1. Domino Harvey was an English bounty hunter in the United States.
29 Facts About Domino Harvey
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Domino Harvey came from a well-to-do background, being the daughter of Laurence Harvey and fashion model Paulene Stone.
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Harvey's fame was increased posthumously by the 2005 release of the film Domino, which was loosely based on her life, in which Harvey was portrayed by Keira Knightley.
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Laurence Domino Harvey was still married to Joan Cohn until 1972; he married Stone shortly after divorcing Cohn.
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Domino Harvey later recalled that she studied martial arts and frequently fought other children.
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Domino Harvey attended four boarding schools, including Dartington Hall and Frensham Heights, and was expelled from some of them.
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Domino Harvey dropped out of school as a teenager to pursue a career in modelling, but did not enjoy it.
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Domino Harvey later claimed to have attended the Lee Strasberg Institute and been represented by the Ford Modeling Agency; in a 2005 article, Aida Edemariam of The Guardian noted that she was unable to verify these claims independently, no-one having any recollection of Harvey.
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Domino Harvey studied sound engineering and worked as a DJ at several clubs in London, managing one of them.
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At age 19, after spending time on a kibbutz in Israel, Domino Harvey moved to Southern California, where her mother had relocated years earlier after marrying the American businessman Peter Morton.
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Domino Harvey had previously resisted the idea of moving to the United States.
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In California, Domino Harvey initially started working as a DJ at clubs in Los Angeles.
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Domino Harvey then worked on a ranch near San Diego, and served as a volunteer firefighter in Boulevard, California.
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Domino Harvey enjoyed the work, and Martinez later said she was one of the most skilled bounty hunters he knew.
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Domino Harvey primarily worked with two other bounty hunters when tracking fugitives.
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Domino Harvey collected swords and knives, and kept AK-47s in her apartment.
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Domino Harvey said she chose bounty hunting for the excitement of the work, even though it was not a high-paying job.
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Domino Harvey typically worked in Southern California, but on one occasion travelled across the United States to Atlanta, Georgia, to seek one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
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Domino Harvey lived above the garage of her mother's home in Beverly Hills, California.
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Domino Harvey entered drug rehabilitation clinics four times; each stay was funded by her mother.
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In 1997, Domino Harvey went to a drug rehabilitation clinic in Hawaii.
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In 2003, Domino Harvey was arrested on charges of possession of crystal methamphetamine after sheriff's deputies found the drug at her home while investigating a burglar alarm call-out.
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Domino Harvey pleaded guilty and attended a treatment program; the arrest was consequently removed from her criminal record.
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In May 2005, Domino Harvey was arrested on federal charges of trafficking methamphetamine; she maintained that she was innocent.
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Domino Harvey spent three weeks in the Metropolitan Detention Center, Los Angeles.
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Domino Harvey continually denied that she was a drug trafficker, claiming to have been set up.
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Domino Harvey was taken to a hospital but could not be resuscitated.
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Promotional featurettes for the movie include Domino Harvey on set with the cast and crew; she contributed to the soundtrack and attended the movie's wrap party in December 2004.
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Domino Harvey herself appears at the very end of the cast credits of the film.