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A WWE Hall of Famer is fearing they could die in prison after suffering a severe blot clot whilst incarcerated.
The former 'Attitude Era' star was sentenced to seventeen and half years in prison last November on a DUI manslaughter-related charges after causing the death of a 75-year-old man in a fatal car crash.
It had been the latest episode in what has been a chaotic period of the former wrestling's star's life.
The former WWE star was of the biggest names in the company during the mid-late 1990s, before backstage issues and alleged addiction to painkillers began the downward spiral.
Now Tammy Lynn Sytch, known as 'Sunny' in WWE has told TMZ she is fearful she could die in prison after the blood clot in her leg.
Former WWE Diva Tammy Lynn Sytch fears she may die in prison following a blood clot
As 'Sunny', Sytch was one the most popular acts during WWE's boom period during the 1990s
A mugshot of Sytch after one of her several arrests over the past decade as her life has spiralled out of control
The 51-year-old said: 'All that's been going through my mind for the past three weeks is, 'Oh, my God, I'm going to follow in [my ex-husband's] footsteps and die of a blood clot just like he did because I can't get medical treatment at this prison.'
The clot, which was been diagnosed by the Lowell Correctional Institution in Marion County, Florida, has been treated with blood thinners but Sytch is worried how prison officers will treat her as she recovers.
Sytch told told TMZ that her leg looks like 'somebody put a bicycle tire pump on it and just inflated it twice the size.'
Her fear comes from the death of her former husband and fellow WWE star Chris Candido, who was thought to have died from a blood clot after complications during his surgery. However, it was later revealed his death was actually caused by pneumonia.
She debuted with the company in 1994 as an on-screen broadcaster, but before moving into a valet for then-boyfriend Candido as a duo known as Skip and Sunny, 'The Bodydonnas'.
Sytch's obvious appeal during WWE's changing period to fit in the the late 1990s zeitgeist saw her profile rocket and after turning on Skip would later manage several talents including The Godwins, The Smoking Guns and Legion of Doom - however, she was the main attraction.
At one point her stock was so high, that in 1996 AOL announced that Sytch was the most downloaded woman on their website, surpassing megastars of the time like Pamela Anderson, Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez.
However, Sytch's profile soon diminished following alleged addictions and backstage issues with other female talent - most notably fellow 'diva' Sable - and was released by WWE in 1998.
Sunny managed several big name talents in WWE including the famous Legion of Doom
Her stock was so high that in 1996 she was named as AOL's most downloaded female celebrity
Sytch was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011 but has since struggled in her life
She briefly appeared in ECW and WCW in the following years, and did eventually return to WWE to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame in 2011, but since then her life has been dogged with addiction issues and frequent arrests.
Throughout the last decade, Sytch has been arrested on countless occasions for a number of drink-related crimes as well as a charge for unlawfully possessing a weapon and making terroristic threats in 2022.
Her erratic behaviour culminated in the fatal accident she caused in March 2022, when when she crashed into the rear of a 2013 Kia Sorento that had been stopped at a stoplight and killed the driver.
She was found to be 3.5 times over the legal limit and eventually found guilty of a DUI and manslaughter related charges that won't see up for release until December 2039.
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