Amie Harwick's suspected killer was devastated after their break-up, his mom claims: 'He stopped talking to us'
Days after Drew Carey's ex-fiancee, Dr. Amie Harwick, was found unresponsive under the third-story balcony of her Hollywood Hills home and her ex-boyfriend, Gareth Pursehouse, was arrested for her murder, the suspect's mother has spoken up about his relationship with the victim.
“The only thing I know about Amie is they broke up like six years ago," Pursehouse’s mom, Barbara, told Radar Online, adding she had no idea her 41-year-old son was arrested on Sunday and is being held on a $2 million bail.
“I didn’t know,” Barbara admitted. "We haven’t been in communication.”
She said that to her knowledge, her son had stopped talking to the former Playboy model-turned-Hollywood sex therapist, as well as his family following the breakup and she had no clue if he had reconnected with Harwick, 38, in the recent past. “Gareth could never do that. Gareth could never do that,” Barbara said. “I don’t know it’s been so long. Amy broke his heart and he just stopped talking to the family.” It is unclear as to when Pursehouse began dating the murder victim. When their relationship went sideways, the sex therapist took out a restraining order against him, which ended a couple of weeks before her death.
On the other hand, Carey and Harwick had started dating in 2017 and news of their engagement arrived in early 2018. They split just less than a year later. Harwick, an acclaimed therapist within the entertainment industry, is being mourned on social media.
It was reported that Harwick had “recently expressed concerns about an ex-boyfriend" and was seen with Pursehouse days prior to her death.
As reported previously by MEA WorldWide, law enforcement shared with TMZ that an early Saturday morning call of a woman screaming in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood is how they were informed of the incident. Police were met in the street by Harwick's roommate, who claimed she was being assaulted inside her house, reported TMZ.
Police allegedly said when they attempted to get inside Harwick's house, they found her unresponsive, under a third-story balcony. Her injuries were consistent with a fall and she was taken to a hospital, wherein she later succumbed to her injuries.
According to KTLA, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement, "The investigation revealed possible evidence of a struggle in the upstairs as well as forced entry to the residence. A canvass of the area located further evidence of an intruder (suspect) entering the property and leaving after the murder.”
Just hours after her death, Pursehouse took to his Twitter account, @GarethFromAbove, and sent out an array of tweets, none of which expressed any guilt or remorse over what he had allegedly done. He wrote a response to a comedian who posted he had received 400,000 views on his latest YouTube special in less than a week. “I’ve been special since I was five. no view," Pursehouse wrote.
After that, he sent out a second tweet, where he said: “You can’t get fit without that new gym clothing. But they won’t give you that gear until you’re fit. Soo … Tough t*tties bucko.”
Pursehouse was arrested on Sunday and booked on murder charges.