Dovie Beams De Villagran

The Pasadena mansion of Dovie Beams de Villagran, a former B-movie starlet who claimed to be a lover of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, was sold during bankruptcy proceedings for $2 million. "I am very sad. I've got no money. I can't even eat," Villagran told reporters after the sale. The 30-room mansion was purchased by United California Savings Bank, to which Villagran owed $2.6 million, said Ronald Rus, an attorney for the bank.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, a former B-movie actress and ex-mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for defrauding several banks out of $18 million in real estate loans. Weeping and clinging to a lectern for support, De Villagran was ordered to serve her sentence at a federal prison in Lexington, Ky., where medical facilities are available to treat her health problems, which she says include AIDS.

The husband of Dovie Beams de Villagran, the self-proclaimed ex-mistress of ousted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Tuesday admitted conspiring to obtain $18 million in bad loans. On the opening day of the trial of bank fraud charges against his wife and him, Sergio Villagran, 51, pleaded guilty to six counts of bank fraud, two counts of making false statements to the banks and one count of concealing at least $6 million in assets from bankruptcy trustees.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, a former B-movie starlet who was the purported mistress of deposed Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, was convicted Wednesday on charges of defrauding 13 banks out of nearly $18 million by submitting wildly inflated loan applications.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, the self-declared ex-mistress of Ferdinand Marcos, told a bank officer that the ousted Philippine ruler had given her a large pearl ring as a love token, the banker testified Wednesday. John Lahn, director of Bank of America's private banking office in Beverly Hills, testified in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that he was interviewing De Villagran for a $1-million loan in the fall of 1985 when he noticed the black and gold pearl ring on her hand.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, who claims to be the ex-mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, has tested positive for the AIDS virus and suffers from some symptoms linked to the disease, her physician testified Thursday.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, a former B-movie starlet who was the purported mistress of deposed Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, was convicted Wednesday on charges of defrauding 13 banks out of nearly $18 million by submitting wildly inflated loan applications.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, a former B-movie actress and ex-mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for defrauding several banks out of $18 million in real estate loans. Weeping and clinging to a lectern for support, De Villagran was ordered to serve her sentence at a federal prison in Lexington, Ky., where medical facilities are available to treat her health problems, which she says include AIDS.

Former starlet Dovie Beams de Villagran, self-proclaimed former mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was indicted along with her husband on Wednesday on charges that they fraudulently obtained $18 million in loans from 13 banks. A 42-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury charges De Villagran and her husband, Sergio Villagran, with claiming thousands of dollars in non-existent income and equity in applying for loans to support the couple's lavish life style.

A lawyer for the self-proclaimed former mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, said Friday that he may use an insanity defense against charges that she obtained $18 million in fraudulent loans. The proposed defense follows revelations that both the former movie star and her husband, also indicted on bank fraud charges, have been diagnosed with a life-threatening virus that lawyers say may have impaired their mental abilities.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, who claims to be the ex-mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, has tested positive for the AIDS virus and suffers from some symptoms linked to the disease, her physician testified Thursday.

Dovie Beams de Villagran, the self-declared ex-mistress of Ferdinand Marcos, told a bank officer that the ousted Philippine ruler had given her a large pearl ring as a love token, the banker testified Wednesday. John Lahn, director of Bank of America's private banking office in Beverly Hills, testified in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that he was interviewing De Villagran for a $1-million loan in the fall of 1985 when he noticed the black and gold pearl ring on her hand.

The husband of Dovie Beams de Villagran, the self-proclaimed ex-mistress of ousted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Tuesday admitted conspiring to obtain $18 million in bad loans. On the opening day of the trial of bank fraud charges against his wife and him, Sergio Villagran, 51, pleaded guilty to six counts of bank fraud, two counts of making false statements to the banks and one count of concealing at least $6 million in assets from bankruptcy trustees.

A lawyer for the self-proclaimed former mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, said Friday that he may use an insanity defense against charges that she obtained $18 million in fraudulent loans. The proposed defense follows revelations that both the former movie star and her husband, also indicted on bank fraud charges, have been diagnosed with a life-threatening virus that lawyers say may have impaired their mental abilities.

Former starlet Dovie Beams de Villagran, self-proclaimed former mistress of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was indicted along with her husband on Wednesday on charges that they fraudulently obtained $18 million in loans from 13 banks. A 42-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury charges De Villagran and her husband, Sergio Villagran, with claiming thousands of dollars in non-existent income and equity in applying for loans to support the couple's lavish life style.

The Pasadena mansion of Dovie Beams de Villagran, a former B-movie starlet who claimed to be a lover of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, was sold during bankruptcy proceedings for $2 million. "I am very sad. I've got no money. I can't even eat," Villagran told reporters after the sale. The 30-room mansion was purchased by United California Savings Bank, to which Villagran owed $2.6 million, said Ronald Rus, an attorney for the bank.

In a neighborhood where homes on a mere half-acre lot can easily go for $750,000, there is a hint of exaggerated grandeur at the 4 1/2-acre Pasadena estate on South Oakland Avenue that belonged to Dovie Beams De Villagran. The lawn in the backyard is so large that children used to play full-field soccer on it; dozens of statues of bare-chested nymphs cover the estate; a pond complete with a small waterfall is affectionately referred to by neighbors as "the lake."

The husband of a self-proclaimed mistress to exiled Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos pleaded guilty today to nine counts of bank and bankruptcy fraud. Sergio Villagran, 51, husband of Dovie Beams de Villagran, a former B-movie actress, entered his guilty plea moments before a federal district court jury in Los Angeles was to be selected for trial. He and his wife were charged in a 42-count indictment alleging fraud.