Gia Allemand, 29-year-old former Maxim model hanged herself last week at the New Orleans home she shared with her boyfriend NBA player Ryan Anderson.
Funeral plans for Allemand were released over the weekend. A public visitation is set for this Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Papavero Funeral Home in Maspeth, N.Y., to be followed by a funeral service on Thursday at Trinity Grace Church of Chelsea in New York City at 11 a.m. Several Bachelor and Bachelor Pad alums are expected to attend.
Her father, 54-year-old Eugene Allemand expressed his deep sorrow as he posed with a picture of her at his home in West Palm Beach Florida saying “I’m sorry.”
He told The Daily News “ We had a fight on Mother’s Day and I said some things that I regret,” ….. “I wish I could take them back, but it’s too late. If she were still here, I would I would tell her I’m so sorry and that I love her and that she will always be my rainbow.”
Eugene Allemand says,
“I found out from reporters calling the house,” …. “I was as shocked as anybody. I didn’t see this coming.”
Allemand was supposedly closer to her step-dad Tony Micheletti. Allemand split with Gia’s mom, Donna Micheletti, back in 1992. But her dad said this about their relationship:
“We always had a good relationship,” he said. “When she was a kid growing up, every time The Rolling Stones song ‘She’s a Rainbow’ would come on, I’d say that’s your song. Because of the line about how she comes in colors.”
The burial is scheduled to be private.
Her mother blasted Playboy model / alleged Tiger Woods mistress Loredana Ferriolo who said she talked to Gia the night before she killed herself saying:
“The fact is that Gia expressed directly to me that she did not trust this individual and her motives for her own public exposure.”
“Gia liked everyone and always found the good in people, however there were acquaintances that she had disassociated with whom are now speaking as her close friends,” Micheletti said. “I don’t like to give further publicity by mentioning names here, however there is a particular individual, Loredana Ferriolo, identifying herself as Gia’s best friend and the fact is that Gia expressed directly to me that she did not trust this individual and her motives for her own public exposure.”
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