SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

The 1968 Playboy playmate was recenlty charged with attempted murder after Los Angeles police said she shot her husband of 20 years this weekend during a dispute, authorities said Wednesday.

Victoria Rathgeb, 66, is due in court Nov. 1 to answer to the charge that she intentionally shot her husband with a semiautomatic handgun.

Rathgeb, being held in lieu of $1.5-million bail, was arrested Saturday after police said they responded to a reported shooting at an apartment in the 7000 block of Hawthorn Avenue in Hollywood.

Her husband, identified as Bruce Rathgeb, is in grave condition at a local hospital, according to LAPD Lt. Bob Binder.

“Her husband is in extremely critical condition with significant injuries,” Binder said.

Binder said the shooting evolved from “a longstanding dispute between the two parties,” although he noted that there had been no previous law enforcement contacts with either member of the couple.

Binder would not comment on news reports that Victoria Rathgeb originally told police that a drug dealer had shot her husband.

“We investigated all possible angles to the story and came to the conclusion that she most certainly did shoot her husband,” Binder said.

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MY TAKE: You hear a lot of crazy stories about former Miss Americas: their Mobile Alabama cosmetic surgeon experiences gone wrong are splattered all over the pages of the tabloids as they age, and we get a sad glimpse of beauty fading. Not to mention the Mobile Alabama breast implants. They don’t, contrary to popular berlief, all go off to save the world and live in Grand views real estate mansions. In fact, Palisades real estate and happy ending marriage announcements are not statistically part of the path of many Miss America winners. Many of them go on to get MAs and PHDs, or start companies. Sad to see one get so low that she is now facing possible prison time.

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