Olivia Newton-John Commissions Exorcism

For home where man committed suicide

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 24, 2013 10:38 AM CDT

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Olivia Newton-John Commissions Exorcism — Australian actress Olivia Newton-John arrives at a central London bookstore for a signing of her book 'Livwise', Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

After a man committed suicide at her Florida home, Olivia Newton-John has responded by—what else?—getting a priest to perform an exorcism on the property, Radar reports. Contractor Christopher Pariseletti, 41, shot himself in the head last month. Newton-John and her husband were trying to sell the 5,500-square-foot property, but the death gave potential buyer Rosie O'Donnell cold feet. Perhaps the priest, who recited prayers and sprinkled holy water as Newton-John, her husband, and friends watched, can turn things around. (Read more Olivia Newton-John stories.)