A Georgia mother of three accused of plotting the murder of her former NFL player husband in the Bahamas claims she has not seen her children since returning to the United States for vacation.
Lindsey Shiver alleges in a complaint filed Jan. 3 in Georgia's Thomas County Superior Court that Robert Shiver prevented her from seeing her three children and made their whereabouts unknown. he claimed. According to court tv.
The couple has three sons, all under the age of 12.
Under the ruling, the former beauty queen was allowed to return to her family home in Alabama on Dec. 22 while she awaits her murder-for-hire trial in the Bahamas.
However, the complaint alleges that Robert Shiver broke an agreement that allowed the children to visit Lindsay under the condition of their parents' supervision.
“The plaintiff (Robert Shiver) denied the defendant (Lindsay Shiver) direct contact with her children during the holiday season,” her attorney wrote in the motion, according to the paper.
Lindsay Shiver's attorney claims that she was once allowed to use FaceTime to talk to her children on one of their devices on Christmas Day, but that she has not been able to contact them since then. ing.
Lindsay Shiver was not allowed to travel to Georgia, where she lived with her estranged husband.
“It is believed that the children were placed in the care of a babysitter for an extended period of time during a vacation that was supposed to be in Alabama with their mother and other beloved relatives,” the attorney said.
“The children are aware that the defendant (Lynday Shiver) is at their grandparents' home in Alabama, and the youngest child in particular is distraught.”
Robert Shiver, 38, had pleaded with a judge to cancel his request to return to the United States, explaining that he was “grateful to be alive” after a failed attempt on his life.
“When I reviewed the indictment, this was exactly what was going to happen…I fear for my safety,” the former Auburn University football player said after the Dec. 21 sentencing.
In the same complaint, her lawyers allege that her estranged husband sold her a 2021 Cadillac Escalade to her without her consent, before she allegedly plotted to kill him. He said he removed her personal belongings from the Georgia home they once shared.
According to the motion, Robert Shiver allegedly cut off access to financial resources on multiple occasions.
Lindsey Shiver has been on remand to the Bahamas since July, but was released on condition that she wear an electronic monitoring device and abide by a curfew.
Shiver instructed his bartender girlfriend Adrian Bethel, 28, and alleged assassin Fallon Newbold Jr., 29, to kill Robert Shiver as his divorce became increasingly bitter. He has been charged with suspicion.
The mother of three is alleged to have sent Bethel a series of emails asking her to “kill” her husband.
The plan was foiled when local police unearthed a text detailing the damage during an unrelated investigation into the break-in at the waterfront bar where Bethel worked.
Both Lindsey Shiver and Bethel denied that they were seriously pursuing a murder-for-hire plot.
Before their marriage fell apart, the Shivers split their time between a multimillion-dollar mansion in Thomasville, Georgia, and a luxury home in the upscale Bahamas enclave of Bakers Bay.
The two met in 2007 when Robert Shiver was captain of the Auburn University football team.
After his college career, Robert Civer signed with the Atlanta Falcons as a free agent, but was released before the 2009 season.
He then became executive vice president of a senior life insurance company.
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Lindsey Shiver is expected to return to the Bahamas ahead of her trial on February 21, 2024, the newspaper said.
The commission murder trial is scheduled to begin on March 4th.
