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A Look Back at 1995 'Jenny Jones Show' Murder as Killer Is Granted Parole

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Jenny Jones was one of many daytime talk show hosts in the 90's that had viewers tuning in to watch ordinary people reveal their deepest secrets, but one revelation would turn deadly. In 1995, 'The Jenny Jones Show' taped an episode on secret admirers. 32-year-old Scott Amedure revealed he had a crush on, 24-year-old Jonathan Schmitz. Three days later one man would be dead and the other charged with murder. InsideEdition.com's Mara Montalbano (https://twitter.com/MaraMontalbano) has more. #InsideEdition

I think I can see why Scott probably went for Jonathan. He kind of looked like George Michael back in the day.

— @Historybuff1989

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20 years and he's out?

@clutch2827
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Someone should have addressed her for trying to put a gay man with a straight guy.

@temesghenghebremariam
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He is gay at the closet

@Marisa_lopez2456
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They ended up having sex and then Scott blabbed

@DGNYY27
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I remember this, i was young, but i definitely remember this

@lortoryamatthews163
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Shame on Jenny.

@PrettiiMiiMii
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Amedure should have known what would happen, you can't just be gay like that

@BeenJamminNuttinYahoo
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😂😂😂😂😂😂 and people are going to defend that butt guy that liked him

@JaronPurpleMakelle
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He was "humilated" by being told he was admired by a guy? the murderer was a weak ego'ed beta mhle.

@baduuolf
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Wonder why he got parole before even the 25 years. With that family, look at what they said at the lawyer they chose, he probably did not learn to take responsibility for his actions. Hopefully I'm wrong, he became a better person and he won't kill anyone else. .🤷‍♀

@addie_is_me
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Had listen a Dutch podcast about this case.

@DeToraloor
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The Jenny Jones show was also at fault. They did use him for entertainment. He said he would not come on the show if the admirer was a Man

@kismettarose
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Public Humiliation like that is pretty serious they should have never did this.

@SeahawksBamBamKam
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He actually looks gay.

@johnoneill7947
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Strange never included in the clips "According to footage of the murder trial, a friend of Amedure later stated that Amedure and Schmitz went out drinking together the night after the taping and an alleged sexual encounter occurred"....first off drinking would mean no consent but idk... strange addition. Theres no excuse for murder here but in 95 men were SA us everywhere purp. knocking us out. They said men cant be victims to it. They would not have language for it as they blamed us everyday of the week for us drinking the men preying on us. Is it possible that occurred? It then adds to his mo. Letter part is randomly weird. He shows up an say did you write this? This would be after that encounter so if he liked him why that? No one knows about the letter in public. Why did it rage him? Idk what he said at trial but if he felt taken advantage of and never wanted to see him again after the encounter I could see it. That issue is in the gay community as well. Notoriously Rob Halford, kevin spacey them on the straight guys. Idk... new portion for me as I was just rehashing story tonight. Ppl on youtube doing stuff that endangers their audience.

@msitalianatheist
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How is turning up at someone's house with a shotgun and blasting them in the chest only 2nd degree murder?

@MrDaraghkinch
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homophobia is stupid. just a cultural strain passed from generation to generation. he did not need to kill him at all

@bobnandez
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the freeze frame at 3;10, her prior statement, her conduct, really seems that woman is a psychopath (The Psychopath Test estimates 1-2% of women are psychopaths)

@AetheriusLamia
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They lie... That episode did air 😂
I remember seeing it... Many people do 🙄

@barbaraayarza5352
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I watched this show kind of regularly and never knew about this. Just saw a post about it on Twitter.

@QuickStix26
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Olo olo.omlo

@JamesHarding-w5q
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I think the Mossad should have taken Jenny Jones off the air before this happened. Oh wait I think she supported israel.

@donaldquirk7801
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She should have gone to jail

@LisaWright-qh6lr
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Maybe could of been prevented if Jenny s show had confirmed if Jonathan was open to a male crush.

@VeeJanJanecka
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Humiliation rituals

@Igothis6
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I feel bad for Johnathan of how he must of felt when it turned out to be a guy

@April_6th_2025
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I don't condone murder but it was a reasonable crashout

@KevinEontrainer381
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Jenny Jones: these were the actions of one individual.

Believe me, Jenny. You contributed to this. Anyone who denies this is a fool.

@MJH65378
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Stop saying it didn’t air because it did! I remember watching it on tv and I was 11!

@victoriadoan4424
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Well he might be gay now! Spending that many years In prison and he was a young good looking fella guaranteed his booty got tested

@NTiVE-tq7tj
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32 on a 24 year old? What a creep

@JelqtronZero
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"Donna" also had a hand in this and some issues! You don't "help" your gay guy friend pursue your straight guy friend! You tell your gay guy friend to back off and understand he needs to find someone with mutual feelings for him. Jenny Jones was a Twit Show...that's what it should have been renamed...couldn't stand her! Glad her show crashed after this! Never should have been let off the hook!

@whosyourdaddy4579
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I don't use people on the show , but she clearly makes a salary off of that

@KellyAnnSW
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He’s been in prison for a long time, maybe he got to be gay and there.

@midtownradioandrecords
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I remember this, Jenny Jones wanted to be Jerry Springer, She ruined all those peoples lives.

@Mynameisjefferss
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That's not a reason to kill somebody!!!

@CarmenGonzalez-xq9fu
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I'm pretty sure he was used as a little girl in jail!!!!

@CarmenGonzalez-xq9fu
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Imagine this happen in today world it would look completely normal and even blame the guy for not liking him back

@angelstar6835
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Is it really his fault?

@mrbeanspainting
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It is not right that he killed him

@2024_offlcial
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Is this criminal free? Incredible! I am sure if the killer was a latin or black man probably he will get life in prison or a death penalty. Hopping the people who were responsible to relieve this criminal from prison to suffer very much to be unfair, and I hope the same for the criminal, he is a dangerous for the society. Probably, he is homosexual , but he did not want to accept , this is why he kill to Scott.

@evagalvez1047
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They both have crazy hair

@venconmige
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Amedure was a predator

@PinkitTheUnicorn
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He was not, in fact, a heterosexual.

@jamesbetweensleep
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Wow! I was a very young man and use to luv to watch the Jeny Jones Show...!!!!

@jbjesus123
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Weren't both of them unemployed? Because that's not the time to go looking for a date.

@2020Bookworm
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When a straight male comes on to me, can I plead heterosexual panic defense?

@2020Bookworm
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@MatthewLong-j1l
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I dont understand the humiliation. If you dont like the man just walk away. Why did it have to end in murder?

@annrrf1464