Final Press Release 9/30/02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, September 30, 2002
5:00 p.m. PDT
Contact Jessie Smith at
Jessie@eric-etebari.com

WITCHBLADE ACTORS RAISE OVER $10,000 IN CHARITY AUCTION

Proceeds To Benefit Hollygrove and Habitat For Humanity of Los Angeles, CA and Beacon House of Louisville, KY

PORTLAND, ORE - Actors Anthony Cistaro, Eric Etebari and John Hensley – stars of TNT’s original drama Witchblade – raised $10,113 from 124 autographed items in the Champions of Charity Auction.

Auction organizers Jessie Smith of the EtebarIAN Fan Club (www.eric-etebari.com), Tamara and Heather Tsang of AnthonyCistaro.com (www.anthonycistaro.com), and Tricia Harris of JohnHensley.net (www.johnhensley.net) announced the results after the four-week auction ended.

“This was a tremendous show of support from fans of Witchblade and the individual actors,” Smith said. “We are extremely thankful to everyone who participated in the online auction.”

Cistaro’s charity was Habitat for Humanity – Los Angeles. Etebari selected Hollygrove in Los Angeles. Hensley chose Beacon House in Louisville, KY. When a bidder won an item with an actor’s signature on it, the donation was made to that actor’s charity. In cases where more than one signature appeared, the donation was split evenly.

The auction drew 108 registered bidders, with 48 unduplicated winners overall.