Maren Jensen-1991

[Eric Paddon]

I posted this some time ago at another site, but had forgotten that was during my time away from CF. We've long been puzzled by what happened to Maren Jensen, post-Galactica but this article sheds some light in terms of up to 1991 as she was interviewed in this GQ article on her ex-boyfriend Don Henley of the Eagles, and it reveals she had gone through a serious illness at one point (Epstein-Barr virus).

http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/too_many_choices.htm

[Eric Paddon]

For the benefit of those who don't want to plow through the entire article, here's the relevant section dealing with Maren.




"Around 9A.M., on November 21, 1980, Henley called the L.A. Fire Department, seeking medical aid for someone at his home who appeared to he having a seizure. That someone was a prostitute, who turned out to be suffering from aftereffects of Quaaludes and cocaine and who also turned out to be 16 years old. Hours later that day, police came to Henley’s home and arrested him, after reportedly finding quantities of cocaine and marijuana in the house. This is Henley’s least favorite topic, hut when asked about it, he is admirably straightforward. The firemen “just flat-out lied to me. They said, ‘Well, by law, we re supposed to take this little girl to the hospital, but if you’ll take cave of her, we’ll leave her here. , . - We’re not here to get anyone busted.’ She was fine by the time they got there. I had no idea how old she was. I had no idea that she was doing that many drugs; I didn’t have sex with her, you understand. Yes, she was a hooker; yes, I called a madam; yes, there were roadies and guys in my house-we were having a farewell to the Eagles. I got all of them our of the house; I took complete blame for everything. I was stupid; I could have flushed everything down the toilet. I didn’t want this girl dying in my house; I wanted to get her medical attention. I did what I thought was best, and I paid the price.” Convinced he would have beaten the rap but tired of getting clobbered in the press, Henley pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was fined and given two years probation.


"The incident had a cruel corollary; it came as Henley’s girlfriend, Maren Jensen, was in Dallas filming a horror movie-and unbeknownst to her, was becoming one of the first people in Hollywood to suffer the debilitating effects of Epstein-Barr syndrome. “I was Patient Zero at the time,” recalls Jensen, who has since recovered. “It was a really tough period, in my life and in his as well. I was so young, and to have so many different things bombarding me all at once, it was overwhelming. But we hung in there; we had a lot of love for each other.


“I stood by her and she stood by me,” says Henley, who spent some months caring for the bedridden Jensen-but he admits that, given his own change-of-career worries, his behavior wasn’t exactly flawless. “I was freaked out, and while I was attentive and supportive, I didn’t exactly come home when I was supposed to, ‘cause I was traumatized. Kootch and I were just guzzling scotch and vodka; we’d record until three in the morning and then go to my house, sit up with bottles and tell each other how great we are, just to bolster our confidence. . . and poor Maren would get up at eight o’clock and here were these two drunken monsters: ‘Hi, bay-beh. . . whassss hap’nin’?’"

[Griffworks]

Interesting. Too bad we have no clue what happened to her after that!

BTW, did a Google search on Epstein-Barr Syndrome, which is a virus, and got this CDC website entry (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ebv.htm).

[Damocles]

Interesting. Too bad we have no clue what happened to her after that!

BTW, did a Google search on Epstein-Barr Syndrome, which is a virus, and got this CDC website entry (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ebv.htm).

She must still be in contact with Henley, for she is listed as a THANK YOU for the Walden Woods Project.

http://www.walden.org/Calendar/Post/Bette/gala.htm

As always;

[Senmut]

I notice Greenbean's on there, too.