Georgia mother arrested in plot to kill husband had accused the previous Auburn soccer participant of abuse

A Georgia mom accused of plotting to kill her estranged husband had accused the previous Auburn soccer participant of home violence when he filed for divorce, court docket doc mentioned.

Lindsay Shiver, 36, a former pageant queen, was arrested within the Bahamas after police stumbled upon her alleged scheme to homicide Robert Shiver, 38, with the assistance of her reported lover, Terrance Bethel, 28, and Faron Newbold, 29.

Robert Shiver, a former Auburn College soccer participant, apparently uncovered “adulterous conduct” and filed for divorce on April 5 in Thomas County Superior Courtroom, in keeping with court docket filings obtained by The Publish.

Describing their 13-year marriage as “damaged,” Robert sought custody of their three kids, in addition to the only use of the couple’s $2.5 million mansion in Thomasville, Ga.

He additionally requested the court docket to dismiss any claims for alimony, saying his spouse was totally able to caring for herself, in keeping with the submitting.

The day after Robert filed for divorce, Lindsay submitted her response, accusing him of home violence, chopping her off from his cash, and “bodily and psychological merciless therapy.”

In her submitting, her lawyer states: “Spouse feels unsafe within the marital house and has put in locks on the inside doorways of the house for defense. Husband has abused the Spouse within the house within the kids’s presence on a number of events, not solely bodily but in addition mentally and emotionally.”

Lindsay denied that she had an affair when she was along with Robert, claiming that any “extramarital relationship defendant has had was through the events’ separation and legally condoned by [the] husband.”

She additionally accused Robert of hiding cash from her and chopping her off from his accounts and never letting her participate of their household’s lavish way of life. Robert is notably the son of Allen Shiver, the retired CEO of Flowers Foods, a billion-dollar baking firm.

“Immediately husband isn’t allowing spouse to make use of the jet or have entry to funds,” her lawyer wrote.

Lindsay claimed that in a single occasion, the husband used the jet to take their kids for a weekend getaway with out her, and refused to return with them till she known as the police.

The household usually took journeys to a trip house they owned within the Bahamas, close to the place she met her alleged lover Bethel, a source familiar with the case told the Thomasville Times-Enterprise.

Lindsay known as on the court docket to grant her sole possession of their house and custody of their kids, whereas additionally requesting a restraining order from Robert.

She additionally requested alimony funds and for the court docket to divide their belongings evenly, together with their financial institution and retirement accounts, vehicles, the boat, jet, companies, different monetary holdings and even furnishings.

Representatives for Robert and Lindsay didn’t instantly reply to The Publish’s request for remark.

Lindsay was set to attend a deposition on July 18, nevertheless it was rescheduled for Oct. 31 after she was arrested within the Bahamas.

Native police mentioned they unearthed texts that detailed the plot to kill Robert whereas they searched the telephone of a suspected burglar at Grabber’s Bar and Grill in Nice Guana Cay within the Bahamas earlier this month.

It wasn’t instantly identified whether or not Lindsay, Bethel or Newbold owned the telephone.

Lindsay, who was named Miss Houston County in 2005, allegedly paid a would-be hitman to hold out the homicide as a response to the divorce submitting, according to WTVY.

After their arrest, Lindsay, Bethel and Newbold have been transported from Guana to the Caribbean nation’s capital, Nassau. They appeared in court docket Friday however weren’t required to enter a plea, the outlet mentioned.

The trio is due again in court docket on Oct. 5.