the most was for ann to go to jail. there s no way he wanted anything else. how has all this affect you? what s been the impact? i m beyond upset in terms of the degree of betrayal and how long it was going on. you re basically broke, right? i m absolutely broke. translator: i requested that mr. alvarez be removed as a trustee. the court named a substitute to take his place. we ve reached out to juan dedee oes alvarez, but he s declined to speak with cnn. in this e-mail he says he is following the advice of his attorneys in not giving us an interview. with the civil suit and potentially a criminal trial against alvarez in motion, ann still had her own criminal trial to worry about. next, ann goes on trial.
the decision and on what basis? the decision took us by surprise and after analyzing it, we did not agree with the court s assessment of the case evidence. prosecutors won their appeal and a new trial got under way this month. it was devastating to know that i have to go through this again. this is a travesty in terms of the use of the justice system. friends and family, including john s parents, do not believe his death was premeditated murder. absolutely not. oh, it is just so impossible. the moon could be made of green cheese, actually, before something like that. not only did ann not have a motive to kill him, i know she adored him and could not possibly benefit by his death. months before ann would learn her fate, i asked about her future. if you are again acquitted at
lost her grip on john s hands, started falling back and the gun went off. [ speaking in foreign language ] on the fifth day of trial, testimony ended and closing arguments began. the prosecutor demonstrated how easy it was to shoot the gun. [ speaking in foreign language ]
i did not shoot my husband. you can tell me right here and right now, you did not kill him? i did not shoot my husband. i tried to stop him. on january 14th, 2013, three years after john bender s death, in a courtroom in san ysidro, costa rica, ann bender went on trial, charged with murdering her husband. [ speaking in foreign language ] her lawyer asked about her claim that she saw john holding a gun to his head. [ speaking in foreign language ] on cross-examination, ann told the prosecutor that she had
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