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tulipsandroses

(5,094 posts)
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 08:46 PM Sep 2022

Dang, Oprah's folks are just proving to be horrible people

From Oz to Dr.Phil. At least they haven’t turned out to be murderers.
Tim Norman found guilty in murder for hire plot to kill his nephew for insurance money. You never know the evil that lies in some people. He took out insurance on his nephew then had him murdered. Watching that show, no one would have guessed he was capable of murder.

Sweetie Pie’s’ star Tim Norman convicted of arranging nephew’s murder
Norman and his nephew, Andre Montgomery, starred in the long-running OWN reality show about a popular soul-food business founded in the St. Louis area by Robbie Montgomery — Norman’s mother and Andre’s grandmother.


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Federal prosecutors said Norman, 43, hired two people to kill the 21-year-old Montgomery on March 14, 2016, then tried to cash a $450,000 life insurance policy taken out on his nephew months earlier.


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Prosecutors said Norman paid $10,000 to an exotic dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure his nephew to the site where he was shot and paid $5,000 to Travell Anthony Hill to shoot Montgomery. Ellis and Hill both testified for the prosecution in the case. They have both pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme.

In testimony during the trial, Norman said he helped his nephew move to St. Louis about 18 months before he was killed and supported him financially because he was trying to watch out for Montgomery. He said he sought to be a “father figure” to his brother’s son.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna48136
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CrispyQ

(36,247 posts)
4. No one should be able to take out a life policy on you without your consent.
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 09:22 PM
Sep 2022

I thought there was a law to that affect once. ???

niyad

(112,445 posts)
11. Thank you for that most informative link. The first time I heard the phrase
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 11:14 AM
Sep 2022

was in a discussion about the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, and how the disgusting owners actually benefitted.

Tikki

(14,539 posts)
7. Oprah and her people pretty much have been horrible people.
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 09:55 PM
Sep 2022

She hoisted schwarzenegger on us and he was a horrible governor.

She does not care about who oz really is as long as she gets the notoriety she craves.

Tikki

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
10. She is solely responsible for unleashing Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil on an unsuspecting public.
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 11:13 AM
Sep 2022

I have ZERO respect for her.

One of my former bosses just loved Dr. Oz, so much so she never missed a show. It was all I could do to not say something.

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