Nykänen was married six times. His first wife was a 'sausage heiress" named Mervi Tapola. They were married in 2001; divorced in 2003; and remarried in 2004 only to finally divorce again in 2010, after Tapola's 15 request for a divorce. The marriage was unhealthy and because they were both famous, in the news. Nykänen assaulted Tapola in 2000 and he was given a suspended sentence. While on probation he abused her again. He was sent to prison for four months. When he was released, he stabbed a man at a pizza restaurant. On Christmas Day in 2009, he assaulted he wife with a knife and tried to throttle her with a bathrobe belt. He was arrested but the charges were dropped a few days later for insufficient evidence. Nykänen did spend 16 more months in prison for grievous bodily harm on his wife. In 2004 he was sentence to 26 months in prison for attempted manslaughter on a family friend.
Nykänen also became a singer after his ski jumping career ended. He won a golden record in Finland for his first album, but his next one didn't do well. Financial trouble caused him to work as a stripper for a short time, before making a comeback, releasing a third studio album
Nykänen died in 2019 from pancreatitis and pneumonia.
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