Claudia Martha Haro is an American actress. Her screen roles were all in films with ex-husband

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'' (1994), Marty in '' With Honors'' (1994), Trudy in ''

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'' (1995), and Julie in '' Gone Fishin''' (1997), with the exception of playing a receptionist in New Line Cinema's ''

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'' (1994). She was sentenced to prison in 2012 for her involvement in the attempted murder of her ex-husband Garrett Warren.

Personal life

Haro was married to

, with whom she has a daughter, from 1988 to 1992. She also has a daughter with Garrett Warren to whom she was married from 1998 to 2000.

Attempted murder of Garrett Warren

On May 20, 2000, Haro's ex-husband Garrett Warren, from whom she had recently filed for divorce, was shot four times in the chest, neck, left hip, and right eye by a gunman who arrived at the front door of his

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, apartment. Warren survived the attack, but lost his right eye. In December 2005, Haro was arrested on charges related to the crime. She ultimately pleaded

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to two counts of attempted murder and a principal firearm charge for the attempted murder of Warren. In April 2012, she was sentenced to 12 years and 4 months in prison. She served her sentence at the

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. She was paroled in August 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haro, Claudia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Pennsylvania American film actresses Criminals from California Criminals from Pennsylvania American female criminals 21st-century American criminals American people convicted of attempted murder