Ex-Reality TV Contestant Pleads Not Guilty To Porn Star's Murder

Posted on Sep 30, 2009 @ 07:59AM

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An ex-reality TV contestant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to fatally choking and beating Felicia Tang Lee, a Singapore-born adult movie actress, in Monrovia, California Sept. 11.

Brian Lee Randone, a 45-year-old self-proclaimed pastor who appeared on the series The Sexiest Bachelor in America nine years ago, was ordered by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to remain in custody, in lieu of $2 million bail, in connection with the murder charges.

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Lee, 31, had appeared in multiple adult movies, as well as mainstream films such as Rush Hour 2 and The Fast and the Furious. Investigators said she was tortured and eventually suffocated against a hard surface.

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A preliminary hearing for Randone, who faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted, is scheduled for October 9.

The incident is the second time in as many months a reality TV suitor has been implicated in the gruesome murder of a beauty, as Megan Wants A Millionaire's Ryan Jenkins was accused of murdering ex-wife Jasmine Fiore Aug. 15, before he hanged himself in a Canadian motel room the next week.

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