The man accused of murdering Hollywood sex therapist Amie Harwick has been pictured for the first time since he was released on a $2million bond.
Gareth Pursehouse, 41, is seen in pictures exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com standing on a balcony of a home in Playa Del Rey, California.
He was spotted on Wednesday just hours after he was freed from jail for allegedly throwing Harwick off a balcony to her death at her home on Saturday.
Pursehouse has been charged with murder in connection with the slaying and is due back in court on March 10.
Harwick’s ex-fiance, The Price Is Right host Drew Carey, was also seen stepping out on Wednesday for the first time since the horrific slaying.
He took out the trash outside his home and also shared a heartbreaking tribute in a Boomerang video.
In the footage the beaming couple are seen cuddled up on an oversized chair in a Christmas-themed room. It’s unclear when it was taken.
Gareth Pursehouse, 41, is seen in pictures exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com standing on a balcony of a home in Playa Del Rey, just days after he allegedly murdered Hollywood sex therapist Amie Harwick
He was seen on Wednesday just hours after he was freed from jail for allegedly throwing Harwick off a balcony to her death
He posted a clip of the pair with the caption: ‘I hope you’re lucky enough to have someone in your life that loves as much as she did.’
Carey, 61, who dated Harwick from June 2017 until November 2018, broke cover for the first time since her murder on Tuesday.
He was spotted taking out the garbage at his home in Hollywood Hills in photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.
Drew Carey posted a Boomerang video with his slain ex-fiancee Amie Harwick to Twitter on Tuesday, writing in the caption: ‘I hope you’re lucky enough to have someone in your life that loves as much as she did.’ The heartbreaking tribute came days after the sex therapist was allegedly thrown off a balcony to her death by her crazed ex-boyfriend
Carey, 61, broke cover on Tuesday for the first time since Harwick was murdered at her home in Playa Del Rey on Saturday
The Price Is Right host was seen taking out the trash at his Hollywood Hills home in photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com
Carey spoke out about Harwick’s death on Monday in a statement emailed to US Weekly.
‘Amie and I had a love that people are lucky to have once in a lifetime. She was a positive force in the world, a tireless and unapologetic champion for women, and passionate about her work as a therapist. I am overcome with grief,’ he said.
‘I would like to thank you in advance for giving myself and everyone who loved Amie privacy while we try to work through this tragic situation.’
The statement came after it was announced that the Price Is Right had cancelled this week’s tapings and will be on hiatus indefinitely.
Carey also tweeted a link to an online petition Harwick’s friend Diana Arias started on Monday seeking to eliminate expiration dates on restraining orders.
Carey and Harwick dated for over a year from June 2017 until November 2018. Carey spoke out about Harwick’s death on Monday, writing in a statement: ‘Amie and I had a love that people are lucky to have once in a lifetime. She was a positive force in the world, a tireless and unapologetic champion for women, and passionate about her work as a therapist’
His statement came after it was announced that the show has cancelled this week’s tapings. Carey is pictured on the show during an October 2019 episode
Carey and Harwick first made their relationship public in June 2017. They were engaged in January 2018.
Harwick, the author of The New Sex Bible for Women, and Carey split in November 2018 after dating for more than a year.
Years before she dated Carey, Harwick was in a troubled relationship with Pursehouse.
The 41-year-old was arrested and charged with her murder on Saturday after officers responding to a call about a ‘woman screaming’ found Harwick unconscious on the ground outside her apartment in Playa Del Rey.
She died in the hospital of blunt force injuries to the head and torso.
The doctor’s roommate told police that after Pursehouse broke in, they ran out of the apartment to get help for her.
Pursehouse was released on $2million bond on Tuesday.
Court documents reviewed by DailyMail.com catalog years of alleged abuse that drove Harwick to file for two restraining orders against Pursehouse in 2011 and 2012.
The pair dated 10 years ago and split after the relationship turned violent – but Pursehouse continued to be obsessed with her and harassed her up until her death.
Years before she dated Carey, Harwick (left) was in a troubled relationship with Gareth Pursehouse (right), who has now been charged with her murder
Harwick was found unconscious after falling from a third-floor balcony in her home (pictured)
On January 11, 2012, Harwick and Pursehouse got into an argument in the car and he tried to pull her out of the vehicle.
Pursehouse then took her suitcases from the car and threw them out.
Harwick suffered a bloody nose and scratches from his roughness, she reported in her court order filed on April 12, 2012.
On March 18, 2012, Pursehouse broke into her apartment complex and smashed 10 pictured frames on her front door. Then he texted her a chilling warning saying, ‘Things will get worse.’
The next day he broke into the apartment building and left about four dozen flowers taped to her door.
The following day he returned yet again, this time to wait outside her door playing music.
The next day he proceeded to send threatening e-mails to her friends.
Court documents reviewed by DailyMail.com catalog years of alleged abuse in documents for two restraining orders against Pursehouse in 2011 and 2012
In her restraining order she detailed how in March 2012 Pursehouse smashed 10 picture frames on her front door. He returned for the next three days to tape flowers on her door and play music outside her apartment
In 2012 Pursehouse allegedly tried to pull her out of a car and threw her suitcases out of the vehicle. She was left with a bloody nose and scratches in the confrontation
Harwick’s landlord was listed as a witness to his stalking incidents in March.
In May 2011 Harwick claimed that Pursehouse suffocated her, punched her and slammed her head onto the ground during a fight. He allegedly covered her mouth to keep her from yelling.
He then kicked her leaving her covered in bruises and unable to walk. She said she suffered broken blood vessels around her face and her back and neck suffered from whiplash.
‘There were multiple arguments in which Gareth Pursehouse choked me, suffocated me, pushed me against walls, kicked me, dropped me to the ground with force, force-restrained me, slammed my head into the ground and punched me with a closed fist,’ she wrote in court paperwork dated June 22, 2011.
‘He has told me he hit me “because I made him so mad!” He refused to get help while in [the] relationship.’
On June 18, 2011 Pursehouse pushed her out of a car and left her on the freeway late at night. In the incident she suffered bruises.
In California the maximum length of a restraining order is five years. Her restraining order had expired against him at the time of his death.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Pursehouse, pictured, has worked as a photographer as well as a software engineer and developer. His most recent job was as lead architect at Internet Brands.
Pursehouse posted this picture of himself on Instagram in 2017
In her 2012 restraining order she requested that the court order Pursehouse to enter a 52-week batterer intervention program.
Harwick obtained a temporary restraining order against Pursehouse in 2011, but she did not attend a follow-up hearing and the order was dismissed, according to court records.
Less than a year later she was granted another temporary restraining order. A judge extended that order in April 2012, which expired in April 2015.
In that agreement Pursehouse was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Harwick and refrain from contacting her.
She recently ran into Pursehouse in January at the XBiz adult-industry awards ceremony, which was hosted by porn star Stormy Daniels, in downtown Los Angeles.
She was a guest at the show and walked the red carpet. Pursehouse was a photographer working the event and seeing her seemed to ‘reignite his obsessive preoccupation with her’, a friend said to the Los Angeles Times.
Harwick recently ran into Pursehouse at the XBiz adult-industry awards ceremony in downtown Los Angeles on January 16. She is seen walking the red carpet at the event hosted by porn star Stormy Daniels
Pursehouse (circled in red) was a photographer working the event and seeing her seemed to ‘reignite his obsessive preoccupation with her’, a friend told the Los Angeles Times
Following Harwick’s death, her friend Diana Arias started an online petition on Monday seeking to eliminate expiration dates on restraining orders.
‘Amie had a restraining order in place against a violent ex boyfriend she dated over a decade ago. The restraining order had expired before her untimely death,’ the petition that raised over 36,000 signatures Wednesday said.
‘In the last week of January 2020, this ex boyfriend attended an event, at which she was making an appearance, and continued his harassment of her. He began to stalk her thereafter and on late Valentine’s night decided to attack her in her own home.
In 2014, Harwick published The New Sex Bible for Women: The Complete Guide to Sexual Self-Awareness and Intimacy
‘This man clearly needed treatment, incarceration and/or punishment for years prior to this attack. She should have never been in this situation like so many other victims.’
The petition seeks to eliminate expiration dates on restraining orders and mandate long term counseling for stalkers and abusers.
Harwick was a well known sex and family therapist in the Hollywood area.
The former Playboy model received her degree in psychology from California Polytechnic University in Pomona, California and went on to earn a masters of arts in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.
In 2015, Harwick appeared in the popular online documentary titled Addicted to Sexting.
She offered weekly therapy sessions at $200 per session, according to her site.
Following Harwick’s death, her friend Diana Arias started an online petition on Monday seeking to eliminate expiration dates on restraining orders