On May 2, 1997, police found a Samoan-born transvestite prostitute in the car with Eddie Murphy who insisted that he was just giving a lift to Atisone “Shalomar” Kenneth Seiuli. “It’s not the first hooker I’ve helped out. I’ve seen hookers on corners and I’ll pull over and they’ll go, ‘Oh, you’re Eddie Murphy, Oh my God!’ and I’ll empty my wallet out to help,” Murphy told “Entertainment Tonight.” “I’m just being a nice guy.”
Shalomar was reportedly writing a book that would out actors Murphy, Charlie Sheen and Darius McCrary.
It’s alleged that prior Shalomar’s untimely death, there were several other tranny hookers who were coming forward to discuss Murphy’s exploits and his drag queen toe-sucking fetish. Porn producer Paul Barresi was hired for damage control. He apparently was hired by Murphy to pay the trannys to recant their stories.
There were later reports that he and his housemate R&B singer Johnny Gill were in a relationship.
