In the quiet world of figure skating this feud/scandal shook the world and was more like a soap opera then anything else. There was professional jealousy on Tonya Harding's side as she envied Nancy Kerrigan. So what did she do? She had her ex-husband physically attack Kerrigan. On January 6th, 1994 Nancy Kerrigan was attacked after her practice for the Winter Olympics which were a month away. A man hit her with a blunt object on the outside of her right knee. The tape of Kerrigan on the ground crying and holding her knee while crying out "Why?" was played over and over and over for the next few months. Two weeks later Harding's ex-husband was charged in the attack and a week after that Harding acknowledged that she knew about the attack (she said she didn't know who was behind it until a week after it occured). On February 1st, Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly plead guilty to one count of racketeering in connection with the plotting of the attack and he dropped a bombshell when he said that Tonya was behind the plot. On March 17th Harding plead guilty to hindering the investigation and under a plea deal escaped without having to serve any jail time. There was even a musical opera created as a result of the Harding/Kerrigan attack and Harding went on to try boxing on a nationally televised broadcast winning against Paula Jones.