Tina New

Tina New (born July 27, 1970) is a retired American actress, model, and Playboy model.

She appeared in two different episodes of Married... with Children during Season 10.

Early Life[]

She graduated from Rancho Alamitos High School in Garden Grove, CA in 1988.

Career[]

She first appeared partially nude in the June 1994 issue of Playboy. She would then go on to appear nude in several Playboy Special Editions issues during the mid to late 1990s, mostly notably the "Book of Lingerie" series. She also worked as a bikini model at various trade shows.

Her first acting role was in the 1995 film, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Night. She would go on to appear in various television shows throughout the 1990s including Baywatch Nights, L.A. Heat, Working, V.I.P. and Night Stand with Dick Dietrick (a late night parody talk show that featured several MWC guest stars including Jerry Springer, Andrew Prine, Lillian Adams, Barbara Ann Moore, Alex McLeod, Jennifer Massey,and Jennifer Lyons)

Outside of acting and modeling, she would appear on the news due to two legal cases that involved her.

In August 2000, she sued then-NBA player Dennis Rodman for $10 million, claiming that he had had drugged and raped her after she initially turned down an offer to visit his house while at a bar in August 1999. In 2001, she was award $225,000, though Rodman initially refused to pay, denying that he had raped and stating that he had never met her. A settlement was later reached for an undisclosed amount in 2003.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In December 2000, she would testify in the trial of her ex-boyfriend, Eric Belcher, who was accused of murdering his wife, Pegye, in 1997. She and Eric met at a trade show, where she was working as a model and going through a rough patch following a divorce, criminal record for drug possession and losing custody of her daughters. Despite having been only a few months after Pegye disappeared, Eric and Tina's relationship moved forward quickly and she would move into the house where he was raising the kids he had with Pegye. His attitude eventually changed after she showed him some of her older modeling pictures and then a videotape with some of her acting work that just happened to have a news report covering the disappearance of his wife and that it differed from what he previously told her about Pegye's disappearance. After a fight that led to a domestic disturbance call to police, she would agree to wear a wire and get the incriminating evidence that would send Belcher to prison for life in late 2001.^[4]

In 2015, she would appear on the NBC documentary news program, Dateline in an episode titled "Troubled Waters". In the episode, she would tell her side of the story about her time with Eric Belcher. At the end of the documentary, she reveals that she has changed her life for the better and is now a happily married stay-at-home mom with five children.

Appearances on MWC[]

In the Season 10 episode, "Blonde and Blonder", she played Debbie, a Polk High School alum who attends the 5 year reunion for the class of 1990. She is shown slapping Bud Bundy after he kept pestering her for a dance.

In "Calendar Girl", she played Woman #1, who visits Gary's Shoes & Accessories for Today's Woman. She asks Al Bundy if they carry any black pumps, but he tells her that they never have. She immediately scoffs and declares that she'll be going to Babcock Shoes instead.