what did he say? he was angry, candy, what is this? and i said, i don t know. so he calls emmett. rob goes why are you texting my wife at this time of night? emmett s answer? two minutes later he showed up at rob s house, they talked like duelling lovers out on the sidewalk and rob came back inside. rob tossed my phone up on our bed and he said, you win. i can t compete. he s young, he s a good looking guy. he s an attorney, you make him a lot of money. what good am i? and he was just devastated. now you got yourself a pretty complicated life at this stage? yeah. of course, by february of 2011, emmett s life was complicated, too, ashlee could see how stressed he was, didn t understand it. that or why he seemed to avoid coming home.
complicated, too, ashlee could see how stressed he was, didn t understand it. that or why he seemed to avoid coming home. there was one time when my son asked him if he lived with us anymore and we were in the bedroom, he s like, what s that all about? i was like, well, we miss you. and he just, he just kind of yelled and screamed and then left. ashlee thought maybe it was her fault. she went to marriage counseling. emmett refused to go. i felt really pushed away, was trying to find an answer and tried to surprise him by cleaning out his car and found a weird envelope. a weird envelope? an envelope with some sort of pill. i researched online and one of the side effects was problems with intimacy and sexuality. i thought maybe if he was doing that, that could explain why he didn t necessarily want me. did you take it personally,
i think he waited until there were no eyewitnesses and he executed emmett corrigan. a neat and tidy theory, agreed the defense. but completely wrong. this fight was started by emmett corrigan. rob was a nice guy said the defense and it was emmett who was out of control, emmett who kept amphetamines and steroids in his pickup truck. drugs with serious side effects said experts. he had hyperability, as well as impulsiveness and an explosive temper. what really happened? rob didn t testify. a doctor backed his claim because of his head wound he simply couldn t
reporter: what did he say? he was angry. kandi, what is this? i said i don t know. so he calls emmett. why are you texting my wife at this time of night? reporter: emmett s answer, two minutes later, he showed up at rob s house, they talked like dueling lovers on the sidewalk, then rob came back inside. rob tossed my phone up on our bed and he said you win. i can t compete. he s young. he s good looking guy. an attorney. you make him a lot of money. what good am i? it was just devastating. reporter: now you got yourself a pretty complicated life at this stage? yeah. reporter: of course, that is february 2011. emmett s life was complicated too. ashley could see how stressed he was, didn t understand it. that or why he seemed to avoid coming home.
theory agreed the defense, but completely wrong. rob was a nice guy, said the and it was emmett out of control. who kept amphetamines and steroids in his pickup truck, drugs with serious side effects. he had hyper irritability and as well impulsiveness, explosive temper. reporter: what really happened? rob didn t testify. a doctor backed his claim that because of his head wound, he simply couldn t remember. so the defense offered a theory that emmett started the fight, then the gun fell on the ground, emmett got the gun, shot rob and emmett shot back in self-defense. and the courtroom came to a halt. every head turned when a star witness took the stand to support that theory.