Not even fictional characters want anything to do with Jeff Gillooly.
Oops. Make that the former Jeff Gillooly.Tonya Harding's ex-husband legally changed his name to Jeff Stone on Tuesday in Portland - much to the chagrin of Mayor Jeff Stone of Temecula, Calif., NASA employee Jeff Stone and even the guy who played Jeff Stone on TV's "Donna Reed Show."
"Another sorry saga in the history of American jurisprudence," said Paul Petersen, who played Donna Reed's son on the series that ran from 1958 to 1966. "We have lost our common sense. I feel for the country."
Gillooly-turned-Stone was not at the hearing. He's due for release Monday after serving seven months for plotting the attack on Harding's figure skating rival Nancy Kerrigan.
His lawyer hopes the newest Jeff Stone will just blend in with everyone else.
"We're hopeful," Judy Snyder said, "that some years from now people will say, `You know, that guy looks familiar, but I can't remember who he is.' "