Fireman Who Was Suspended for Posing Topless on Charity Calendar Commits Suicide

A fire-fighter who was disciplined for posing shirtless on a charity calendar has committed suicide, it was announced today.

John Slivinski was found dead at his Lawndale, Philadelphia home on Saturday, with Police and colleagues saying the cause was suicide.

It is not known why he took his own life.

In April the 31-year-old former Marine was suspended from the city’s prestigious ‘Rescue One’ unit after posing topless for a national fund-raising calendar.

Fire bosses were angry the popular fire man – despite his plans to donate the money to a widow’s fund – had not gone through the chain of command – instead only asking permission of his union boss Billy Gault.

A petition with 1000 signatures of support was collected before the hearing.

But in May he was let off with a verbal reprimand, and allowed back to his old job.

The suicide has left former colleagues stunned, with several saying they don’t understand why he took his own life.

Speaking to the Philadelphia Metro, local 22 fire president Bill Gault said: ‘There were no outward signs.

‘We never saw the guy not smiling. It’s so baffling.’

Former Marine friend Kate Rizzo – who met Slivinski at Camp Pendleton from 1998 to 1999, said the fight for his job hit him hard.

She said: ‘I know this whole thing hit him pretty hard, with the calender.

‘I think that really pushed him over the edge.’

A Facebook tribute page was flooded with messages of shock and condolence at the tragic death.

A fellow calendar participant Mr Charlotte, aka Tommy DeFrancisci, wrote: ‘Rest in peace Mr. Philly, you will be missed. Semper Fi – Mr. Charlotte.’

Lenny Daigle, another calendar entrant wrote:  I’m a Firefighter in New Orleans.

‘This calendar that we are working on is a great project that will help worthwhile causes across the country.

‘I didn’t know Jack and regret that I’ll never meet him. We would have in August.

‘He was contributing to a good cause and deserved the support that our respective Departments have shown the rest of us. R.I.P Jack Lenny Daigle, Mr New Orleans.’

Speaking to the Philadelphia enquirer, Mike Kane – executive board member at the local Fire-fighters Union – said: ‘If you or your family members were in danger, this was the kid you’d want showing up at your house.

‘He gave you 110 percent, whether he was washing dishes or going down a smoky hallway.

‘When I heard yesterday morning, I had to sit down. It took my legs out.’

The calendar, which is due to be published this summer, will go ahead.

Publisher Katherine Kostreva said she would let the family decide whether Slivinski’s picture as Mr May would still appear.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Opens Up About School Bullies While Posing Topless in GQ Magazine

She’s been doing the rounds in a series of glossy magazines since being named the Hottest Woman on Earth by Maxim, but Rosie Huntington-Whitely wasn’t always so popular.

The model-turned actress has opened up about her battle with former school ground bullies, who would call her ‘kipper lips’ and ‘t**t lips’. The 24-year-old revealed the taunts while stripping down to a sheer deep red gown and bikini bottoms for the July issue of GQ magazine.

It’s not the first time Rosie has posed for the magazine, but this time she admitted: ‘I was teased about the way I looked at school.’

While being photographed topless with her arm covering her modesty, she said: ‘I got teased because of my lips. ‘I used to get called T**t lips – because I had big lips but no breasts. And then I was called Kipper Lips.

‘There was a big group of girls that was Devon’s answer to Mean Girls, and they would storm the bathrooms shouting, ‘I’m going to f****ing deck you, Lips! See you on the school bus’.

‘And boys didn’t really go out with me.’

Despite the grim portrayal of her childhood, the Tavistock-born beauty did say she had fun with friends too. ‘We’d hang around in soggy jeans drinking cider. I did long for the city. But I was a very outdoorsy kid.

‘Until I was 15, riding was my thing – I was horse-obsessed.’

But her whole life suddenly changed when she was 17 and started a summer internship in the back room of a modelling agency. ‘I was shocked. I used to see all these supermodels walking into the agency – tall, elegant glamazons. I was just a big lump from Devon.

‘But within a year I was travelling to America, being booked for French Connection, Tommy Hillfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch. I started to make serious money.

‘Suddenly school didn’t seem quite so important.’

Since her big break, Rosie’s modeling career has sky-rocketed and seven years later, she has transformed into an actress for Michael Bay’s latest film. She replaced Megan Fox in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, out next month, and plays Shia LaBeouf’s girlfriend in the film.

The modest star says that although she doesn’t think she’ll become the next Meryl Streep, she’s willing to work hard for a shot to make it big in Hollywood.

‘Would I like even a sniff of Angelina Jolie’s career? Yes.  Do I think I have a future in this business? I certainly hope so. And I’m going to work damn hard to make sure I do,’ she said. Rosie, who currently dates Jason Statham, added: ‘I’m not standing here and saying I’m an amazing actress or that I’ve had a heap of thespie training. But you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t.’

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