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Two competing public narratives exist about the timeline of ’s first marriage to : that Jill became involved with while still married to him, repeatedly aired in tabloid and local interviews (as repor...
Contemporary news reporting and biographical summaries consistently state that (then Jill Jacobs) married William “Bill” Stevenson in 1970 and that a civil divorce was finalized in 1975, but none of t...
’s first husband was William “Bill” Stevenson (sometimes reported as William Stevenson), whom she married while a student; most contemporary reporting gives the marriage as beginning in 1970 and endin...
Public reporting establishes that and divorced in 1975 and that the split involved civil proceedings in which Jill sought a share of Mr. Stevenson’s bar business; the specific court documents themselv...
Reporting across outlets consistently states and — many specifying “May 1975” — but none of the provided sources include a primary court document or a contemporaneous 1975 news item that shows the exa...