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Article: From choirboy to playboy: Footloose and fancy-free, Jeff Gordon is eschewing his squeaky-clean image and coming out of his cocoon.
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- Auto Racing Digest
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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THE HEADLINE ON THE COVER OF A SUPERMARKET tabloid screamed: "Revealed! Sexy Model Who Broke Up Jeff Gordon's Marriage!"
The young woman reputed to have sent Gordon's seven-year marriage spinning out and crashing into the wall was identified as Deanna Merryman, a former exotic dancer and actress who said she met the four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion while working at a cosmetics counter in a Florida department store. (Ms. Merryman would later tell her story in an, ahem, revealing Playboy spread--more on that later.)
Gordon's wife, Brooke, meanwhile, filed for divorce, citing "marital misconduct."
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