Editing Tonya Harding (section)

=== Later interviews ===
Shortly before the [[1998 Winter Olympics]], the [[CBS News|CBS]] and [[Fox Sports|Fox]] news divisions re-examined the scandal for two televised special reports.<ref>{{cite news |title=TV Sports: CBS Provides Entertaining Moments|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 6, 2018 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/nagano/021798oly-tv-sports.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706132456/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/nagano/021798oly-tv-sports.html|archive-date=July 6, 2018|url-status=live|date=February 17, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/2778394bd828127ee9f32fb76299fa55|title=Nancy & Tonya, Together |first=Josh|last=Dubow |work=[[Associated Press]]|date=February 5, 1998|access-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705175403/https://apnews.com/2778394bd828127ee9f32fb76299fa55|archive-date=July 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Harry Smith (American journalist)|Harry Smith]] hosted the CBS special. He reported that Harding still held to her statement from her press conference given on January 27, 1994: "I had no prior knowledge of the planned assault on Nancy Kerrigan." Smith then interviewed Kerrigan, asking how she responded to that statement. Kerrigan referred to transcripts she had read from Harding's FBI interview on January 18, 1994. After reading through the interrogation of that day, she concluded that "[Tonya] knew more than she admits."<ref>{{cite web |last=3Axel1996 |date=February 1998 |title=Fluff Pieces, Set No. 15 – 1998 Nagano, Figure Skating |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_4iGxKdP0 |work=CBS News |via=YouTube → |postscript=Nancy Kerrigan recalling Harding's FBI transcripts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=3Axel1996 |date=February 1998 |title=Fluff Pieces, Set No. 16 - 1998 Nagano, Figure Skating |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4RYw8LQap0 |access-date= |website=CBS News |via=YouTube → |postscript=Nancy Kerrigan recalling Harding's FBI transcripts}}</ref><ref name="Bruscas">{{cite news |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/334609/RECORDS-INDICATE-HARDING-LIED-ABOUT-PHONE-CALLS.html|via=[[Deseret News]]|title=Records Indicate Harding Lied About Phone Calls|date=February 4, 1994 |first=Angelo|last=Bruscas|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927192851/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/334609/RECORDS-INDICATE-HARDING-LIED-ABOUT-PHONE-CALLS.html |archive-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Buckley">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/02/05/a-case-of-he-said-she-said/e85b11fd-e964-40f8-a3f6-1196083d2dd5/|title=A Case of He Said, She Said |first=Stephen|last=Buckley|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 5, 1994|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806183244/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/02/05/a-case-of-he-said-she-said/e85b11fd-e964-40f8-a3f6-1196083d2dd5/|archive-date=August 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The Fox special report was called ''Breaking the Ice: The Women of '94 Revisited'', hosted by [[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]], and featured interviews of Harding, Gillooly, and Kerrigan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/2601780/fox-relives-figure-skating-feud-tonight|title=Fox Relives Figure Skating Feud Tonight |first=Mel|last=Bracht|work=[[The Oklahoman]]|date=February 5, 1998|access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref> Gillooly (granted a name change to Jeff Stone in 1995) said that Harding having avoided prison did not anger him, and that he felt his own punishment was just. Stone reflected on Harding's position of "limited involvement" in Kerrigan's attack, and speculated that a "guilty conscience" still troubled her. Brown then mediated a joint interview with both Kerrigan and Harding present. The two former competitors shared sincere desires for happy families and general well-wishes. Kerrigan said that she hoped Harding could learn from past mistakes and "find happiness."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/02/08/for-openers-many-eyes-were-closed/2f226bf6-6cb3-422c-9ffe-d1c55790b5b6/|title=For Openers, Many Eyes were Closed|first=Leonard|last=Shapiro |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 8, 1998|access-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805233553/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/02/08/for-openers-many-eyes-were-closed/2f226bf6-6cb3-422c-9ffe-d1c55790b5b6/|archive-date=August 5, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Harding said she was grateful to personally express remorse to Kerrigan again.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-02-06-9802060057-story.html|title=Harding's Apology Rejected |first=Sharon |last=Robb |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=February 6, 1998 |access-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705150853/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-02-06/sports/9802060057_1_harding-and-kerrigan-harding-s-ex-husband-nancy-kerrigan |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In Harding's 2008 biography, ''The Tonya Tapes'' (transcribed by Lynda D. Prouse from recorded interviews), she stated that she wanted to call the FBI in 1994 to reveal what she knew, but decided not to when Gillooly allegedly threatened her with death following a gunpoint [[gang rape]] by him and two other men she did not know. Gillooly responded with surprise that "groundless claims" against him could be published and specifically contended her gang rape accusation to be "utterly ridiculous."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/tonya-harding-reveals-her-side-roller-coaster-life-1C9015579 |title=Tonya Harding reveals her side of 'roller-coaster life'|date=May 15, 2008|first=Mike|last=Celizic |website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today.com]]|access-date=July 4, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901024350/https://www.today.com/news/tonya-harding-reveals-her-side-roller-coaster-life-1C9015579|archive-date=September 1, 2017}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[Deadspin]]'' sought Gillooly for an interview, and he again defended himself against the gunpoint gang rape allegation. He expressed regret that Harding is often "remembered for what I talked her into doing," meaning allegedly plotting to injure Kerrigan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/02/sports/figure-skating-what-gillooly-says-and-what-harding-says.html |title=What Gillooly Says, and What Harding Says |first=Joseph B. |last=Treaster |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 2, 1994 |access-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623085123/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/02/sports/figure-skating-what-gillooly-says-and-what-harding-says.html |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Buckley"/><ref name="https">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_012994.htm|first=Johnette|last=Howard|title=Phone Records Could Link Harding to Attack|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 29, 1994|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714050807/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/timeline/articles/time_012994.htm|archive-date=July 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="anatomy of plot">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1994/02/14/130460/anatomy-of-a-plot-even-in-their-version-of-events----which-differs-from-tonya-hardings----the-confessed-conspirators-in-the-nancy-kerrigan-assault-were-at-once-goons-and-buffoons |first=E. M. |last=Swift |title=Anatomy of a Plot |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=February 14, 1994 |access-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141054/https://www.si.com/vault/1994/02/14/130460/anatomy-of-a-plot-even-in-their-version-of-events----which-differs-from-tonya-hardings----the-confessed-conspirators-in-the-nancy-kerrigan-assault-were-at-once-goons-and-buffoons |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Janofsky"/><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Randall|last=Sullivan|title=The Tonya Harding Fall |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 14, 1994 |issue=686/687 |page=80 |via=[[Scribd]]|access-date=October 22, 2021 |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/534375847/Tonya-Harding-Fall|quote=Jeff saw [Tonya] for the first time in six days on...Jan. 25...loading their furniture into the bed of the blue Ford pickup. Tonya told him, "I just want you to know that I really do appreciate you taking the blame for all this," Jeff recalled, then asked for a hug. The FBI already had enough to arrest her, Jeff warned. They couldn't prove anything, Tonya replied. She said, "Good luck," Jeff recalled, squeezed his hand, gave him a wink and left. It was the last time he saw her.}}</ref> Gillooly admitted that his past "stupidity" was part of Harding's 1994 ruin, and maintained that he still considered her a great figure skater. He also said, "I've had it easy, compared to poor Tonya... she tends to be the butt of the joke. It's kind of sad to me."<ref>{{cite news |title=Finding Gillooly |last=Nelson |first=Amy K. |author-link=Amy K. Nelson |website=[[Deadspin]]|date=December 13, 2013 |url=https://deadspin.com/finding-gillooly-what-happened-to-figure-skatings-inf-1482669790|access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622084054/https://deadspin.com/finding-gillooly-what-happened-to-figure-skatings-inf-1482669790|archive-date=June 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, Nancy Kerrigan addressed the scandal during a brief interview with sportscaster [[Bob Costas]]: "Whatever apology Tonya has given, I accept it. It's time for all us—I've always wished [Tonya] well. She has her own family, I have my family. It's time to make that our focus, and move on with our lives."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/nancy-tonya/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707093538/https://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/nancy-tonya/ |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |url-status=live |work=NBC SportsWorld |title=Nancy & Tonya |year=2014 |type=documentary}} Costas spoke on air with Kerrigan after ''Nancy & Tonya'' (2014) played on NBC. Costas asked Kerrigan about the ''Breaking the Ice'' (1998) meeting with Harding and whether Kerrigan felt any sense of closure – time code ca 1:01:16</ref>