multi-millionaire and you don t have any money. and he said, well, harvey s got it all tied up in these offshore accounts. reporter: the detectives discovered harvey morrow had put steven s inheritance money into an off-shore bank account in the british virgin islands, just as he said he would, but then he secretly brought it back to the u.s. in small increments and used the money to refurbish the boat. harvey just sucked up all that money? all of it. reporter: steven, by his own admission a lousy money manager, trusting, vulnerable after the death of his father, was, said detectives, the perfect mark. steven was no match for this man at all. reporter: nor, apparently, was his wife, debbie. i was really very much in love with harvey. reporter: but as she now began to discover the man she loved had lied. a house in vail, colorado, which he told her he owned outright, actually belonged to someone else. the money she sent him when she went back to work? vanished.
that answer turned up in meticulous detail in harvey s own ship s ledger. he put, according to his own ledgers, $1.7 million into that yacht. so almost the whole amount he took from steven went right back into that yacht. reporter: no wonder, said steven s friend sylvia, no wonder, the last time they went out to lunch she had to pick up the check. he was so embarrassed. and i said, how could this be? i mean, you re a multi-millionaire and you don t have any money. and he said, well, harvey s got it all tied up in these offshore accounts. reporter: the detectives discovered harvey morrow had put steven s inheritance money into an off-shore bank account in the british virgin islands, just as he said he would, but then he secretly brought it back to the u.s. in small increments and used the money to refurbish the boat. harvey just sucked up all that money? all of it. reporter: steven, by his own admission a lousy money manager, trusting, vulnerable after the death of h
fireplace, was paid for, practically every dollar, by the unwitting steven b. that answer turned up in meticulous detail in harvey s own ship s ledger. he put, according to his own ledgers, $1.7 million into that yacht. so almost the whole amount he took from steven went right back into that yacht. reporter: no wonder, said steven s friend sylvia, no wonder the last time they went out to lunch she had to pick up the check. he was so embarrassed. and i said, how could this be? you re a multimillionaire and you don t have any money. and he said, well, harvey s got it all tied up in these offshore accounts. reporter: the detectives discovered harvey morrow had put steven s inheritance money into an off-shore bank account in the british virgin islands, just as he said he would. but then, he secretly brought it back to the u.s. in small increments and used the money to refurbish the boat. harvey just sucked up all that money? all of it.
once he s placed in custody, loses hope and becomes desperate. that should not, in our opinion, should not have been introduced in this trial. that s a whole separate trial, a whole separate issue. reporter: the defense tried to keep all that out of the trial did not succeed. yeah, because it makes him look like a bad, evil guy who forced his daughters to use their inheritance money to pay for his attorneys, a low, scummy thing to do. but none of that put him in the house. none of that put any dna on him, in his house car, person, anything along those lines. judge, at this time, the defense rests. thank you. reporter: all along, steve s family remained rock solid in his corner. as sister sharon said. i wanna think the best of my brother. the other part of it is that no one showed me anything that changes my mind. there is no evidence to say, well, you know, you re not thinkin about this. show me something. but do you see your own kind of, understandable family bias
its pricey power winches, its expensive electronics, its polished teak, washer-dryer, fireplace, was paid for, practically every dollar, by the unwitting steven b. that answer turned up in meticulous detail in harvey s own ship s ledger. he put, according to his own ledgers, $1.7 million into that yacht. so almost the whole amount he took from steven went right back into that yacht. reporter: no wonder, said steven s friend sylvia, no wonder, the last time they went out to lunch she had to pick up the check. he was so embarrassed. and i said, how could this be? i mean, you re a multi-millionaire and you don t have any money. and he said, well, harvey s got it all tied up in these offshore accounts. reporter: the detectives discovered harvey morrow had put steven s inheritance money into an off-shore bank account in the british virgin islands, just as he said he would, but then he secretly brought it back to the u.s. in small increments and used the money to refurbish the