Shalimar Seiuli

On April 22, 1998, Seiul was found dead on the sidewalk outside of her apartment building by a neighbor in the same building. Clad only in lingerie, police suspected that Shalimar was locked out of her apartment, and tried to use her robe as a rope to slide down from the roof then swing to an open window, but instead, she fell five floors and suffered severe head trauma, resulting in her death.

On May 2, 1997, Seiuli, a known prostitute, was being watched by police getting into the SUV, unaware that Murphy was the driver. Murphy was pulled over, questioned for thirty minutes, then released, while Seiuli was arrested for an outstanding warrant on prostitution charges. Murphy claimed he was just being a "good Samaritan" by giving Seiuli a ride.

At 4:55 AM on May 2, 1997. Los Angeles Police officers followed and pulled over a Toyota Land Cruiser after watching Shalimar enter the vehicle. It was then discovered that the driver was actor Eddie Murphy. Murphy was questioned then released since nothing illegal had occurred; however, Seiuli was arrested for an outstanding warrant for prostitution. By morning, the story made international news, with a tabloid paying Shalimar's fifteen thousand dollar bond for details on her arrest.

By 1996, Seiuli moved to Los Angeles, California where she began her transition from male to female via hormone replacement therapy; affording the pills by getting into street prostitution on Santa Monica Boulevard, a street notorious for transgender prostitution.

Seiuli was born to a devout Mormon family in the village of Mesepa, American Samoa. From a young age, Seiuli identified as female; adopting the name Shalimar after the imported French fragrance as a teenager. Seiuli was the cheerleading captain at Leone High School and was crowned Miss American Samoan Island Queen in 1993.

Saoaumaga Atisone Kenneth Seiuli (July 6, 1976 – April 22, 1998) known professionally as Shalimar, Atisone Seiuli, or Shalimar Seiuli was an American–Samoan transgender dancer and public figure who gained infamy when she was seen getting into the SUV of the actor Eddie Murphy.