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Jeff Gillooly is the ex-husband of former Ice Skating star Tonya Harding . They married in 1990, and divorced in 1993. In 1994, he was found guilty of conspiring with Shawn Eckhardt in hiring Shane Stant to attack rival skater Nancy Kerrigan . On July 14 , 1994 , he was sentenced to two years in Prison . After his release he and the two other conspirators publicly severed all ties with Harding. Gillooly eventually changed his name to the less-recognizable Jeff Stone. Trivia Because this was announced around the time of Congressional leader Newt Gingrich 's peak of popularity, Jay Leno announced on the '' Tonight Show '' that Jeff Gillooly had changed his name... to ''Newt'' Gillooly. Jeff Gillooly is mentioned in "Family Guy" during a vagina monologue interlude. In an episode of Seinfeld , Jerry reports that attendees of his act yell "Gillooly" at him after he accidentally injures Bette Midler while he is dating her understudy. |