
Lee who previously documented his
exploits with alcohol in the dirt was
later accused of abusing alcohol during
a 2018 altercation with his son Brandon
Brandon later released a statement to
People magazine alleging that Lee's
alcoholism was the true root cause of
the incident and that he tried to
organize an intervention sources told
TMZ Brandon claims tommy was drunk and
lunged at him and he punched his dad in
self-defense Lee denied this alleging
that he and his then future wife
Brittany Furlan were in bed when Brandon
attacked him Lee later responded via
Twitter writing I'm happier than I've
ever been in my entire life I have a few
drinks here and there because I'm
retired and enjoying my life I worked 30
plus years I deserve it you didn't
arrange any intervention you barely
spoke to me while you were here I'd like
to say that I'm an adventurous person
that I haven't had the opportunity to
express mentally Pam and Tommy made what
may be the very first viral dirty
celebrity videotape and according to
Rolling Stone the tape was stolen from
their Malibu home in 1995 and ended up
in the hands of a peddler Lee wrote in
the dirt that his and Anderson's
attorneys advised them to sign off on a
one-time webcast of the video to
maintain some control over its use but
it didn't matter
the peddler went back on the deal and
mass produced copies of the tape the
video reportedly showed only a few
minutes of explicit content but those
few minutes made about 77 million
dollars in sales in less than a year we
never either musta made anything from it
Lee admitted that the stress from the
tape sale and release exacerbated all of
the problems the couple were already
experiencing in their marriage he wrote
Pamela and I were fighting all the time
trying to raise our children continue
the careers that consumed us make a new
relationship work and deal with the
non-stop barrage of bull and the press
was more of a challenge than we ever
could have expected Anderson
relationship was anything but stable
enews reports that anderson first filed
for divorce in november 1996 after
reconciling and welcoming son dillan in
december 97 she filed for divorce again
following Lee's arrest in February 98
they reconciled briefly following his
release with Entertainment Weekly
reporting that they considered
remarrying in 99 at the time Anderson
told the outlet I picture Tommy and me
old toothless on a bench somewhere with
our tattoos five years after splitting
again in 2000 Lee told People magazine
that he was quote crazy in love with
Anderson and that they were taking
things slow but in 2006 Anderson shacked
up with Kid Rock and tried to get sole
custody of her and Lee's sons she and
roc divorced the following January and
Anderson married Rick Salomon in October
2007 before annulling the marriage two
months later in 2008 Lee told Rolling
Stone that he and Anderson were giving
it another try but they officially
called it quits in 2010 after they were
over for good Anderson told People
magazine in 2015 there was Tommy and
then there was nobody else he was the
love of my life we had a wild and crazy
beginning that was too much for both of
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