Olympic legend Florence Griffith Joyner — AKA Flo-Jo — had her priceless memorabilia returned to Olympic gold medalist and husband Al Joyner … and it is all because of “Storage Wars” Star Rene Nezhoda!
Rene tells TMZ … after our story broke about his acquired assortment, members of the family and mates of Flo-Jo began reaching out to him, together with Al, hoping to purchase it again.
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Rene and Al met up in San Diego to strike a deal, with Rene making a revenue a lot smaller than he may’ve snagged on the open market. Rene says the necessary factor was restoring the gold to the fam.
The merchandise that held probably the most worth to Al was her weight belt, one thing they’d use collectively understanding. The belt was going within the trash after the locker — initially owned by Al — was picked via. Fortunately, the piece was saved and it is again in Al’s palms.
As we reported, Rene purchased a ton of Flo-Jo’s belongings and collectibles off of his pal George, who bought Al’s lockers at public sale. Inside have been Olympic jackets, autographed Flo-Jo Barbie dolls, and signed observe sneakers — the identical ones worn whereas breaking the world document!
It was in 1998 when Flo-Jo unexpectedly died of suffocation in her sleep after struggling an epileptic match.
Earlier than letting his 2 lockers go up for public sale, Al went via and took what he thought was necessary … not realizing a number of the greatest gems have been nonetheless inside! After studying what Rene bought, he knew he had to purchase it off of him.
