Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee were married for 3 years. They dated for 2 days after getting together on 17th Feb 1995 and married on 19th Feb 1995. 3 years later they divorced on 28th Feb 1998.

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Personal profiles	Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson
Relationship type	Married
Relationship status	Divorced
Start date	17 Feb 1995
End date	28 Feb 1998
Where/how first met	At the Sanctuary club on New Year's Eve
Couple notable fact	A sex tape from their honeymoon was stolen and released on the Internet
View	WDW profile
Couple ID	1715188
Reference	Google

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1990s

31 Dec 1994

The duo crossed paths and shared a drink at Sanctuary, a Hollywood club, on New Year’s Eve
Tommy 32, Pamela 27

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Feb 1995

Six weeks after they were introduced, the pair went on their first date: a trip to Cancún
Tommy 32, Pamela 27

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15 Feb 1995

Pamela and Tommy hooked up together.
Tommy 32, Pamela 27

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18 Feb 1995

The Mötley Crüe drummer popped the question just three days into their impromptu fling. "That night at a disco called La Boom, I took off my pinky ring, put it on her finger and asked her to marry me," the rock star recalled in The Dirt. "She said yes, hugged me and stuck her tongue down my throat."
Tommy 32, Pamela 27

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19 Feb 1995

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee celebrated their wedding day.
Tommy 32, Pamela 27

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19 Feb 1995

The pair wed on a beach in Cancun less than 24 hours later. "We asked the hotel to find someone to perform a marriage ceremony. We gave blood, sniffed out a marriage license and were on the beach getting married before the day was over," wrote Lee in The Dirt.

Following their wedding, the couple moved into Lee's Malibu beach house.
Tommy 32, Pamela 27

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Jun 1995

In the summer of 1995, the pair took a five-day houseboat trip to Lake Mead for their honeymoon. It was during this trip that they filmed intimate moments which were later compiled by a third party into a sex tape. "We weren't trying to make a porno, just to document our vacation," Lee later wrote of the video.
Tommy 32, Pamela 27

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Oct 1995

Later that month, Anderson and Lee were robbed by Rand Gauthier, an electrician who had been fired from a renovation project at the couple's home. Gauthier told Rolling Stone he was looking to get "revenge" on Lee and stole a safe from the drummer's garage which he believed to contain Lee's guns and Anderson's jewelry. To Gauthier's surprise, the safe also included footage from Anderson and Lee's honeymoon in Lake Mead.

The pair didn't notice the safe was gone until two months after Gauthier's alleged burglary. (Gauthier was never charged with a crime in connection with the tape.)
Tommy 32, Pamela 28

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13 Oct 1995

Per The Dirt, Anderson told Lee she was four weeks pregnant just 10 days after Lee's 33rd birthday party in October
Tommy 33, Pamela 28

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29 Jan 1996

The parents-to-be showed off Anderson's growing baby bump while walking the red carpet at the American Music Awards in January 1996
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Mar 1996

Following the theft of their personal tapes, the pair attempted to stop its distribution with a lawsuit against Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione in April 1996, who was in possession of the tape at the time. In the suit, the couple said the tape was stolen by a former employee the previous year, the Chicago Tribune reported. They ultimately lost the case, with a judge ruling the photos were "newsworthy."

Private photos of Anderson and details of the sex tape were later published in Penthouse's June issue
Tommy 33, Pamela 28

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6 May 1996

Anderson and Lee welcomed their first child, son Brandon Thomas Lee, on May 6, 1996
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5 Jun 1996

Pamela and Tommy had a child together.
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Nov 1996

The Home Improvement alum filed for divorce from the rocker in November 1996, according to the Los Angeles Times. However, the filing was later dropped after the couple got back together
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Dec 1996

Two weeks after filing divorce papers, the pair reconciled and the actress moved back in with Lee. "She's back with her husband and standing by him through his alcohol abuse," Anderson's publicist said at the time, per Variety.

Lee also released a statement at the time, per the Washington Post, which read: "All the ridiculous speculations on our marriage are false. I'm in recovery for alcohol abuse, and my wife is supporting me through a very tough time."
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Mar 1997

In the spring of 1997, the rock star and the actress were expecting their second child
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Dec 1997

The couple settled a lawsuit they had against the Internet Entertainment Group for posting their sex tape on the internet in December 1997, the Los Angeles Times reported
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29 Dec 1997

Pamela and Tommy had a child together.
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29 Dec 1997

The couple's second son, Dylan Jagger Lee, was born in December 1997 at Anderson's Malibu home
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Feb 1998

Breakup
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24 Feb 1998

On Feb. 24, 1998, Lee was arrested at the couple's California home and charged with felony spousal abuse and child abuse, per the Los Angeles Times, though the latter [charge] was eventually dropped. Lee pled no contest to the matter in April 1998
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26 Feb 1998

Anderson filed divorce papers against Lee for the second time on Feb. 26, 1998, citing irreconcilable differences just hours after he was charged with spousal and child abuse. Files obtained by the Los Angeles Times revealed that she sought to restore her maiden name and obtain full custody of their two children, Brandon and Dylan
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28 Feb 1998

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee divorced.
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20 May 1998

Lee was sentenced to jail for six months over charges of spousal abuse on May 20, 1998, the Associated Press reported at the time. He was also sentenced to three years probation and ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Anderson
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9 Sep 1999

The on-again couple made a splash at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, walking the red carpet in ostentatious hats, with a crocheted bucket hat for Lee and a tall feathered pink piece by Ivy Supersonic for Anderson
Tommy 36, Pamela 32

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2000s

2000

By the summer of 2000, however, the duo had split once more, with Anderson taking up with Swedish model Marcus Schenkenberg. Anderson and Schenkenberg would later get engaged but ultimately call it quits in 2001
Tommy 37, Pamela 32

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13 Jun 2008

Lee confirmed that he and Anderson were giving their relationship another go to Rolling Stone in June 2008. "We've only given it a try 800 times — 801, here we go," Lee said.

The reunion didn’t last long, with the couple parting ways again in 2010
Tommy 45, Pamela 40

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