Face. Was it finally liberating for lorenzen the be finally out of the marriage . Finally free. Reporter as part of the divorce settlement, lorenzen took out 1 Million Dollar Life Insurance policy that would be paid the six children upon his death. It would be administered by sherra, since she was awarded custody. Ren was also ordered to pay alimony in child support, totaling 26, 000, a month. Lorenzen, even though he made 55 Million playing basketball, he was broke. He had two very expensive homes that were foreclosed on. They were bouncing checks left and right. They burned through all this money. He seemed to be in need of money. Reporter big money, but from where . Detectives had a new lead about how ren was trying to raise some quick cash, and it would take his Murder Investigation in a whole new direction. You had to take the drug
face. was it finally liberating for lorenzen the be finally out of the marriage? finally free. reporter: as part of the divorce settlement, lorenzen took out 1 million dollar life insurance policy that would be paid the six children upon his death. it would be administered by sherra, since she was awarded custody. ren was also ordered to pay alimony in child support, totaling $26, 000, a month. lorenzen, even though he made $55 million playing basketball, he was broke. he had two very expensive homes that were foreclosed on. they were bouncing checks left and right. they burned through all this money. he seemed to be in need of money. reporter: big money, but from where? detectives had a new lead about how ren was trying to raise some quick cash, and it would take his murder investigation in a whole new direction. you had to take the drug
grizzlies and all the other nba teams, so the money is going to sherra, because she is the custody of her own children with lorenzen. there was that life insurance policy that lorenzen put in place for her is six children when he and sherra divorced. when his father found out that sherra was not using the money in their best interest, he sued. he spent somewhere like manager $30,000. burn right versus sherra wright, who received more than 1 million dollars between august we end up going to court. the entire insurance fund is almost all gone, and his father wanted to put a stop to that. reporter: robert wright is asking the court for sherra to be removed as trustee of 1 million dollar insurance policy. reporter: sherra was not a court and on camera. my whole life, pretty much, we are going to quite a bit.
wayne lapierre and other nra leaders hopped on a crisis call to decide how the organization would handle the situation. and according to the tapes released by npr in 2021, the nra was in a panic. they considered canceling their convention, that would be held just days later, a few miles away from columbine, in denver. even pitched the idea of starting a 1 million dollar victims fund. but ultimately, this is the key piece, the strategy they landed on is the one we have seen from the nra and its allies ever since. defiance. despite the urging of the victims families to cancel the convention, the nra pressed on, despite protest. and an array president charlton hesston deliver these words to crying any regulation on gun ownership. we cannot, we must not let tragedy lay waste to the most rare and hard one human rights in history. we will not relinquish it, or be silenced about it, or be told do not come here, you are
with my client and saying this is obviously good news, i cannot lie to you judges don t take this long to decide these motions. after hours of watching the clock go round, the defendant, out on 1 million dollar bond praying with his circle of friends and families in the hallway the judge at last return to the bench. the court has been reviewing this matter for approximately five hours, and i think an extraordinary length of time to review any motion for directed verdict. he started, there was a case to be made for the defense s position. albeit it could be made that the evidence is marginal. then, he seemed to point out the merits of the prosecutions argument. this is in many ways a classic murder case, if the evidence is believed by the jury, then the jury could reach a finding of guilt. on the one hand, and the