NEW ZEALAND: RUGBY PLAYER JONAH LOMU AND HIS FAMILY SPEAK ABOUT HIS SECRET MARRIAGE TO TANYA RUTTER

Record ID: 1004047

  • Title: NEW ZEALAND: RUGBY PLAYER JONAH LOMU AND HIS FAMILY SPEAK ABOUT HIS SECRET MARRIAGE TO TANYA RUTTER
  • Date: 19th March 1996
  • Summary: WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (MARCH 19, 1996) 1. JONAH LOMU POSES WITH HIS WIFE TANYA 2. LOMU SAYS HE'S HAPPY THAT HE'S GOT SOMEONE THAT HE REALLY LOVES AND WHO LOVES HIM FOR WHO HE IS (ENGLISH) 3. TANYA SAYS "HE'LL MARRY ME, AND THIS IS THE DATE, AND THAT'S FINISHED" (ENGLISH) 4. LOMU'S MOTHER HEPI OUTSIDE HER HOUSE 5. HEPI SAYS I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE TWO, THIS WEDDING IS FINISHED (ENGLISH) 6. LOMU'S BROTHER SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED BUT HE'S HAPPY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S GOT SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM (ENGLISH) 7. HEPI SAYS SHE FEELS VERY CONFUSED AND DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IT BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE KNEW FIRST (ENGLISH) 8. LOMU SPEAKING IN INTERVIEW SAYS THAT HE THOUGHT HIS FAMILY WOULD NOT LET HIM DO IT BUT HE FOUND OUT HE WAS THE LEGAL AGE 9. LOMU SAYS (IN TEARS) THAT IT WAS THE HARDEST THING NOT TO HAVE TOLD HIS MOTHER (ENGLISH) RECENT 10. LOMU HITS OUT AT PHOTOGRAPHER 11. LOMU SAYS HE FEELS ALIENATED FROM HIS FAMILY, AND HE'S NOT LEAVING RUGBY Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 2nd April 1996 13:00
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  • Location: WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Reuters ID: LVA5QNF1F1AMZA99JYCHNHSL89L2
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