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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
DOMESTIC TELEVISION
SYNDICATION AND U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION]
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A ROUTINE
BUST TILL COPS I.D. THE
GIRL THEY'VE ARRESTED.
>> SHE STARRED IN A VIDEO
WITH MICHAEL JACKSON.
>> EXCLUSIVE -- THE THRILL
IS GONE.
>> MADONNA SHOWS WHAT SHE'S
MADE OF AT AN ALL-STAR
FASHION SHOW.
FLASHING FASHION.
>> PLUS THE MICKEY FANS WHO
SAY THEY WERE SLIPPED
MICKEY FINNS.
>> AND THE SAINT TAKEN ON A
ROAD TRIP BY A MYSTERY
THIEF.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE, I'M
MAUREEN O'BOYLE.
WELCOME TO "A CURRENT
AFFAIR" FOR THIS FRIDAY,
SEPTEMR 25TH.
A FEW HOURS AGO, COPS GAVE
THE SIGNAL TO BEGIN A
LIGHTNING RAID ON A
SUSPECTED L.A. DRUG DEN.
BY THE TIME THE DARING
OPERATION WAS OVER, THE
STAR OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MUSIC VIDEOS OF ALL TIME
WAS BEHIND BARS.
IN THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT,
MIKE WATKISS TELLS US WHY,
FOR ONE YOUNG ACTRESS, THE
THRILL IS GONE.
>> ON THE MEAN STREETS OF
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, IT'S
A SCENE AS COMMON AS A STAR
ON THE WALK OF FAME.
L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES RAIGD A SEE
APARTMENT OF A SUSPECTED
DRUG DEALER.
BUT LOOK CLOSELY AT THISS
EXCLUSIVE AMATEUR HOME
VIDEO, BECAUSE YESTERDAY AT
THE BASE OF THE HOLLOOD
HILLS, THIWAS NO ORDINARY
ST AND THAT YOUNG WOMAN
WEARING THE HANDCUFFS I NO
ORDINARY SUSPECT.
>> IF THE FACE IS FAMILIAR,
IT SHOULD BE.
THAT'S HER IN MICHAEL
JACKSON'S REVOLUTIONARY
1983 VIDEO "THRILLER."
ONCE UPON A TIME, SHE WAS A
PRINCESS LIVING A REAL-LIFE
FAIRY TALE.
A STARLET STREAKING ACROSS
THE STRATOSPHERE ON HER OWN
PERSONAL STALLION.
HER NAME, OLA RAY, A
BRILLIANT YOUNG HOLLYWOOD
HOPEFUL WHO CAME TO TINSEL
TOWN AT THE TENDER AGE OF
15ND LIKE SO MANY OTHERS,
SHE HAD STARS IN HER EYES
AND A STEAMER TRUNK FULL OF
DREAMS.
>> WE HAD A NARCOTICS CREW
SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT IN
LOS ANGELES NEAR HOLLYWOOD
AND AS THEY ENTERED THE
APARTMENT, WENT IN, MADE
THE DISCOVERY THAT THERE
WERE TWO PEOPLE INSIDE.
ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS
IDENTIFIED AS OLA RAY AND
IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT
MS. RAY HAS SOME NOTORIETY
AS AN ACTRESS IN THE
HOLLYWOOD AREA.
SHE STARRED IN A VIDEO WITH
MICHAEL JACKSON.
>> IT WAS JUST AFTER 12
NOON YESTERDAY WHEN A GROUP
OF HEAVILY ARMED LOS
ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES RUSHED UP THESE
STAIRS.
THEY WERE WEARING FLACK
JACKETS AND THEY WERE
HEADED FOR APARTMENT 301.
THE COPS WERE CARRYING A
BATTERING RAM WHICH KNOCKED
DOOR 301 RIGHT OFF ITS
HINGES AND PROBABLY KNOCKED
THE STAR OF OLA RAY RIGHT
OUT OF THE SKY.
>> I HEARD A REAL LOUD
BOOM.
I COME AROUND THE CORNER.
BEFORE THE DOOR COULD HIT
THE GROUND, THESE GUYS WERE
STORMING IN.
YOU COULD HEAR THE PLACE
GOING MAD.
>> I HEARD A HANDS UP.
I SAID, SOMETHING'S GOING
DOWN.
I PEEKED OVER MY BAL CONY,
THE COP SAID GET BACK IN.
>> AT THE TIME OF THE
ARREST, POLICE ALSO TOOK
INTO CUSTODY AN
UNIDENTIFIED MALE
COMPANION.
INSIDE THE APARTMENT,
POLICE SAY THEY FOUND A
SIZABLE AMOUNT OF ***
AND METHAMPHETAMINES.
THEY ALSO REPORTEDLY FOUND
A CACHE OF WEAPONS,
INCLUDING TWO CROSSBOWS AND
A PIPE BOMB HIDDEN INSIDE
ONE OF THE DRUG
CONTAINERS.
HIGH DRAMA INSIDE THIS
APARTMENT THAT'S HOME TO
MANY MUSICIANS AND ACTORS.
>> WE KNEW ABOUT LIKE WHO
SHE WAS.
AGAIN, SHE WAS VERY QUIET.
>> BUT BACK IN THE EARLY
1980'S, OLA RAY WAS MAKING
ALL KINDS OF NOISE.
AT FIRST, THERE WERE BIT
PARTS IN MOVIES LIKE "NIGHT
SHIFT" AND "48 HOURS."
PLUS THE ULTIMATE IN
EXPOSURE, A STEAMY
CENTERFOLD SPREAD IN
"PLAYBOY" MAGAZINE.
AND THEN, BINGO, HOLLYWOOD
BIG TIME CAME KNOCKING AS
DIRECTOR JOHN LANDIS
SPOTTED OLA AND CAST HER IN
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, WHAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
CAREER-MAKING ROLE,
OPPOSITE MICHAEL JACKSON IN
"THRILLER."
>> OH, MICHAEL.
>> YOU JUST HAD THIS GRIN
ON MY FACE, YOU'VE GOT TO
GIVE IT TO ME.
I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT.
AND I GOT LUCKY.
>> BUT YESTERDAY THAT LUCK
SEEMS TO HAVE RUN OUT FOR
OLA RAY, AND TODAY THE
MAGICAL WORLD OF MUSIC
VIDEOS AND MICHAEL JACKSON
SEEMS TO BE LIGHT YEARS
AWAY.
OLA'S NEWEST PROJECT AS THE
STAR OF IS EXCLUSIVE
AMATEUR VIDEO, SEEMS TO BE
ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF
HOLLYWOOS CHAIN OF BROKEN
DREAMS.
AND A REMINDER THAT TOO
OFTEN, HAPPY ENDINGS OCCUR
ONLY IN THE MOVIES.
>> RAY WAS STILL BEHIND
BARS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
BAIL HAS BEEN SET AT
$60,000.