The “Murphy Brown” reunion is missing one beloved character — with some claiming that Robert Pastorelli cheated justice with his “accidental” suicide after the violent death of his girlfriend! Pastorelli found fame as Candice Bergen’s housepainter pal Eldin on the hit CBS sitcom. The popular actor then moved on to a film career alongside John Travolta in “Michael,” and with Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Eraser.” But things went wrong in March 1999, when his girlfriend Charemon Jonovich was found in his Hollywood home with her brains blown out. A distraught Pastorelli told police that the 25-year-old actress was insanely jealous, and had taken his gun during an argument over his alleged cheating…
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A source reported to The ENQUIRER that Pastorelli then told police that she had first aimed the gun at him. She then pointed it at her own head while threatening to shoot herself — with Robert responding: "So shoot yourself."
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"She was holding the gun in her right hand and began to bring the gun up to her right temple," said the source, with Robert telling police that he believed the gun was empty. "Instinctively, Robert reached for the gun. As he grabbed hold of her right arm and hand, the gun discharged one round. She was struck by this round and collapsed."
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The police initially ruled the death as "accidental" — with a family friend saying: "Just two weeks before her death, Charemon went home to Phoenix, Ariz. She was in great spirits and even told her family, 'It won't be long before Robert makes me his bride.'" But then others came forward to say that the couple were actually embroiled in a brutal breakup!
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Pastorelli, said insiders, had developed a vicious temper after the sudden cancelation of his first starring role in a TV series. "Arguments with Charemon became a normal occurrence," said one close insider.
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Some friends were furious when Pastorelli had a baby with a former girlfriend just 12 months after Charemon's death — with the actor having already left the new mom for actress
Glenn Close! Gianna, the daughter that Pastorelli had with Charemon, was left to be raised by the dead woman's parents.
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Meanwhile, Los Angeles police were talking to Charemon's family — with the L.A. coroner changing the official cause of death to “homicide.” One law-enforcement insider told
The National ENQUIRER that Pastorelli knew police were "interviewing people close to him!"
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But the new investigation ended when Pastorelli was found dead in the same house where Charemon had lost her life. The 49-year-old star died on March 8, 2004. That same day, he'd received a Federal Express shipment with bogus addresses. "Police," said the source, "believed Pastorelli had received a lethal shipment of drugs that he used to kill himself."
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The actor's death came just as he was reviving his career, as well — having finished a film role with Travolta in the upcoming "Be Cool." Some insiders remain convinced that Pastorelli ultimately got away with murder.
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"Cops had been anxious to prove to Charemon's parents that she didn't kill herself," said one bitter insider, adding that "Charemon's family can't even bring a civil suit against Pastorelli's estate, because it now essentially belongs to Gianna!"
A source reported to The ENQUIRER that Pastorelli then told police that she had first aimed the gun at him. She then pointed it at her own head while threatening to shoot herself — with Robert responding: "So shoot yourself."
Photo credit: Getty Images
"She was holding the gun in her right hand and began to bring the gun up to her right temple," said the source, with Robert telling police that he believed the gun was empty. "Instinctively, Robert reached for the gun. As he grabbed hold of her right arm and hand, the gun discharged one round. She was struck by this round and collapsed."
Photo credit: Getty Images
The police initially ruled the death as "accidental" — with a family friend saying: "Just two weeks before her death, Charemon went home to Phoenix, Ariz. She was in great spirits and even told her family, 'It won't be long before Robert makes me his bride.'" But then others came forward to say that the couple were actually embroiled in a brutal breakup!
Pastorelli, said insiders, had developed a vicious temper after the sudden cancelation of his first starring role in a TV series. "Arguments with Charemon became a normal occurrence," said one close insider.
Some friends were furious when Pastorelli had a baby with a former girlfriend just 12 months after Charemon's death — with the actor having already left the new mom for actress
Glenn Close! Gianna, the daughter that Pastorelli had with Charemon, was left to be raised by the dead woman's parents.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Meanwhile, Los Angeles police were talking to Charemon's family — with the L.A. coroner changing the official cause of death to “homicide.” One law-enforcement insider told
The National ENQUIRER that Pastorelli knew police were "interviewing people close to him!"
But the new investigation ended when Pastorelli was found dead in the same house where Charemon had lost her life. The 49-year-old star died on March 8, 2004. That same day, he'd received a Federal Express shipment with bogus addresses. "Police," said the source, "believed Pastorelli had received a lethal shipment of drugs that he used to kill himself."
The actor's death came just as he was reviving his career, as well — having finished a film role with Travolta in the upcoming "Be Cool." Some insiders remain convinced that Pastorelli ultimately got away with murder.
"Cops had been anxious to prove to Charemon's parents that she didn't kill herself," said one bitter insider, adding that "Charemon's family can't even bring a civil suit against Pastorelli's estate, because it now essentially belongs to Gianna!"
