Cheryl Christina Crane (born July 25, 1943) is an American former model, retired real estate broker, author, and the only child of actress Lana Turner.
In the 1980s, Crane shifted her career focus to real estate, becoming a broker in Hawaii and Palm Springs, California.
At the time of her birth, Crane suffered near-fatal erythroblastosis fetalis due to her mother's Rh-negative blood.
[6] She was raised primarily in Bel Air, Los Angeles, and described her early life as: "famous at birth and pampered silly.
"[13] Following Stompanato's death, Crane was made a ward of the State of California and was placed in the El Retiro School for Girls in Sylmar, Los Angeles, for "psychiatric therapy" in March 1960.
[21] Worried she was still suffering from the trauma of Stompanato's death, Turner sent Crane to the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut.
[24][25] In April 1970, Crane was detained by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) when three half-grown marijuana plants were discovered in the back seat of her car.
[11] In that same year, she began dating model Joyce LeRoy,[26] to whom she was introduced by Marlon Brando at a party held by Wally Cox.
[2][27] After the closure of the Luau in 1979, Crane relocated with LeRoy to Honolulu, Hawaii, where she worked as a real estate broker.
[1] In 1988, Crane published a memoir titled Detour: A Hollywood Story, in which she discussed the Stompanato killing publicly for the first time and admitted to the stabbing.
She further alleged that she was subject to a series of sexual assaults at the hands of her stepfather and her mother's fourth husband, actor Lex Barker.
[30] Crane challenged the will and Lopez claimed that the majority of the estate was consumed by probate costs, legal fees, and medical expenses.