reporter: sandra met tony tung when she was living in new york back in the 80 s. she says when tony first met sophie, he fell hard. they were a beautiful couple. i was very happy for them and i was very happy for tony. and then sophie being french, so that was great. reporter: when contacted by investigators, sandra told them all she knew. sophie had the career, an important job in finance with an international firm. tony stayed home with the kids. he served as president of the pta at their school. did tony share with you the joys of being a dad? yeah, cause we talked about it all the time. he was so much full of love for his girls and since he was the one raising them, he was there 100% of the time. he s mr. mom? yeah. reporter: once the girls were older, tony wanted to work, too. so, with sophie s financial help, he opened a computer store. hopes were high, but business was bad. and sandra says when tony learned sophie was having an
you know, my friend was really going through a terrible time and i was so far away. reporter: sandra met tony tung when she was living in new york back in the 80 s. she says when tony first met sophie, he fell hard. they were a beautiful couple. i was very happy for them and i was very happy for tony. and then sophie being french, so that was great. reporter: when contacted by investigators, sandra told them all she knew. sophie had the career, an important job in finance with an international firm. tony stayed home with the kids. he served as president of the pta at their school. did tony share with you the joys of being a dad? yeah, cause we talked about it all the time. he was so much full of love for his girls and since he was the one raising them, he was there 100% of the time. he s mr. mom? yeah. reporter: once the girls were older, tony wanted to work, too. so, with sophie s financial help, he opened a computer store. hopes were high, but business was bad. and s
families would be there. did you follow the trial? were you able to over the internet? i was able to, yes a little bit. for sandra, the man she read about in online accounts was no resemblance to the man she had known for 30 years. did you think for a second maybe i don t know tony as well as i think? no. no. because tony knew also that doing something stupid as in going to kill this man, then what? then you end up in jail for the rest of your life and is it really worth it? i mean, what mattered for him was his girls. the veteran prosecutor that was chosen to try the case saw it differently. this case was about perhaps the oldest motive in the world. in this case, she and he done
sophie and her daughter, her 8-year-old daughter at a museum. how open is sophie to you? she was a very open person. when i asked her, why would rob cantor be found in the basement bedroom, she broke down and she began to cry. what was significant about the basement bedroom? that was the place that she and rob had consummated their relationship. the french-born sophie was 40. 19 years younger than rob. they had been seeing each other for more than a year and had a lot in common, running, philosophy, and science, but there was one problem, sophie was married when they met and raising three daughters, ages 5 to 10 with her husband. sophie was living a bit of a secret life. initially, yes, but it wasn t too long before it all came out. sandra, who was a close
friend of sophie s husband was living in france when she heard about the affair. i was sad. you know, my friend was really going through a terrible time, and i was so far away. sandra met tony living in new york in the 80s. she says when tony first met sophie, he fell hard. they were a beautiful couple. i was very happy for them, and i was very happy for tony and then sophie being french. so that was great. when contacted by investigators, sandra told them all she knew. sophie had a career, an important job in finance, tony stayed home with the kids. he served as president of the pta at their school. did tony share with you the joys of being a dad? yeah. we talked about it all the time. he was so full of love for his girls and he was there 100% of the time. he s mr. mom.