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Back in the mid-90s, WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Lynn Sytch was a global powerhouse.
Better known as Sunny, her good looks, sex appeal and dazzling displays in the ring made her an instant hit with professional wrestling's – mainly male – audience.
The rise of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) – now WWE – from national treasure to international phenomenon made Sytch a star in her own right.
Widely regarded as the WWE’s first Diva, she competed, managed championship-winning teams, and even worked as a commentator and host for the organisation's TV networks.
In 1996 – just a year after joining the WWF – tech giant AOL named her the "most downloaded woman of the year". She was also named Manager of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
Despite leaving the federation three years later to join Extreme Championship Wrestling, she was inducted in to its Hall of Fame in 2011.
But since scooping the honour, the 48-year-old's life has taken a dramatic turn.
She has worked as a porn star, repeatedly been on the wrong side of the law and has been making a living selling raunchy photos on adult website OnlyFans.
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She was also accused of racism during a row with a Twitter follower.
Referring to comments she had said in a previous interview, a man posted: "I am a half black man and in an interview you said you don’t like us."
Sunny replied: "I'm not racist. Just because I'm not physically or sexually attracted to black people doesn't make me racist. I’m not attracted to Asians too."
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In 2012, Sytch was arrested five times in four weeks for disorderly conduct, third degree burglary and restraining order breaches.
Several months later, in January 2013, she was jailed for 114 days further order violations.
Sytch pleaded guilty to drunk-driving on three separate occasions in 2015, but later reportedly revealed she only agreed to the charges because she was "blackout drunk" and could not remember the arrests.
She was again jailed and fined $1.5m (£1.1m) in 2016 for driving while suspended and violating parole.
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The same year, Sytch appeared in the adult movie Sunny Side Up: In Through the Backdoor.
After being released from prison in February last year, Sytch launched a successful OnlyFans account, reportedly making up to $287,000 (£203,000) a year by selling photos and video subscriptions.
“Even if every subscriber Sunny has signed up for the lowest subscription plan of $134.96 per 1/2 a year, her OnlyFans is racking in $215,396 a year," Ringside News said.
“If each of her subscribers is paying per month then she is making $287,184.24 a year.
“That being said, her yearly number should fall somewhere between those two figures minus 20 per cent.”
But her problems with police continued. She was regularly in and out of prison on drunk-driving charges, parole violations and for skipping court hearings.
Today, her exact whereabouts are unknown, but she is believed to serving a sentence at Monmouth County Correctional Institution in New Jersey for multiple offences, including evading a police officer, restraining order breaches and driving while banned.
In July 2020, she was reported to be in the jail. According to her OnlyFans profile, she was last active in the same month.
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