The story of Slade's arrest wouldn't be complete without a firsthand account from Jay Photoglou, who hasn't met a web site or tabloid he doesn't like. Here's what he said on TMZ:
I lived with Gretchen in Costa Mesa. And was living out of a suitcase with a friend when I left because she was going to dinner with Slade. When I went to pick up more clothes on Wed Feb 18th Slades car was in the driveway. I know Gretchen well so I called the police dept to do a civil asst and help me recover some more clothes. I had proper identification to be there so they attempted to get Slade or Gretchen to open the door. No response from them so when I told them I have a way to get in the dispatcher recieved a call from Slade saying he was with Gretchen and they were in Vegas. Slade called a recorded line to lie to the police. He also told the dispatcher that a neighbor called him to say the police were there. So that is why he called. So I proceeded to enter the house as I did I saw there was Slades wallet shirt Jacket shoes and car keys were in plain sight. The officer and I then heard foot steps upstairs. But Slade and Gretchen would still not come out of her room. This is public information and probably on a report. I did recover more clothes BUT did not have a moving truck set up so I was only able to get clothes not furniture. The officers did not tell me but I over heard them say He has a suspended Lic and a fake tag on his unregistered car as well as a warrant for $10,000 out of LA county. This is what I think I heard. I will be moving the rest of my stuff out next week.
Posted at 1:59AM on Feb 21st 2009 by Jay Photoglou
http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/20/real-o-c-guy-really-arrested/2#comments
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Jay Photoglou weighs in on Slade's arrest, via TMZ
Slade Smiley arrested Friday...
Yup, that's Slade's mugshot above. The third part of the "Gretchen Rossi rectangle" (Gretchen-Jeff-Photoglou-Slade) was picked up on an outstanding civil warrant for back court costs and child support. He was held on $10,000 bail and released.
This is beyond pathetic....Slade's youngest son is very sick and Slade has been pretending to manage Jo's career and now Gretchen's. Honestly, he should have been arrested for being a major part in "Date My Ex."
The house he lived in for the show, "Date my Ex" clearly wasn't his and rumors of his being broke have swirled for years. Here's a guy who should have left the Real Housewives of OC and never looked back.
Here's the OC Register article on Slade's arrest. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/smiley-costa-mesa-2314808-warrant-arrested
Friday, February 20, 2009
Jay Photoglou sells his "story" to the National Enquirer
What a loser! I noted in an earlier entry that some car salesman, Jay Photoglou, had taken over the internet by posting EVERYWHERE that he'd had a relationship with Gretchen Rossi while she was engaged to a dying Jeff Beitzel. I guess he wasn't content only doing damage on Myspace and the OC Register site so he took it to the gem of honest reporting--The National Enquirer!! HA!
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/real_housewives_oc_gretchen_secret_boyfriend_cheat/celebrity/66230 This is the link for the online portion of the article. I won't bother buying a copy to find out who Gretchen dumped Photoglou for--as he has broadcasted all over the web that it's SLADE SMILEY.
What a pathetic situation. I couldn't care less about Jeff and Gretchen's relationship. And really, who goes off blabbing to the National Enquirer anyway? Since they PAY for their stories, I guess we know the motivation. I think Photoglou is a sore loser. End of story!
PS--Here is his Myspace. He must have set it to private in the last few days because when I last saw it, he had a picture of himself and Gretchen as his main photo--now it's a photo, presumably, of just him and he changed it from public to private. What a sissy!! I guess if I sold out to a tabloid, I'd hide, too. Here's the link: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=9926872