It was during the 1994 Winter Olympics that Nancy Kerrigan and Jerry Solomon’s relationship went from professional to something more. Speaking to Sports Illustrated in December of that year, Kerrigan explained that the Tonya Harding scandal had played a role in her getting closer to her now-husband. “The whole time, after Detroit, everything had been talk about me. I was so sick of talking about me. I started asking about him,” she recounted. Soon enough, they were spending all their time together, and their relationship blossomed.
However, there was one issue. Solomon, though separated, was still a married man — something the press were quick to jump at. Per Sports Illustrated, The National Enquirer vilified Kerrigan as the other woman. Solomon wasn’t willing to take that lying down, though. Speaking to The Washington Post, he revealed that he was considering legal action, complaining, “It’s been tough for all of us to read inaccuracies and innuendo reported as fact.” He added that even comments by his soon-to-be-ex-wife had been skewed and shared that she’d confirmed that The National Enquirer had lied about her supposed quotes.
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That said, even the chatter couldn’t put a dampener on their relationship. In March 1995, The New York Times reported that the couple was engaged, and by September, they were officially husband and wife.
