Domino Harvey

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Domino Harvey
photo taken in 1994
Born	August 7, 1969 London
Died	June 27, 2005 Los Angeles
Occupation	Bounty hunter
Parents	Laurence Harvey Paulene Stone

Domino Harvey (August 7, 1969 in London – June 27, 2005) was an English-born celebrity daughter turned Los Angeles bounty hunter, notable within that field for being female, rebellious, and from a privileged background. Though there is speculation as to whether or not she really was a model, there are in fact photographs which show her involved in what would appear to be modeling-related work^{[citation needed]}.

The daughter of Lithuanian-born actor Laurence Harvey and his third wife and widow, British fashion model Paulene Stone, she was reportedly named after Bond girl Domino Derval from the movie Thunderball. However, her mother's choice of name was actually inspired by actress and former fellow model Dominique Sanda.^{[citation needed]}

D was also the stepdaughter of Peter Morton, co-founder of the Hard Rock Café, by her mother’s marriage to him in the early 1980’s.

As a child, Harvey was expelled from 4 schools for fighting. She claimed that she had initially followed her mother's footsteps as a Ford model before turning to more dangerous careers, but her employment with the agency has not been confirmed. She did run a London nightclub, and after moving to California at 19 or 20, worked as a San Diego ranch hand, volunteered with the Boulevard Fire & Rescue company near the Mexican border, and eventually started bounty hunting. She was drawn to the job after seeing an advertisement in the paper for a bounty hunting seminar which was being held by veteran Ed Martinez, who would become her teacher and good friend. Harvey's mother gave her a kevlar vest for her birthday after finding out what her line of work was.^{[citation needed]}

In and out of drug rehabilitation for years, on May 4, 2005, she was arrested at her home on a warrant issued in Mississippi after a federal grand jury indictment charged her and a co-defendant with conspiring to possess and distribute over a pound of methamphetamines.^{[citation needed]} She was awaiting trial and under house arrest at the time of her death. She would have faced up to ten years in jail if she had been convicted.^{[citation needed]}

Laurence Harvey and Paulene Stone with toddler Domino. (Splash News)

On June 27, 2005 Harvey was found dead in a bathtub in West Hollywood after she became unresponsive while talking to Peter Dice, a "sobriety guardian." Ms. Harvey had hired Dice to help control her drug use. On September 3, the Los Angeles County coroner reported that a toxicological exam determined that Harvey died from an OD of fentanyl, an extremely potent painkiller. [1] Her funeral was on July 1, 2005 and among the attendees were Tony Scott, Mickey Rourke, and Steve Jones.

A film loosely based on her life called Domino was released in October 2005. There have been tabloid reports that the ending was changed following Domino's death, and also that she had been unhappy with her portrayal in the film (tabloids mistakenly identified her as a lesbian^{[citation needed]}). The film studio has countered that she had been involved with the project with Tony Scott for nearly twelve years. Promotional featurettes for the movie include Domino on set with the cast and crew, she contributed to the songs on the soundtrack, and also attended the movie's wrap party in December 2004. Domino herself appears at the very end of the cast credits of the film. To acknowledge Domino's death, Tony Scott inserted an "In Loving Memory" title card for her at the end of the production credits.

She also appeared as an uncredited extra in the 2005 Keanu Reeves movie Constantine, as an angel seated at a table with a demon, who is affectionately biting her ear, during the first of two scenes at Papa Midnight's bar.

A July 22, 2005 article by the Los Angeles Times [2] quotes her uncle, Warwick Stone, as saying: "she was considering suing several publications for describing her as a lesbian and was also considering suing one of the rehab facilities." Ed Martinez also stated that she had spoken to him about wanting to create a documentary, all based completely on her true life story, partly because of the movie Domino in order to set the record straight.