Aissa Wayne’s Attacker Goes on Probation

SANTA ANA — One of four men convicted in the attack on Aissa Wayne, John Wayne’s daughter, was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in jail for holding a gun to her head while his partner attacked her boyfriend.

But Superior Court Judge John J. Ryan then released Jeffrey Bouey from custody and put him on three years of probation because he had already served the time before his trial.

Bouey, who testified for the prosecution in the case, was found guilty of assault and conspiracy.

Wayne and her boyfriend, Roger W. Luby, were attacked Oct. 3, 1988, in the garage of his Newport Beach home.

Her former husband, Thomas Gionis, was convicted of engineering the attack, which occurred during a custody battle over their daughter Anastasia, who is now 5.

Gionis was sentenced to five years in prison in July but was free on $2 million bail while appealing his conviction.

Oded Daniel Gal, a private investigator Gionis hired to set up the beating, is serving a four-year term.

Bouey held a gun to Wayne’s head while Jerrel Hintergardt repeatedly slammed Luby’s face into the garage floor and then slashed Luby’s Achilles’ tendon. Afterward, Hintergardt grabbed Wayne by the hair and smashed her face into the floor.

Hintergardt was convicted two years ago and sentenced to eight years in prison.