The Playboy Murders: What Happened to Melonie Haller at Roy Radin’s Party?
“Horror in the Hamptons” is an episode of that will air on It will revolve around the assault of at ‘s Southampton mansion, where he and another man beat and sexually assaulted Haller.
Melonie Haller is an American actress and model known for her role as Angie Grabowski in Welcome Back, Kotter. In 1980, she was found dazed and in a near coma on the Long Island Rail Road train. When the conductor asked her for the fare, she was reportedly clutching nude photographs of herself that had been published in the March edition of the Playboy magazine. The conductor then contacted the Suffolk County police. Authorities admitted Haller at the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.
Haller’s mother, Myra, told authorities that she received a call from Radin’s residence informing her that Melonie Haller had been drinking and injured herself after she fell from the staircase. The hospital diagnosed her with a drug overdose. Reportedly, Haller had gone to Radin’s 72-room oceanfront mansion after she was invited to his wedding and a party that followed.
In July 1980, Melonie Haller charged in the Brooklyn Federal Court that Roy Radin and a wealthy businessman, Robert McKeage IV, beat and raped her at the weekend party. Here, Radin allegedly invited “persons of a vicious character, wild proclivities and dangerous tendencies,” the Daily News reported. After the attack, Haller was found on the Long Island Rail Road train, unconscious. She also accused Radin’s then-fiancée, Toni Fillet, of harassing her and taking part in the assault.
On January 26, 1981, Robert McKeage IV pleaded guilty to assaulting Melonie Haller during his visit to the Long Island Mansion. He also admitted to intentionally causing physical harm to Haller and striking her violently with his hands and fists. He was 43 years old and pleaded guilty to second-degree assault. As per the New York Times, this charge typically calls for a minimum of 7 years in prison. However, based on the
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