Former Playboy model Ariane Bellamar died from a heart attack. She was 46.
Bellamar’s ex-husband and father to her two children, Tanner Slaught, confirmed that she died on Dec. 20, 2024 in a Facebook post last month.
“Her extremely early departure from this world has caught everyone off guard and we were not prepared for this,” he wrote in part.
Slaught directed his followers to a GoFundMe link where he was trying to raise funds for a “respectful ceremony.”
“Unfortunately, Ariane, and the rest of us, were not prepared for this sudden turn of events,” he wrote in part. “Therefore, the financial responsibility of putting on Ari’s funeral has become Scott [her beneficiary] and my financial weight to bear.”
Slaught raised $1,080 before disabling new donations.
Nevada’s Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner told TMZ that they received a report of death for Bellamar on Dec. 20, 204, but they didn’t provide anymore information.
Page Six reached out to the office, but they didn’t immediately return our request.
Bellamar and Slaught –– who divorced in 2019 –– co-parented daughters Emma and Melitta.
Bellamar was born in Florida and raised in Toronto, Canada, moving to Los Angeles at age 15 to pursue a career in acting, according to her IMDb biography.
Bellamar was best known for being a former Playboy Playmate and forging “a lasting relationship between herself and the Playboy Corporation.”
The modeling gig led to other opportunities, and she subsequently made appearances on “Beverly Hills Nannies,” “The Millionaire Matchmaker,” “Suicide Squad” and “The Hangover Part III.”
Bellamar made headlines in 2017 when she accused Jeremy Piven of groping her twice –– once while she was acting as an extra on the set of “Entourage” and a second time at the Playboy Mansion.
“Hey @jeremypiven ! ‘Member when you cornered me in your trailer on the #Entourage set? ‘Member grabbing my boobies on the [couch] without asking??” she wrote via X in October 2017.
Piven “unequivocally” denied the “appalling allegations being peddled” about him and maintained that “it did not happen.”
