[UPDATED WITH JAIL TIME] Fernanda Romero, Mexican Actress, Lied About Paying L.A. Man $5,000 to Marry Her for Green Card

By Simone Wilson Mon., Apr. 25 2011 at 3:00 PM

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Would you marry this chick for $5,000?

Updated after the jump: Romero and her questionable hubby get 15 weekends in jail.

Update: Romero admitted to lying about her marriage to immigration officials, but not to the $5,000 sham marriage itself.

Finally -- a half-confession!

Twenty-eight-year-old Westwood resident and model-actress Fernanda Romero (or, more dramatically, Maria Fernanda Romero Martinez) has been denying her marriage to 28-year-old L.A. man Kent Ross was a sham ever since a bitter ex-boyfriend turned her in last March.

The snitch's name was Markus Klinko, a celebrity photographer with frightening cheekbones [yay for public figures who don't know how to privatize their Facebook photos!] and a bankruptcy problem. Romero insisted he was "vindictive" and "obsessed" -- enough to send her "venomous emails" including "pornographic photographs of himself having sex with a model from a Nike photo shoot that had also featured Ms. Romero."

Yikes. But apparently, bitter or not, he may have been onto something, because both Romero and Ross pled guilty to lying to immigration officials in a concessionary "package deal" today in L.A. federal court.

In September, the jury decided the case of the loveless green marriage had become too heated/hostile to handle. (That's back when the "couple's" attorney was claiming they were "head over heels in love" when they tied the knot and all the rest of Romero's exes started getting involved.)

But after what appear to have been a few months of persuasion, looks like her and Ross finally decided to meet prosecutors halfway.

It could earn them some pity in front of the judge; still, at worst, their consequences could be up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fees.

According to City News Service, "prosecutors claim the pair were living in separate homes and dating other people when they tied the knot."

Romero's actually on the B+ side of Hollywood's B List, if only for being the hottest illegal immigrant this side of Korea Town: Her IMDB resume includes (terrible) Jessica Alba film "The Eye'' and (terrible) Mexican soap opera "Eternamente Tuya." (Did we mention she's hot? As hell? And is it just us, or does being on the wrong side of the law sort of make her hotter?)

As for Ross, he's a self-described pizza-parlor manager and member of the (terrible) band
Electric Uh-Oh. 'Nuff said.

Anyway. If you want to be a stalker (at worst, maybe she'll marry you for citizenship?), Romero will be in L.A. court this April 25. Hooray for hot chicks in handcuffs!

Just because we can:

Update: City News Service has the judge's verdict: Romero and Ross will spend "15 consecutive weekends in jail and five years on supervised release."

Plus 1,000 hours of community service, and whatever separate immigration
charges Romero might still have coming.

Some honeymoon.

Originally posted January 28 at 5:15 p.m.

[@simone_electra/swilson@laweekly.com]

Tags:

Electric Uh-Oh, federal court, Fernanda Romero, green cards, illegal immigrants, Kent Ross, Markus Klinko, Mexico, sham marriage

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Jemaima

Woow, i wasnt aware LA Weekly was like yellow press, i thought they were better, sad ironic resentful and arrogant article that doesnt portray the truth

MarcoNike

The only " TERRIBLE " Z LIST is this article, Fernanda is Beautiful, Inocent and Outstanding

Martha

The person who wroted this article is a hater, they couldnt found Fernanda guilty on the first trial so before going to a second trial and have imigration and the goverment make a fool of themselves again they reach out to Fernandas lawyers and offer her a deal, they drop all the charges including Shame Marriage in exchange of her admitting exagerating to imigration officials in a 2007 interview by saying her husband and mom hang out all the time and not making clear that only when the mother visit LA, since the rest of the time she lived in Mexico DF. That was the only thing Fernanda claim responsability for and thats what she was sentenced for yesterday.

Say what you want the truth is that Fernanda is not only beautiful, she also makes a really positive contribution to this country, she helps and nurtures several artist, has help develop brands like " Rock n Republic " that employ and sustaing hundreds of people, and continues to contribute to this country and economy, THe only " Shame " here is that they prosecute and try to destroy the good ones like her, what do you have to say about that Simone Wilson?

James

Cool Simone Wilson so to you young people fighting for their dreams are to be labeled as " terrible " over and over again, and someone like you writting gossip and sensationalism is to be labeled as what then?

Saulmedina

te quiero Fernanda

jme

Wow! she sure is Beautiful.. I actually respect the way she tried to get a greencard.. unlike her counterparts east of the 110 freeway, south of the 10 freeway who have no class, no respact for American Law that Laweeklys buddy gustavo arellano or whatever that p.o.s.'s name is stands behind.. in the early 80s, 70s and 60s, it was common for Beautiful English Speaking Classy Mexican Women to date and Marry White American Men.. But no one would ever know this by the way the Racist bitter hispanic chicano activist, liberal democrats act and try to bury this Fact.. Now the Movement for these activist and liberal democrats is too Hate the White American Male and seperate the Races so the racist chicano activist (mecha&la raza&gustavo arellano)) could feel more macho and tough like a street gang gutter member and the liberal democrats of course could stay in office by brainwashing and getting the hispanic vote.. and yes!! I would Love to marry this doll for 5 grand so she can get her greencard.. its not common anymore to find Perfect 10 Mexican Women like this in this story.. she lives in Westwood and not in some craphole like the rest of the illegal sheep in towns like pico rivera, bell, bell gardens, hunington park, compton, north long beach, east of downtown, and lets not forget the sfv, the biggest illegal alien dump of the whole county.. GOD BLESS YOU Fernanda Romero.. Maybee by you being soo cool and sexy, the illegal sheep will get an awakaning