Sabrina's Misconduct?

Found at http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/kim-vs-sabrina/

APRIL 9, 1958

Sabrina is
Named in
Divorce Plea

LONDON - Sabrina, a 21-year old blonde who made her name by letting her figure speak for itself, has been named in a divorce petition filed by the wife of Canadian-born actor Paul Carpenter.

The petition, filed last week, alleges that Britain's "dumb blonde" who has just returned from a tour of the United States, and Carpenter committed misconduct two years ago. Both deny the allegations.

Sabrina, born Norma Sykes, was then on her way up the show latter on the basis of appearing in a television show without saying a word. Her 41-inch bust and other vital statistics to fit helped to make her the most publicized blonde in the realm.

British newspapers quote her as scornfully denying the allegations of actress Kim Parker, Carpenter's Austrian-born wife.

Carpenter, 38-year-old six-footer from Montreal, and Miss Parker, 25, were married three years ago. She came to Britain in 1945 as a refugee from Vienna after being interned in a German concentration camp.

Carpenter, a former war correspondent, hockey player and crooner, first was married to Pauline Black, daughter of London impressario George Black. The marriage was dissolved in 1953.

Sadly, the source of the article is unknown. Further information from the blog site adds:

COURT ORDERS ACTRESS: RETURN TO HUSBAND

A British divorce court Judge today ordered Austrian-born actress Kim Parker to return to her Canadian husband within 14 days.

The court granted a decree for restitution of conjugal rights to the Husband, actor Paul Carpenter who lives in Britain. Miss Parker did not contest the suit.

Attorneys told the court she has started divorce proceedings against Carpenter in Nevada.

In 1958 Miss Parker started a divorce suit in London charging Carpenter committed adultery with Sabrina, a singer and showgirl with a 41-inch bosom. Sabrina — whose real name is Norma Sykes — intervened in the suit to deny the allegation.

Carpenter denied it too and Miss Parker withdrew the suit.

And the news spread as far as Florida!

The same article also appeared on the same day in The Florence Times, established 1869 ("Dedicated to the Interest of the People of the Muscle Shoals District") Alabama

Sabrina appeared in Stock Car with both Paul Carpenter and Kim Parker.

He might also be the Paul Carpenter who presented the topical film show.

9 April 1958 - Sabrina is named as the adultress in divorce plea involving Paul Carpenter. Sabrina denied it was true.

Listen to Sabrina discuss it in our 2011 interview.

SABRINA, widely known for her excellent figure, is denying strenuously claims targeted at her by the actress Kim Parker during the divorce proceedings against her husband, the film and TV star Paul Carpenter.

It’s claimed that Sabrina and Mr Carpenter committed adultery in a hotel in Paddington, London, and in Mr Carpenter’s apartment in Kensington, London, in December 1956. (Sabrina’s real name is incidentally Norma Sykes.) The two of them “have a clear conscience and will contest the allegations”. Kim Parker “continues to admire her husband as an artist, whatever may have happened.” She has been married to 38-year-old Paul Carpenter (who was born in Canada) for three years. Kim Parker suffered a miscarriage in February.

Picture: Sabrina, blond and with an enviable bust measurement, who was named in the divorce proceedings.  9th April 1958.

Thanks to Herr N for the translation of the German caption.

2 July 1958 - Daily Express

Kim Parker goes to divorce court

Actress Kim Parker, aged 25, went to the Divorce Court yesterday for a two-hour hearing concerning the divorce action she has filed against her husband, singer Paul Carpenter.

The hearing — over an order made by a registrar — was in private in Mr. Justice Wallington's chambers.

Miss Parker has named 21-year-old Sabrina (real name Norma Sykes) in her divorce petition.

Sabrina is intervening to deny the allegation.