{"id":1245,"date":"2022-09-14T03:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T03:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electronicwordsmith.com\/sweetie-pies-star-says-he-did-not-arrange-nephews-death\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T03:24:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T03:24:59","slug":"sweetie-pies-star-says-he-did-not-arrange-nephews-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electronicwordsmith.com\/sweetie-pies-star-says-he-did-not-arrange-nephews-death\/","title":{"rendered":"“Sweetie Pie’s” star says he didn’t organize nephew’s dying"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 A former star in a St. Louis-based \u201cWelcome to Sweetie Pie\u2019s\u201d actuality tv present testified Tuesday that he was not concerned within the killing of his nephew.<\/p>\n
James \u201cTim\u201d Norman, 43, is accused of<\/a> hiring two folks to kill 21-year-old Andre Montgomery in March 2016 after which making an attempt to money a $450,000 life insurance coverage coverage he took out on his nephew within the months earlier than he was killed.<\/p>\n Norman, 43, advised jurors that he helped his nephew transfer to St. Louis about 18 months earlier than he was killed and supported him financially as a result of he was making an attempt to be careful for Montgomery, The St. Louis Publish-Dispatch reported. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat is my brother\u2019s child, so I attempted my greatest to step in and be a father determine,\u201d Norman advised the jury. \u201cI attempted my greatest to point out him proper from incorrect and tried to be a good friend on the similar time.\u201d<\/p>\n Norman and Montgomery starred in \u201cWelcome to Sweetie Pie\u2019s,\u201d a actuality present on the OWN community that was based mostly at a preferred soul-food enterprise based by Norman\u2019s mom and Montgomery\u2019s grandmother, Robbie Montgomery. <\/p>\n Norman is dealing with two federal murder-for-hire counts and one rely of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. <\/p>\n Prosecutors mentioned Norman paid $10,000 to an unique dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure his nephew to the location the place he was shot and paid $5,000 to Travell Anthony Hill to shoot Montgomery.<\/p>\n