Did Olivia Newton-John’s Ex Fake His Own Death?

Yep, this story again! A team of private investigators is supposedly hot on the trail of Olivia Newton-John’s ex-boyfriend, Patrick McDermott, who disappeared during a fishing trip off the coast of California in June, 2005. Philip Klein, the dude heading up the search, is convinced that McDermott is pretending to be dead so that his son may receive his $100,000 life insurance policy. Apparently he had filed for bankruptcy in the past and owed his wife a ton of money in child support.

An official Coast Guard report on the case states that McDermott drowned, but Klein believes that the former camera man (who had dated Newton-John for nine years) is on a boat off the coast of Mexico. He’s even set up a website - FindPatrickMcDermott.com - as a trap, and follows the various locations of people who visit the site. He’s got his eye on Mexico, where McDermott’s been spotted numerous times (and where someone’s apparently been checking out the site.

“The rule of thumb is always this,” Klein warns. “When you’re running you always are looking over your shoulder and we’re going to catch him looking at us.”