The Love Story ~ as told by Dr. Frasch to VH1's Kimberly Kantner
Hi Kim, OK I'll try and answer the list of questions you gave me. I will try and keep the answers short and to the point to help satisfy your bosses at VH1. Also it should assure them that they are getting the story and documentary for the Emmys. All I want is the truth to be told and get "True Justice".
1) You asked me to tell you about myself. I am 52 years old. I was born in Gregory SD, raised in Nebraska with most of my adolescent years in Ainsworth NE, Atkinson NE, and went to high school in Pierce NE. I enjoyed high school, played all the sports and was involved in every extra curricular activity that I could. I went to undergraduate school in Iowa, played college basketball, golf and tennis with scholarships for all 3. I played basketball overseas in the Philippines. Went to Medical school in DesMoines IA at the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences and graduated in 1992 with a degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine D.P.M. I completed my residency in Tampa Florida.
2) Where were you born and raised? Answer above.
3) What was your childhood like? I had a wonderful childhood. I was raised by loving parents in a Christian and God-fearing, filled and blessed home. My father taught me a good work ethic, how to play all sports and outdoor activities e.g. hunting, fishing, camping, farming, everything mechanical e.g cars and motorcycles (riding, driving and even racing). My mother was a homemaker, but taught me the bible, arts, humanities, the appreciation of architecture, etiquette, all the arts, dance, music, and to be a gentleman and scholar. Most importantly to love others and to help those in need: the indigent, handicapped, the poor, widowers, the mental retarded, and anyone less fortunate. My mother and father are still 2 of my best Christian mentors and friends and happily married for almost 60 years. I have the best siblings a guy could ask for, my BIG brother Greg 57y/o in St. Joe Missouri, my big brother Eric 53 y/o in Omaha NE, and my little sister Melody 50y/o in Omaha NE.
4) How did I end up in Florida? I always wanted to live in Florida and I visited on Spring Break in college. My first wife wanted to live in the Carolinas and me in Florida. So we compromised on South GA/Thomasville GA. After my divorce with her I finally got my wish, got a little distance from her and moved 20 miles south to Tallahassee Fl. lol Also after growing up in Nebraska and visiting Florida I was wondering, why would someone live in Nebraska with snow and cold weather and corn fields, when you could live in Florida with nice weather almost all year around, beautiful beaches, the Gulf of Mexico, Golf courses etc.
5) What drew you to a career in Medicine? My first love was caring for animals. My good friend (2nd father) is a Veterinarian and I worked with him and idolized him and his career, but when I came out of high school Veterinarian Medicine was the most competitive medical field and affirmative action kicked in and it was almost impossible to get into. I had a severe injury/fracture to my foot in high school that required reconstructive surgical repair. The surgery was performed by a Podiatrist in Norfolk NE, Dr Meyers. He encouraged me that if a career in professional sports did not work out for me that I might want to consider Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. So after my athletic career was over I went to plan B. I applied and was accepted into Medical School.
6) What do you like to do for fun? Like I said my first love and passion was basketball. I enjoy all sports and outdoor activities. I love church and praise and worshipping my God and spreading the Gospel of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I love to do Couple Romantic things (§ 69 Making £ove aka practice making babies) lol, dance, go to concerts, comedy clubs, the theatre, ballet, opera, art exhibits, museums, movies, Las Vegas shows, poker and table games, pro and college major sporting events, motorcycle riding, sky diving, driving cars/anything off road and fast, horse riding, yachting/boating, jet skiing, swimming, gourmet food/restaurants, a good glass of wine and an occasional cigar. Just to name a few of my favorite hobbies. We had so many others (Samira DS and I) like traveling, shopping, spa weekends (full pampering massages/facials/relaxation aromatherapy/manicures/pedicures/healthy cleansing/saunas and private white glove multi-course dinners with live musicians/vocalist. Getting up early, getting into our hot tub and enjoying the view of the beach and Gulf of Mexico or the lake and nature’s beauty and animals - our pets and deer, geese, and even alligators in our backyard while lounging on our lanai or hammock on the lake shore or at the beach house. Regularly we did these things at resorts around the world. I know this sounds like a fantasy life. We were blessed by God to have a wonderful life and enjoyed it to the fullest. Samira and I took the philosophy to work hard and play hard and give and share harder. You cannot out give God. That is the only test we as humans are allowed to put God to. God will bless you so much the blessings will become a burden and the test is how to be a good steward with these bestowed blessings.
7) Has travelling always been a passion of yours? Yes, I love to travel and chase fun and good weather and beautiful places all over the world. In Samira DS I found my soulmate and we both had a true passion for seeing all that God's beautiful earth and cultures had to offer. We had our favorites we visited regularly e.g. Las Vegas, San Diego, Miami/South Beach/Bal Harbor, Marco Island, Panama City Beach, Destin, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Paris, Monte Carlo, Nice, Rome, Athens, Florence, Venice, Reunion Island, Madagascar and Dubai.
8) Tell us about your marital relationship history. I was married to my first wife Karen Malley/Frasch/Banks from 1990 to 1997 we had a 3-year long legal separation/divorce that ended in 2000. We met in medical school and she was 2 years ahead of me in medical school. I met and married my 2nd wife Tracey Harris/Ellinor/Frasch/Bitner in late 2000 and we legally separated in 2006 and divorced in 2008. We met at Outback Steak House in Tallahassee, FL. Samira and I met in 2006 and married in 2009 and were married, not divorced, and were "Happily Married", and living together, when she died Feb 22nd, 2014. We met in Paris France at the Man Ray restaurant/night club owned by Sean Penn and Johnny Depp.
9) Why did your first marriage end? We called it legally irreconcilable differences. We were partners in our Medical practice but she tried to be my boss at work and at home. She was a control freak and always had to have her way or she would throw a fit. She became like a roommate I could not stand. Only good thing out of that marriage was our 2 beautiful/handsome, talented and smart children.
10) Why did your second marriage end? My 2nd wife Tracey's son from her 1st marriage, Allen Harris, was a nightmare he had ADHD, ADD, ODD, DFD, Aspergers Syndrome, self-mutilation disorder just to name a few. He did some deviant acts when he was 12 y/o on my 4 y/o son from my 1st marriage while Tracey was pregnant with our daughter Gabrielle. For over two years my children from my first marriage could not be around Allen and my visitations had to be in Georgia with them safely away from Allen and we lived in Tallahassee. After Gabrielle was born, Tracey's mother Annie Brock/Ellinor/Manson/BeElzibub/Sercy was living with us while having an affair on her husband and good man, Allen Sercy. Tracey and her mom started going out partying every night while I stayed home babysitting our new baby daughter and her derelict son, Allen. Tracey followed in her mother's footsteps and started making me disrespect her and fall out of love by acting like a whore. She says that she was just trying to make me jealous by making me think she was having an affair with an Outback Steakhouse bartender boy. By the way we met at Outback Steakhouse. She also threatened the D word and that she would try and take our daughter from me in a child custody battle and ruin me financially with legal fees in a divorce. She said this with a pot of foul language and anger. All because I wanted to go on a long needed family vacation with her and our daughter and my 2 children and leave her "Evil Son" Allen home with his grandparents. I/We needed a break from him and her "whore mother".
****REALISTIC INTERLUDE**** Both my 1st and 2nd wives were good women at times and I did fall in love with them and made beautiful babies with them in love. So with that being said, that’s as close to anything good I have to say about them or our relationships. I don't wish them ill will because I try and forgive and forget, and for God's sake, they are the mother of our children. I realize some people change. I am still the same Adam and am what I am and was when they met me. Life sucks sometimes and so do relationships, but you have to pull your big boy pants up, get over the hurt and get on with your life and be the best Christian, Dad, Doctor, Friend and person you can be....Enough said!!
*****COMIC INTERLUDE***** As Elsa and her sister, Anna, say in the song from FROZEN. "Let it go, let it go, oh let it go".... lol col
11) How many children total prior to meeting Samira DS? I had 3 children prior to meeting her. Two from my first marriage. Daphne Dale Frasch lives in Moultrie GA, Addison Frasch lives in Columbus GA. I have one child from my second marriage - Gabrielle Frasch lives with her mother Tracey/Elinor/Harris/Frasch/Bitner (she may have another husband/gold digger victim by now) lol. They live last I knew in Tallahassee FL.
12) What was your life like in 2006 when you booked the trip to Paris where you'd end up meeting Samira DS? As I explained before, my marriage to Tracey was destroyed by her and her deviant son Allen Harris. She betrayed my trust and any faith in her. Her mother was whoring around and living with us while cheating on her husband and making him think she was mad at him over something trivial. While she was actually having an affair with a cardiologist in Tallahassee. They lived in Quincy FL. So living with us saved on her expenses while she was setting up the next black widow/gold digger victim. col. I was doing well in my medical practice but the stress of all this infidelity and a stepson from hell was more than I could tolerate. So I left and lived at my beach house in Panama City Beach, and during the week in either my house in Thomasville GA, or my 2nd house in Tallahassee. Or to get away to anywhere, fun and faraway from her and her son. I also spent as much quality time as I could with my daughter Gabrielle and 2 children Daphne and Addison and we took a lot of family vacations to make up for lost time.
13) Why did you take the trip? I wanted to get away for some Adam time and clear my head. I knew Tracey would not follow me to Paris because she hated the French for not supporting us in the Gulf War post 9/11 terrorist attack. I also always wanted to go to Paris and see the most Romantic, Art-filled, and Architectural city in the world. I also wanted to do some family history on one of the most influential humans that ever lived aka Herman Frasch who visited Paris and bestowed massive philanthropy to the Louvre and the building of the Eiffel Tower and died in Paris in the early 1900's. I challenge you to look up old "GREAT" Uncle Herman Frasch. That is, if he is even a direct descendant. Although I will claim him posthumously for the namesake if for nothing else. His life and story could be a movie. You and I could collaborate on. "LOST LEGACY" Keep that one a secret between us OK Kim. Thanks
14) Did you expect that trip to change the course of your life the way that it ultimately did? No, I was heartbroken and felt betrayed. I had been praying and fasting. I had no idea that God would bless me and I would meet the woman of my dreams. Samira DS was like this perfect specimen of the female being that I had fantasized and wished for my whole life from the time I was a little boy. She "Rocked My World" from the moment I laid my eyes upon her in the Club Man Ray in Paris. Even though she spoke hardly any English and me no French. That was even more intriguing and a challenge that I would have swam the Atlantic ocean to be with her from that moment on. We both felt like we knew each other infinitely and felt very comfortable and close even though we had just met. Like I said in answer above I went to Paris for other reasons. Now I had met my Soulmate, Dream Lover, New Best Friend, Future Wife and Future Mother of 2 of the most talented and beautiful girls who have ever graced the planet earth. So completing the question, Yes Samira DS changed the course of my life and I felt a little bit of heaven on earth every precious moment I spent with her from that "Momentous Moment" on. Until she was taken from me by the Devil's minions, Gerald Gardner and his evil son, Gerald Gardner JR.
MEETING SAMIRA DS // LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP
15) What were the circumstances under which you met (fashion show, a bistro, at an after party)? This is a little more sensual and dramatic the night we met and how we met at the Man Ray Restaurant and Night Club, ”The Hottest Spot" in Paris at the time. I can go into more details of that "Most Magical" night of my life during a live interview. I can narrate the whole week if you like and every detail because I have a photographic and audio graphic memory especially of good times and wonderful moments/experiences of my life, in which I have been blessed with so many. Most of these I shared in the prime of my life with Samira DS Frasch, my eternal Love, Life and WIFE.
16) What was your first impression of her? Words cannot express my first impression of her, maybe an ECG or a EMG. WOW!!! When I looked at her my first thoughts were I now for the first time in my life, have seen an Angel from heaven. She looked so exotic and beautiful. I said a botched greeting in French like "Bonjure" along with "hello, and you are so beautiful". She responded in a very sexy and sweet voice, “Merce” (that means Thank You in French). My heart skipped a few beats and I felt that jolt of attraction like a "High Voltage Magnet" and a euphoria high like warm fuzzies and goose bumps on the inside and outside of my body at the same time. I felt like yelling SHAZAMM!!! I had felt sparks in past romantic introductions, but this one was like J J Walker used to say “DYNOMITE!!!"
17) What attracted you to her? Mainly her striking unique beauty. The way she dressed, moved, danced and mostly the way she romanced. After I heard her talk in French and her broken English with this sexy, but intelligent conversation we had with the help of her friend Alicia, and my new friend Edwardo from Brazil who both spoke fluent (American Dialect) English and French. They helped tremendously as interpreters for us the night we met and at times during that first week of this redeeming romance in Paris. Samira DS spoke some English. I spoke no French just what I learned from < 10 hours of basic interactions in the Paris airport and hotel. I also used my secret translation app on my smart phone. So I impressed her when I would say some things in French that I learned from taxi/limo drivers, the concierge at the hotel and my phone. She was so in to me and interested in me and vice versa for me toward her. We did not get into too much of our personal failed previous relationships. We just enjoyed each other and absorbed ourselves in this "savoir-faire is everywhere" love affair.
18) What did you learn about her life in Paris? She told me she was a manaquine, and I thought she meant like a live model that sits perfectly still in storefront window like at Christmas time. She laughed and said no, no a model like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. But she did some runway modelling, but mostly a working model now. She told me about her boyfriend cheating with her roommate model in Rome. She told me she had lived over 10 years in Paris and knew the city well. Anything I wanted to do or see she had connections to get into any club, restaurant, or place I would like and she would love to escort me.
19) What was the status of your relationship with your second wife at the time you met Samira DS? It was over in my heart and mind because she had betrayed my trust. To top it off, her derelict of a son was more than I could take and she refused to get him institutionalized. After meeting Samira DS I found out what "True Love" and "True Loyalty" was.
20) When did you know you wanted to marry Samira DS? From the moment I met her in Paris. From that instant I knew she was the one I should have waited for. As Dean Martin sang "THAT'S AMORE". I never really believed in that fairy tale of "Love at first sight" until that moment. We both agreed and made a vow in Las Vegas a week later to commit to that goal (both short and long term).
21) Was it difficult to convince Samira to move to US to be with you? No. She wanted to come as soon as possible and so did I. There were logistics to work out first. She had a modelling contract to finish without penalties. I had a divorce to get filed and have her eventually meet my family and children.
22) Was it difficult to maintain a long distance relationship prior to when she moved to Florida to be with you? At times it was difficult, but we both understood the complexities of our relationship and goals of one day being together on a more permanent basis. We had a long and a long-distance engagement almost 5 years and 6,000++ miles apart most of the time. We had our little breakups and one major breakup. Those explanations would be another romance/heartbreak novel in their own right and I don't like to dwell or relive negative moments of our relationship now that I have lost her. I have enough hurt and negativity around me every day in prison. Enough said??
23) How did you ask Samira to marry you? Informally, I asked her in Las Vegas after 2 weeks of heaven on earth with the Goddess Venus aka Samira DS after introducing her to my friend Chris Angel on my knees in front of his stage in the Luxor with a Pavé diamond band ring she liked that Toni Braxton was wearing on opening night of her show in Vegas when she came into the crowd, sat on my lap and serenaded me, our first night in Vegas. Samira DS had told me the week before in Paris, shortly after we met (in her cute sexy broken English and French accent "If your wife no want you I do!!" I just wanted to hold her and make love to her forever. I formally asked her @ 2 years later in busy traffic while stopped at an intersection in Paris on my knee after opening her passenger door with "The Ring". Then we had a major breakup in our engagement and to make her realize I still wanted to marry her and as a token of apology and recommitment I proposed again with "THE 2ND AND 3RD RINGS”!!! :-) :-) :-)
Comic interlude:-) :-) :-) My Grandfather, Herbert Hillyer, God rest his soul, said, "Marriage is like a 3-RING circus, first there is the engagement RING, 2nd there is the wedding RING, then 3rd and forever comes the suffeRING"!! lol col :-) :-) :-) I miss my Grandpa immensely, he had a wonderful sense of humor, but a lot of wisdom in that humor.
24) Did you propose with a ring, what did it look like, describe it? How much did it cost? That's a very personal and somewhat hard and emotional to answer. Yes all 3 times, and yes she said yes all three times and I'm not deaf, I was just madly in Love and persistent. 1st ring I described above (yellow gold wide band 1/2 inch thick covered entirely with Pavé set small diamonds) price a little over $10K. The second and third rings were identical except the setting was platinum for one and yellow gold for the other. Both were ornate Tiffany designs from the store in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive that she had picked out with multiple diamonds and large center-set diamond. Each ring cost more than the average person's yearly salary. Because she was worth it, I could afford it and God blessed me with her and to above to give them to her. She Rocked my world, so no Rock/Diamond on this earth could show her how much I truly loved her. Pause.....while I cry me a river. :-(:-(:-(
OK that was a tough question.
25) How long did Samira DS stay in Paris before moving to Florida? Like I said she was a model and during our engagement for @5 years she lived in Rome initially, then St. Denise in Reunion Island and Paris in that order, each almost 2 years, then moved to the US but not until over a year after our first informal marriage in a helicopter over the city of LasVegas.
Before I forget, Kim. There is a wonderful video of this along with our formal wedding in Madagascar somewhere. You would love the footage in Vegas. We were delayed for take off because Air Force One was landing and President Obama stepped out on the runway and waved to us in wedding attire and gave us a "Thumbs Up.” This was all on video by the wedding videographer/photographer. Samira had compiled all this on a wedding DVD and played it on 2 Jumbotron screens at our formal wedding in Antananarivo, Madagascar. This is also on video. I think that Joel Silver has a copy. If not the Feds have a copy on several computers and hard drives that they unlawfully took during a false Medicare audit and eventual (5 years later) false Medicare fraud indictment that I beat and proved my innocence. The evil federal prosecutor and her minions have not returned my property and personal effects to this day. I proved my innocence on that false charge over a year ago. Please expose this on your show/documentary. I need to get justice and expose the truth and expose all of these TRUE CRIMINALS, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, ACCOUNTABLE. Please, I beg you Kim, to help me restore my reputation, help me avenge Samira's death and get justice and be exonerated and regain my freedom. To be with my loved ones and get TRUE JUSTICE on all of these truly evil people.
Also did you ever see her music videos on YouTube under Samira DS Frasch??
Continuing on with answer to question 25, Samira lived in Paris for almost a year after we married. She signed an extension to her contract with her modelling agency after they lost one of their black female models. Samira DS was in high demand and moved way up on the ranking within her Agency. Her agency director and her wined and dined me and begged me to let her stay in Paris. I wanted her in America with me. I had finished my 2nd marriage after being put through divorce hell. I was granted full custody of my daughter, Gabrielle, and her mother was court ordered to get help with drug addiction. She would not be found until I had a private investigator discover she was running an Escort service/prostitution business in Tallahassee to support her drug habit. It took us nearly 3 years to locate her and deliver her court orders from the judge demanding she get periodic drug testing and rehab. Until this day she has not complied with that court order and now due to this travesty she is taking care of our daughter ( I pray in a safe, structured and loving/caring environment.
26) How did you maintain your relationship? Letters, phone calls,
Did you visit monthly, send flowers, notes by carrier pigeon? We stayed in touch by mostly phone calls. We did meet up all over the world average about every other week for the first 3 years for mainly 3 to 4 day weekends and sometimes a whole week. The last 2 years of our engagement period she came here to the United States to meet me usually in Las Vegas. We both loved Vegas and I was a bi-vocational Doctor and Professional Poker Player/Gambler. The latter trade was very lucrative to me. I was able to travel extensively and write off all my expenses. Samira loved going along for the ride and being my entertainment / fashion consultant with benefits. The longest she was able to stay on a tourist visa/passport was 6 weeks at a time. She only stayed that long a few times. Her modelling agency would get a little upset and start threatening her with breach of contract, if she stayed too long. Sometimes I would travel to where she was shooting on site all over the world. We emailed a lot and I did send her gifts and flowers but she preferred shopping, exquisite dinners, shows, shopping, comedy clubs, dancing, night clubs, shopping, spas and did I mention shopping. lol. She loved shopping at designer stores all over the world. Mainly "High End" hand bags/purses, shoes, shoes, shoes and more designer shoes. We both loved a lot of the same hobbies and I loved to shop and see her dress up in the most beautiful and sexy outfits that most women could never dream of wearing , because she was a 00 aka XXS size. Also, if she liked something, price was not an issue, especially if I was paying for it. lol col I'm an old romantic so I usually sent her flowers, romantic gifts and cards at least weekly and sometimes daily. I did not use a carrier pigeon for notes, I prefer an African Swallow pigeon with a coconut tied to its foot and a good tail wind. lol Call out to an old movie, Monty Python's In Search of the Holy Grail. Please no more compound questions I cannot answer them with short 2 to 3 sentence sound bites.
27) WHAT WAS SAMIRA DS LIKE? This answer could be several books as long as an Encyclopedia set. I will try and condense and summarize. Samira DS was the most caring and giving individual I have ever met. She enjoyed certain philanthropic causes. She, like me, was a realist and looked through peoples B.S. and did not give to everyone and their requests or alleged charities. We tried to avoid spoiling our children, family or friends. She was uniquely Beautiful, but also amazingly talented and smart. She knew all about world events/politics, and of course, all the celebrities/fashion world. She spoke 4 languages fluently and a few others well. She was always dressed to the 9s, and looked marvellous and always smelled euphorically enticing. She was a fabulous dancer and was very accomplished and knew and taught me all the classic ballroom moves and all the new "hip hop" moves. She loved pets, especially horses, lemurs, dogs and cats (our Bengal breed). She loved cooking and interior decorating, mostly the latter. She also loved sports mainly as a spectator. She loved going to the gym, she liked Zumba classes and exercise machines. She could run like a gazelle, and probably could have been an Olympic champion 1 and 2-miler. She did suffer from bipolar disorder and she would be fine as I mentioned before 95% of the time, but that 5% when she went into her violent and angry rage mode "watch out"!! When she took her meds and worked out/exercised regularly she could go months without a manic episode. She was a wonderful lover and was a wonderful wife/helpmate in every aspect of my life. When we had our children she easily transferred that skill set to caring for our girls. She loved and treated them like precious little dolls. She never let them go without love and attention, and bathing them and dressing them up in the cutest outfits and accessories with their hair done up with the most fabulous bows, hair bands or tiaras. All of these designs were her own with extensive "Bling" massive gold accents with Swarovski crystals. Kim, I hope you can get footage of these outfits and Joel Silver's massive film archive of our travels and "Special Events ". Also a woman named Kay in Tallahassee of Kay's Photography/studio was our personal photographer who took still shots of most all of Samira and the girls and even matching Mommy/Baby/Toddler high end outfits. Samira DS helped Roberto Cavalli with his line of these matching outfits in his leopard print line from @2010-2013.
Back to Samira, she loved to go fast and had my passion for cars and motorcycles. She was a fabulous singer/vocalist and wanted to pursue a career in that post-modelling. She was working on launching and marketing her 10+ music videos in Malagasy, French and English versions when she was tragically taken from us. She loved to travel without the pressures of work. She lived out of a suitcase and mostly in hotels throughout the world for over 16 years. She loved different cultures and people. She was like me, if she did not like some places and people she would express that and stay away from them. Our philosophy on life was if someone steals your joy and you don't have to put up with them, get as far away as possible from them and get them out of your life.
I miss her so much it hurts me to my soul, and that I can't get justice for her death.
Samira dealt with very few shortcomings/vices. The main ones she had came from being abused as a child by her mother. Most people that did not know her intimately like I did, would say she was: arrogant, pompous, conceited, "high browed", highfalutin, pretentious, haughty, prideful, vain, boastful, a braggart, cocky and extremely self confident. A lot of this was a self image thing to promote her image of a Top Model and Diva Superior/Supremo'. She never went anywhere in public and even rarely around the house without being dressed and make up and hair ready for the runway/catwalk. She loved going to the gym but took as much time getting ready and making sure everything matched and was the latest designs from high end designers Gucci, Bebe and even once in a while, Nike.
Her main vices and demons stemmed from her struggles with bipolar disorder, severe mood swings and pre and postpartum depression that plagued her 5% of the time. She would have bouts of severe rage outburst, with being insecure, jealous and zealous. These fits were directed at me most times and were unfounded and no fault of mine. She could get royally upset because she was watching Jerry Springer or Atlanta Housewives and because some man was cheating and she had been cheated on she would go off on me both verbally and physically. It was definitely worse when she was hormonal, especially exasperated during her 3rd trimester. I did not know or did those around us whether we were dealing with Jekyll or Hyde. I don't want to mar her legacy and like I said, 95% of the time she was the most wonderful woman in the world and she "Rocked My World" and was my "Soul Mate". She was even my kind of crazy because after one of her rants and bipolar fits The "kiss and make up sessions" were out of this world and off the chain passionate apology S_X. I don't want to dwell on these psychological issues she had too much and ruin her legacy. She would go into these fits and go off on me physically in public at times or around friends and people who would call the police. She was arrested and formally charged 2 times in our marriage and several other times she was released or talked her way out of being arrested, and me, loving her even though I was the victim most times, did not want my wife arrested. I just wanted her to get some help e.g. back on her meds, see her psychiatrist, and psychologist for counselling. She would go up to 6+ months without a major mood swing/violent outburst. Then sometimes she would go days straight going off regularly. These events were sometimes sparked by alcohol, she was not an alcoholic but occasional binge drinker, and with her low body weight it did not take a lot of alcohol. I never saw her use illegal drugs of any kind and she told me she had never did any drugs, she had not even tried marijuana. She saw too many of her modelling friends’ lives destroyed by drugs and some died of overdoses. I could continue on and on of her good qualities as a mother, friend and wife and she was definitely the best I ever had and ever knew.
28) As you got to know her, what did you learn about her childhood? She did not talk about her childhood much because of her bad experiences with her mother abusing her and her twin sister. Her twin committed suicide as a young woman before I met Samira DS. She has 2 brothers, one I met when he visited the States and the other at our formal wedding in Antenanavera, Madagascar. She said that they were poor but her father had a stable job working at the airport for an airline company. They would not have been so poor if he did not take in all the cousins, and nieces and nephews that were in need all the time. Her mother was a homemaker, and overwhelmed at times raising all of these children and when she would get mad she would abuse Samira and her sister and treat them like little slaves. Madagascar is poor and she went to a school with a dirt floor and no desks. When she was successful as a model and made some good money she donated money back to her hometown and pushed legislature for better elementary schools to be built. That is just one of her many philanthropy missions. We sponsored a school for handicapped kids in Madagascar. Kim, there is video footage of Samira visiting this school when Hyrah was a baby and handing out gifts and having a large catered picnic with the children. With food and candy packages with books and learning games inside baskets. There again, Joel Silver with Silver productions should still have copies. Or TV station in Madagascar. Her childhood was otherwise not what she ever said was pleasant. She said she never even had a doll growing up. So I went and bought her one of every type and color when she told me that, after I met her along with her favorite candy/chocolates. I wanted to make up for her sadness as a child and give her the world and unrelenting joy the rest of her life. Anyone who knew us would say I did a good job of this and would say she was spoiled, and that I was obsessed with treating her like a queen. Mostly I spoiled her with love and attention as much as I could and I always supported all her hobbies, dreams and goals. Once she had our girls I did not want her working and hired nannies and personal assistants to help her. She had a hard time adjusting to mother/homemaker after travelling and working around the world for 16+ years as a model. That's why she wanted to pursue her singing career, and fashion design of "high end" baby and toddler clothes and accessories for mainly girls and matching mommy outfits and accessories. Sorry I side tracked and got a little lengthy there.
29) What kind of home was she raised in? I really don't know specifics but she said it was a modest small clay brick home, and was cramped with all of the extended family living with them. They did not have luxuries like cell phones, cable TV or central air conditioning. Samira had to share a bed with her maternal twin sister and a bedroom with other cousins and it was quite cramped with no privacy.
30) What was her family like? I met her mother at our formal wedding in Madagascar, and from what Samira told me, close friends, psychologist and counsellors, she was very abusive when she was a child. Telling horrific stories of being hit in the head with iron skillets, locked in a closet for days and putting hot sauce on her privates. That is just to name a few of the abuses she endured during childhood. Her father worked so much and was out of town so he did not know the abuse was going on. I did not know this when we got married. It came out later when we went to counselling to address her bipolar outbursts with violent rage. She was repeating what she experienced by her mother on me.
She loved and adored her dad. She said he was a good man and very hard working provider, even though he did not make a lot of money. I never met him. He was sick with cancer and could not come to our wedding. He died less than a year @ 2011. I never met her twin sister. She committed suicide @ 7 years before I met Samira DS. She adopted her son (Sam's nephew) as a baby and was raising him, along with a son she had out of wedlock before I met her. He was just a toddler when I met her. Her two brothers I met - one at our wedding in Madagascar, and the other visited us shortly in the US while vacationing. I met her favorite Uncle Japa in Saint Denise, Reunion Island and he was really nice and spoke good English. He owned a sporting goods/exercise equipment/nutrition supplement store in Saint Denise. He had @ 6 girls and a wife who we spent time with and were invited to dinner with them several times. That's all I know, because most of her immediate family spoke Maligassy only and others French and most no English.
I learned basic French years later to help with our daughters being raised bilingual (French+English) at Samira's request. It was confusing for people who met our toddler Hyrah because they thought she was talking jibberish but she was talking in French most times with feminine pronunciation. Sometimes she would mix the two and we would only be able to decipher what she was saying after consulting one another as parents and sometimes laughing and realizing she made some creative and intelligent mixed phrases and euphemisms.
31) How did Samira go from living in Madagascar to Paris? She won a beauty contest of Ms. Madagascar, then on to the Ms. Universe/World Pageant in which she was noticed and was signed by a modelling agency based in Paris. They sent her to college to learn French and taught her modelling poses, cat walk gait/posture and etiquette. She had to practice for hours in high heels and they had a very strict GERMAN GESTAPO-STYLE MANAGER that watched over and disciplined the young models with an iron fist. With no toleration of playing around and was very strict about diet and not gaining weight, especially water gain/fluid retention puffiness, even during hormonal times. Skin and hair care was stressed to absurd levels. At least 10 hours sleep a night was demanded and strictly enforced. They had so much trouble with alcohol + drug problems random urinalysis were performed frequently. Especially, if curfews were violated. The more years and higher ranking you had within the agency, the more freedoms were allowed.
32) We understand that Samira had a son before she met you. What can you tell us about him? Yes. She had a son with an eye surgeon from Saint Denise, Reunion Island out of wedlock. He was born 2 years before I met her. I met him only once when he was just a toddler at almost 3 y/o. Then she got into a nasty custody battle with the boy’s father and because he pulled some nasty legal maneuvers, got custody of the boy and tried to force Samira back into his life. She fought hard for several years to get custody back but failed. She spent enormous legal fees and exhausted all remedies to bring him to America to live with us. His father is evil and used his influences and money to buy his son away from Samira. I told her I would help any way possible, but she said she was not going to go through that hell and go through legal hoops and requirements to live in Saint Denise to see her son and be around the boy’s crazy and abusive father. I could tell you stories about him that would be a horror story in itself. :-( Next ?
32) Did you meet her family? I answered most of this in question #30 above. I met a lot of her family the week of our formal wedding in Madagascar. That was the first and last time I ever saw most of them. We sponsored a niece of hers with college expenses and she communicated with her regularly several times a week. We had her nephew/adopted son of her deceased sister over here to America. We took him to our beach house, Wild Adventures, Disney, Busch Gardens and showed him most of Florida’s tourist spots. He went to live with his biological dad, before we married and she moved to America. It was a family joint decision and in the boy’s best interest. She kept in constant contact with him and we sent him gifts and anything he needed. His father was in the French military. That's about all the relatives I met.
33) What are they like? Most of them were nice, hardworking people. She had an uncle that sang at our wedding who was a famous singer there in Madagascar and he helped her with her music videos she produced and marketed before and after our formal wedding. They worked on that project several months in the recording studio and filming crew. She spent a lot of her personal funds. I helped with that project. It actually turned out astonishingly well, especially for her first venture in that career field. She was so talented. Again, look on YouTube for her music videos under Samira DS Frasch.
34) Where do they live? Most in SE Madagascar. She had a favorite Uncle Japa in St Denise Reunion Island, a few in Mauritius Islands, a brother in London, England. That's all I know.
35) What was Samira's relationship like with them? Like most of us that move far away from our childhood homes. She stayed in touch by phone. She said early on in our relationship that I was her "Dream Man" and her "Knight in Shining Armor". I alone was her family now and that I was all she needed. She wanted to make beautiful babies with me and have our own “Family.”
36) Was Samira excited once she arrived? Like I said, we had a long engagement @ 5 years. She had come over here and moved most of her personal belongings and furniture to my beach house in Panama City Beach, Florida, long before we married. She loved coming to America, especially to see me and to see my children and friends. Like I said, we traveled a lot. We were true "Jet Setters" and traveled together and met up in cities all over the world.
37) How did she adjust to life in Florida? Her biggest adjustment was to being a domesticated wife and mother. She was used to travelling and living out of a suitcase as a model for 16+ years. It took a while, but she adjusted. I committed to her that if she married me, we would still travel and enjoy going out dancing and date nights several times a week. Also shopping whenever and for whatever she wanted. I assured her that I would make a way to give her the World, and if that was not enough, the Universe. Anybody that knew us personally, would agree that I was well on my way to accomplishing that promise.
38) What difficulties did she face, any culture shock? Yes a few major ones. My 2nd wife, Tracey Bitner, tried to kill her twice. Once, with 2 of her friends, Jose Venable, and Finley McMullan's wife from Tallahassee. They ran Samira off the road by sandwiching her between two large SUV's and forced her off the road and Samira's car spun around and down in the ditch, and shook her up pretty bad, bruised her shoulder and forehead pretty bad. Police report was made, I witnessed the whole thing, because Samira was following me while I was in my truck when this happened. We did not know who it was, until @ 2 weeks later Tracey admitted it and said "if that F__ing N(word) Whore ever comes back to America I will slit her throat next time." The second time Tracey tried to do just that. She attacked Samira in the car when I was dropping our daughter Gabrielle off after my weekend with her during our divorce. Tracey sliced Samira's arms up with 5 lacerations requiring over 100 stitches. A Police report was filed and charges pressed, but charges were conveniently dropped by Georgia Cappleman and Willie Meggs. ER and hospital report and police report available upon request. Oh by the way, supposedly, Tracey had an alibi the morning Samira died. She hated Samira and threatened her many times but Samira was not afraid of her, or coming to America and marrying me. My first wife, Karen Malley/Banks is a closet racist and a major hypocrite.
Early in our engagement, Samira and I dealt with bigotry, rude comments, blatant disrespect, police bias and a lot of envy/jealousy. When Barack Obama became President early on in our engagement, these hypocrites started giving us compliments of being a “nice-looking mixed couple" and we became the "Token/Politically Correct" couple. Otherwise, she adjusted well, especially after she mastered the English language. At first she thought American TV shows and Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Atlanta Housewives and Honey Boo Boo were so crazy and foolish. After a while especially late in her pregnancies, being more housebound, she became obsessed with these shows. She started believing that the "CRAP" portrayed on those shows was real. She also loved The Kardashians and Mob Wives.
39) Was she homesick at all? No she was not homesick, she traveled so much all her adult life modelling, so she was used to being away from home.
40) Did she miss her family? Yes, especially her Uncle Japa, but not her mother, she despised her and the ground she walked on for abusing her so bad as a child.
41) Did she miss her son? Yes, dearly, both her nephew she had raised as a son for 8 years, and her son who was unjustly and evilly taken away from her by her evil and obsessed ex-boyfriend and father of the child, Xavier Ruffin of St Denise, Reunion Island. Although, Samira had peace knowing the boys were being well taken care of. She tried to visit and talk to them as often as possible.
42) How soon after Samira arrived did you two get married? We got married in a non formal wedding in a helicopter over the Las Vegas strip. She was still fulfilling her modelling contract so we still had to wait @1 year before she could move to the United States and we could be united permanently. Finally living together and starting a family of our own. Later we had a wedding with her family in Madagascar.
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