Actress/singer Pia Zadora (Butterfly) will swap places with Oscar-winning actress Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show, Malcolm in the Middle) on Celebrity Wife Swap. Zadora lives in Vegas with her current — and third — husband Michael Jeffries, a retired detective with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. Jeffries’ son (from a former relationship), Michael Jeffries, Jr., was convicted of second-degree murder in March 2015.
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Jeffries Jr. faces 20 years to life in prison for shooting his friend Eric Allen Gore. They were arguing after a party, at Jeffries’ home, when Jeffries shot Gore in the heart multiple times with a .45-caliber handgun. Jeffries called 911. According to the police who arrived at the crime scene, Jeffries said: “I just shot my friend. I just shot my (expletive) friend.”