He was married, I just found this old article
In the early hours of 2 May 1997, Murphy was driving his wife's SUV down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Murphy pulled over, and a transvestite hooker named Atisone Kenneth Seiuli (or "Shalomar") got in. They drove off together, but didn't get far before Murphy was pulled over by a Los Angeles Sheriff's Department squad car. The cops spent half an hour talking amiably with Murphy, warning him about the neighborhood and perhaps getting his autograph before shaking his hand and letting him go. Seiuli, though, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for violating probation on an earlier prostitution charge.
As quick as Seiuli could post bail, the story was in the tabloids. According to Seiuli, in their brief conversation in the vehicle, Murphy had put two hundred-dollar bills on her leg, and "asked me if I did this for a living, being a transsexual prostitute. I said yes. Eddie said, 'Do you like to wear lingerie?' I said yes. He said, 'Can I see you in lingerie?' I told him, 'Whenever I have the time.' He said, 'I'll make the time.' "Then he asked me, 'What type of sex do you like?' I said I was into everything." Or at least, that was Seiuli's story.
Murphy's version was, not surprisingly, not the same. "I'm married with three children. I'm not going to be out there screwing hookers off the street or anything like that. I'm just being a nice guy... I was being a good Samaritan. It's not the first hooker I've helped out. I've seen hookers on corners... and I'll pull over... and they'll go, Oh you're Eddie Murphy, oh my God, and I'll empty my wallet out to help". The next weekend, Saturday Night Live aired a sketch titled, "Good Samaritan Eddie Murphy," with Tim Meadows as Murphy, ferrying transsexuals throughout metropolitan Los Angeles, out of the goodness of his heart.
One by one, a parade of local transvestite escorts chatted with The Globe, The National Enquirer, and more mainstream publications such as Gay & Lesbian Times, telling about their assorted encounters with Murphy. Several subsequently recanted their stories, and were reportedly well paid to do so by a man connected with Murphy's lawyer. Murphy sued the tabloids, but later quietly settled.
Candace Watkins, a purported mother figure to several of the transsexuals involved, later wrote In the Closet with Eddie Murphy under the pen name Carnal Candy. The book was filled with tales from Watkin's girlfriends about their alleged liaisons with Murphy. On 22 April 1998, Seiuli, wearing only a black bra padded a leather bikini thong (both from Frederick's of Hollywood) was found dead under her fifth-floor apartment window. She had apparently locked herself out of her apartment, tried sneaking in through an open window, and fallen to her death. There is no reasonable insinuation that Murphy was involved in Seiuli's death.
Eddie Murphy
In the early hours of 2 May 1997, Murphy was driving his wife's SUV down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Murphy pulled over, and a transvestite hooker named Atisone Kenneth Seiuli (or "Shalomar") got in. They drove off together, but didn't get far before Murphy was pulled over by a Los Angeles Sheriff's Department squad car. The cops spent half an hour talking amiably with Murphy, warning him about the neighborhood and perhaps getting his autograph before shaking his hand and letting him go. Seiuli, though, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for violating probation on an earlier prostitution charge.
As quick as Seiuli could post bail, the story was in the tabloids. According to Seiuli, in their brief conversation in the vehicle, Murphy had put two hundred-dollar bills on her leg, and "asked me if I did this for a living, being a transsexual prostitute. I said yes. Eddie said, 'Do you like to wear lingerie?' I said yes. He said, 'Can I see you in lingerie?' I told him, 'Whenever I have the time.' He said, 'I'll make the time.' "Then he asked me, 'What type of sex do you like?' I said I was into everything." Or at least, that was Seiuli's story.
Murphy's version was, not surprisingly, not the same. "I'm married with three children. I'm not going to be out there screwing hookers off the street or anything like that. I'm just being a nice guy... I was being a good Samaritan. It's not the first hooker I've helped out. I've seen hookers on corners... and I'll pull over... and they'll go, Oh you're Eddie Murphy, oh my God, and I'll empty my wallet out to help". The next weekend, Saturday Night Live aired a sketch titled, "Good Samaritan Eddie Murphy," with Tim Meadows as Murphy, ferrying transsexuals throughout metropolitan Los Angeles, out of the goodness of his heart.
One by one, a parade of local transvestite escorts chatted with The Globe, The National Enquirer, and more mainstream publications such as Gay & Lesbian Times, telling about their assorted encounters with Murphy. Several subsequently recanted their stories, and were reportedly well paid to do so by a man connected with Murphy's lawyer. Murphy sued the tabloids, but later quietly settled.
Candace Watkins, a purported mother figure to several of the transsexuals involved, later wrote In the Closet with Eddie Murphy under the pen name Carnal Candy. The book was filled with tales from Watkin's girlfriends about their alleged liaisons with Murphy. On 22 April 1998, Seiuli, wearing only a black bra padded a leather bikini thong (both from Frederick's of Hollywood) was found dead under her fifth-floor apartment window. She had apparently locked herself out of her apartment, tried sneaking in through an open window, and fallen to her death. There is no reasonable insinuation that Murphy was involved in Seiuli's death.
Eddie Murphy
and poor baby to have such a sc*mbag for father, who can not even admit and accept ( if not cherish ) his own daughter!
