Posted on 12/14/2008 6:37:20 AM PST by csvset
OTTAWA — Paul Anka’s wife was arrested after the Ottawa-born singer was cut in the head by a piece of ice during a recent domestic dispute, but prosecutors say they won’t pursue the case.
Anka was struck during an argument with his wife, Anna Anka, after an ice bucket fell to the floor on Nov. 28, according to the gossip website tmz.com. Anka went to the hospital, where he received stitches.
When Anka returned home, his wife was gone and he reported her missing to the police. After she returned to the couple’s home in Thousand Oaks, just outside Los Angeles, police arrested her for felony domestic battery, the website said.
The Ottawa-born singer told tmz.com: “It was a stupid little event. It was nothing.” He does not intend to press charges.
Anka could not be reached for comment Saturday, but he spoke to his cousin, Donald Abraham, about it.
“It’s an unimportant event that has been blown up out of proportion. That’s his view,” said Abraham, a real-estate agent in Ottawa.
He said he spoke Friday with Anka after news of the incident broke over several gossip websites and said that Anka did not have much else to add.
“They’re fine really,” said Abraham, adding that in his recent conversations with Anka the incident hasn’t come up at all.
The Ventura County district attorney’s office rejected the case, although it didn’t explain the reasons for dropping it, according to tmz.com.
Anka, 67, and his wife, Anna, 37, have been together for about four years. They are the parents of a boy, Ethan, and she has a daughter, Elli, from a previous marriage. The couple were married in July in a romantic ceremony in Sardinia.
Ottawa Citizen
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I met Paul Anka briefly when he came into the recording studio I worked at to watch a group called The Drifters, who were recording that day. He looked very young and if I remember correctly he asked the group for autographs. This was about a year after he recorded “Diana”. Seemed like a nice kid to me but what did I know, I was only about 15 or 16 at the time.
To be honest, though, I could've sworn that was by Bobby Vinton...
Paul Anka composed the theme for “The Longest Day”:
Many men came here as soldiers
Many men will pass this way
Many men will count the hours
As they live the longest day
Many men are tired and weary
Many men are here to stay
Many men won’t see the sunset
When it ends the longest day
The longest day the longest day
This will be the longest day
Filled with hopes and filled with fears
Filled with blood and sweat and tears
Many men the mighty thousands
Many men to victory
Marching on right into battle
In the longest day in history
Wow, she could look through a keyhole with both eyes at the same time!
Get the feeling someone had a ‘mid life’ (ok...mid 60s) crisis...and I am guessing it wasnt Anne. What a pretty photo...it looks ‘current.’ I guesss everything comes ‘back.’ Thanks, Mila for posting the picture:)
Anna has been sentenced to three weeks house arrest.
She will be wearing a court-ordered anka bracelet.
Paul said not to worry, dear, just “put your head on my shoulder”.
I’d guess she was 55.
how many years has she been 37? (nyuk, nyuk)
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