Regardless of their relationship not figuring out, ‘The Value Is Proper’ host has stated that he and Amie Harwick shared “a love that persons are fortunate to have as soon as in a lifetime.”
On December 6, 2023, Gareth Pursehouse was sentenced to life in jail for killing his ex-girlfriend Amie Harwick. The wedding and intercourse therapist was additionally Drew Carey’s ex-fiancée, with The Value Is Proper host sharing that her killer’s sentence helped him discover closure.
“I can barely bear in mind the man’s title — that is how a lot I’ve put him out of my life — however ever for the reason that closing sentencing, it appears like we have all set free a breath and are in a position to lastly transfer on,” Carey informed Individuals.
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“The entire course of is over now, and there is nothing else to be performed and nothing else to fret about,” he continued. “Simply talking only for myself, it has been fairly a load off.”
Pursehouse was convicted of first-degree homicide and first-degree housebreaking after the demise of Harwick in her residence within the early morning hours after Valentine’s Day, 2020.
Prosecutors alleged that Pursehouse lay in anticipate Harwick the day earlier than, Valentine’s Day, with intentions of killing her with a deadly overdose of nicotine. They argued that he strangled her and threw her off her third-floor Hollywood Hills balcony after her screams woke a downstairs neighbor after which fled the scene.
When he was arrested, he was coated in recent cuts and bruises, whereas a syringe matching the model because the one crammed with nicotine at Harwick’s was additionally found at his residence.
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In line with the prosecution, Pursehouse was obsessive about Harwick, together with her expressing her worry of him in texts to associates after seeing him at an occasion a month previous to her demise. On the occasion, the 2 spoke, with Harwick’s colleague and buddy Dr. Hernando Chaves testifying he overheard Pursehouse telling Harwick, “You ruined my life, you bitch.”
They additional alleged Harwick expressed she was afraid of Pursehouse and had gotten two restraining orders in opposition to him. He tried to remain in touch together with her after this encounter, the prosecution proved by exhibiting textual content messages she obtained after he discovered her quantity on-line.
“He did not go there to speak. He is on a mission. He is offended. He feels rejected,” stated the prosecution, per Los Angeles’ ABC7. Pursehouse and Harwick had initially dated for about 18 months prior, with Harwick acquiring a restraining order in opposition to Pursehouse in 2012.
Two years earlier than her demise, Carey had Harwick on The Value Is Proper for a particular Valentine’s Day-themed episode. She and the comic first met at a Hollywood celebration in 2017 earlier than getting engaged in 2018.
Although their relationship ended later that 12 months, Carey informed Individuals after her homicide, “Amie and I had a love that persons are fortunate to have as soon as in a lifetime.”
He nonetheless has photographs of her round his home, and one in his dressing room on the long-running recreation present, telling the outlet, “She’s with me at all times.”
