AS I LAY DYING Frontman Ordered To Stand Trial On Charges Of Hiring Hitman To Kill Ex-Wife
Monday, 16th September 2013
According to The Associated Press, AS I LAY DYING’s frontman will stand trial on a charge of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife, a judge in San Diego ruled Monday.
The decision came after a preliminary hearing for Timothy Lambesis that featured several hours of testimony by prosecution witnesses, including an undercover officer who said he posed as a hitman named “Red” and met with the singer.
San Diego County sheriff’s Officer Howard Bradley testified that Lambesis met him at a book store in May in Oceanside and told him he wanted his wife “gone.”
Bradley told the court he asked Lambesis directly if he wanted his wife killed, and the singer replied, “‘Yes, I do.'”
Lambesis said his wife, Meggan Lambesis, had restricted his visits with their three adopted children after they were separated in September, Bradley recalled, adding he was also angry because she was going to get a chunk of his income in a divorce settlement.
Bradley said Lambesis told him at the end of their meeting, “‘just to clarify, just so you know, I do want her dead.'”
Lambesis has pleaded not guilty to solicitation for murder. If convicted, he could face up to nine years in prison. San Diego Superior Court Judge Robert Kearney set his arraignment for October 22 at the courthouse in Vista.
