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Sandy Bentley Playboy Mystery Revisited Tonight

Posted: October 8th, 2011 in Playboy, Sandy Bentley by LALATE

Sandy Bentley Playboy Mystery Revisited Tonight


LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The Playboy Sandy Bentley (photos below) mystery is revisited on tonight’s 48 Hours. Sandy Bentley was Hugh Hefner’s former girlfriend. As reported on LALATE in February, Sandy Bentley and twin sister Mandy Bentley were Hef’s girlfriends before there was a Holly or Kendra. But in 2002, something went very wrong at a Hollywood nightclub.

On Labor Day 2002, Sandy Bentley was ending a relationship with millionaire Mark Yagalla. Yagalla had a lavish lifestyle which involved women and jewelry. Yagalla had given some of the jewelry to Bentley during their relationship.

Soon Yagalla’s financial empire crumbled. Federal investigators claimed he looted $50 million from his hedge fund. Yagalla was sent to jail.

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Then entered Michael Tardio. Sandy Bentley was now dating Tardio. Anxious for money, Bentley turned to Tardio for help in selling the jewelry she was given by Yagalla. Tardio used his nightclub connections.

Soon Tardio and friend Chris Monson had a price tag of $1 million put on the jewelry. And they had an interested buyer. On September 2, 2002, the two set up a meeting with the prospective buyer. But something went wrong. Tardio and Monson were murdered and the jewelry has never been recovered.

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The nightclub in question was the former Garden of Eden. Tardio was the doorman. In the end, Tardio, 35, and Monson, 31, were found dead shot in a burning Mercedes SUV in Van Nuys.

Tonight 48 Hours revisits the mystery. If you have any information to aid the investigation, contact the LAPD at 1-877-LAPD-24-7 or 1-877-527-3247. Police have increased their reward to $75,000.



Sandy Bentley Playboy Mystery with Mark Yagalla Renewed

Posted: February 20th, 2011 in Playboy, Sandra Bentley, Sandy Bentley by LALATE

Sandy Bentley Playboy Mystery with Mark Yagalla Renewed


LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Playboy’s Sandy Bentley (photos below), her involvement with Mark Yagalla’s jewels, and the murder of Garden of Eden doorman Michael Tardio and friend Christopher Monson, is sparking renewed LAPD interest. Playboy’s Sandy Bentley and twin sister Mandy Bentley were seen alongside Hugh Hefner before there was a Holly or Kendra.

At sometime thereafter, Sandy Bentley started dating Mark Yagalla. A new report claims that Yagalla was a hedge fund trader who made millions. But Peter Van Sant last night claimed that Yagalla eventually launched a massive Ponzi scheme. Soon, Bentley was living in the lap of luxury.

Thereafter, federal agents allegedly moved in a tried to seize some of Yagalla’s belonging. Among them were a reported $1 million in jewelry from the couple’s Las Vegas home. When they arrived, the jewelry was gone. Sandy Bentley is accused of allegedly taking the jewelry and then allegedly turning to her new boyfriend to try to sell it on the Los Angeles black market.

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Eight years ago, Sandy Bentley and her twin sister Mandy Bentley frequented with other Playboy models then Los Angeles hotspot Garden of Eden. It’s there that Bentley found a new boyfriend, doorman Michael Tardio and friend Christopher Monson. When Tardio and Monson allegedly attempted to sell the jewelry, they reportedly found a buyer willing to pay $1 million. But when they went to allegedly sell the jewelry, they were murdered. Tardio, 35, and Monson, 31, were found dead shot in a burning Mercedes SUV in Van Nuys.

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LAPD is reportedly relaunching its investigation and asking the public to call LAPD at 1-877-LAPD-24-7 or 1-877-527-3247 if they have any information. Police have increased their reward to $75,000.













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