Personal Life
Kerrigan graduated from Stoneham High School and attended Emmanuel College in Boston to study business.
She created The Nancy Kerrigan Foundation to raise awareness and support for the vision impaired. Kerrigan's mother, Brenda, is legally blind.
Kerrigan married her agent, Jerry Solomon, on September 9, 1995. The marriage was her first and his third. In addition to his children from prior marriages, the couple have three children together, Matthew,(b. Dec. 17, 1997) Brian,(b. April 14, 2005) and Nicole. Jerry Solomon also has a son from his second marriage.
Kerrigan's father died at age 70 on January 24, 2010, allegedly due to a violent struggle with her brother Mark. Mark Kerrigan was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death. The family said her father died of a longstanding heart condition. Nancy Kerrigan called the allegation of homicide "unjustified" and said she would defend her brother. She and her mother appeared on a joint witness list to possibly testify at Mark Kerrigan's trial, which was due to begin on May 13, 2011. Following the court proceedings on May 19, 2011, Kerrigan was involved in a two-car accident in Wakefield, Massachusetts. There were no injuries to either party. On May 25, 2011, Kerrigan's brother was acquitted of manslaughter but found guilty of assault and battery by a Middlesex County jury. He was sentenced to 2½ years with six months suspended.
On November 16, 2012 Kerrigan's brother returned to jail after violating the terms of his probation. During the hearning, he didn’t dispute his probation violations and instead seemed eager to finish serving out his sentence. “I found the six months was far less an imposition than the two years of probation,” he said.
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