Ex-boyfriend who 'murdered' Hollywood sex therapist Amie Harwick is RE-ARRESTED on charges that now make him eligible for the death penalty after 'throwing her off a third-floor balcony'

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Hollywood sex therapist Amy Harwick's ex-boyfriend has been re-arrested over her killing after initially being freed on $2 million bond and he now faces extra charges.

Gareth Pursehouse, 41, is being held without bail after being charged with lying in wait and first-degree burglary as well as murder, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Harwick, 38, died on Saturday after she was thrown out of the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills apartment. 

Pursehouse had been released on $2million bond after his initial arrest hours after the killing.

The special circumstance allegation of lying in wait means that he is eligible for a death penalty sentence in California if he is convicted. 

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Gareth Pursehouse , 41, is being held without bail and faces the death penalty if convicted of the special circumstance allegation of lying in wait

Harwick was formerly engaged to the Price is Right host Drew Carey but they split in November 2018 after dating for more than a year

Cops were called to Harwick's Hollywood Hills home in the early hours of Saturday morning after reports of a 'woman screaming'.

She was suffering grave injuries and died in hospital from blunt force injuries to the head and torso.

Authorities said she was attacked and Pursehouse was subsequently arrested in connection to her death. He was freed on bond Tuesday but re-arrested Wednesday.

Pursehouse is due to appear in court on Thursday, officials said. 

The arrest comes after it emerged that Harwick allegedly suffered a catalog of abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, who became obsessed with her after she dated him a decade ago.

Harwick, who was a well-known sex therapist and former Playboy model, issued restraining orders against the photographer in 2011 and 2012 detailing a series of physical attacks.

Harwick was found unconscious after falling from a third-floor balcony in her home, pictured

Court documents reviewed by DailyMail.com detail how he once pushed her out of a car on the freeway, and in another incident forced her onto the ground and viciously kicked her in the face.     

Harwick accused Pursehouse suffocated her in May 2011, saying he punched her, slammed her head onto the ground and covered her mouth to keep her from yelling after they got into a fight. He then kicked her leaving her covered in bruises and unable to walk. 

'There were multiple arguments in which Gareth Pursehouse choked me, suffocated me, pushed me against walls, kicked me, dropped me to the ground with force, force-restrained me, slammed my head into the ground and punched me with a closed fist,' she wrote in court paperwork dated June 22, 2011. 

On June 18, 2011 Pursehouse is said to have pushed her out of a car and left her on the freeway late at night. 

Harwick obtained a temporary restraining order against Pursehouse in 2011 and was granted another one less than a year later, which expired in April 2015.

In California the maximum length of a restraining order is five years.  

Harwick had seen Pursehouse in January this year at the XBiz adult-industry awards ceremony in downtown Los Angeles where he was working as a photographer.

She was a guest at the show, hosted by porn star Stormy Daniels, and was pictured posing on the red carpet.  

Harwick and Pursehouse saw each other at the XBiz Awards on January 16, which was said to reignite his obsession with her 

Pursehouse pictured circled in red at the XBiz Awards, was working as a photographer and allegedly harassed Harwick. The porn star Stormy Daniels, pictured in the silver dress, hosted the event

A friend told the Los Angeles Time that seeing her seemed to 'reignite his obsessive preoccupation with her'.

Harwick was the author of the book The New Sex Bible for Women.

She was formerly engaged to the Price is Right host Drew Carey but they split in November 2018 after dating for more than a year.

She received her degree in psychology from California Polytechnic University in Pomona, California. Harwick also earned her masters of arts in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.

In 2015, Harwick appeared in the popular online documentary titled Addicted to Sexting.

She offered weekly therapy sessions at $200 per session, according to her site.