Beau Accused of Adult Film Actress' Murder

Sept. 27, 2009— -- As the man accused of murdering a sometime-adult film actress faces arraignment this week, the family of his alleged victim is trying to make sure she's known for more than her nudity.

Police have charged 45-year-old Brian Lee Randone with the Sept. 11 murder of Felicia Tang Lee, 31, whose film career has ranged from starring roles in soft-core adult films to bit parts in mainstream Hollywood movies. Lee reportedly was Randone's Lee's girlfriend.

Charged with murder and torture, Randone -- who has worked as a preacher and a mime, and appeared as a contestant on a reality show, according to The Associated Press -- is next due in court on Tuesday. He is being held on $2 million bond at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.

Police have released little information about the murder, just that they were called to the 500 block of West Duarte Road in Monrovia, Calif., shortly after noon on Sept. 11 and found Lee dead inside the home after an apparent domestic violence incident.

The AP reported that Randone was a contestant on the 2000 Fox reality show "Sexiest Bachelor in America," though representatives for Fox said they were not familiar with the show.

Los Angeles Sheriff's Office Sgt. Brian Schoonmaker told The Associated Press that Randone called 911 and told the dispatcher that Lee was unconscious. But when police arrived on the scene, he said, it was apparent that Lee had suffered dozens of injuries in the last 24 hours she was alive.

"It appeared to be torture prior to the murder," Schoonmaker told the AP. He declined to detail Lee's injuries.

Publicist Jennifer Smith, who told ABCNews.com that she was a friend of Lee's, but not her publicist, posted an essay about Lee on a Facebook page dedicated to her memory that claimed Lee was beaten and suffocated.

But when asked for further comment, Smith declined, saying Lee's family has asked anyone who knew her not to comment.

Lee's family, according to a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, is very unhappy Randone was granted bail terms -- though he's still in jail.

Randone's sister declined to comment when reached by ABCNews.com.

Schoonmaker said the couple had lived together for a few months and that investigators had not yet determined a motive. Randone, he told the AP, was involved in the ministry and had at one time worked as a mime.

The majority of Lee's film credits are in adult films, including Playboy movies and 2004's "Hotel Decadance" which co-starred Carmen Electra, accoding to IMDB.com. An Internet seach also turns up a video Lee reportedly made with reality show star Tila Tequila in which the two fondle each other in a pool.