time brett scrambling have been a serious issue. he was caught before it is a serious amount of debt. his father bailed him out, about $100,000. the state try to convince the jury that killing tammy had been brett s we out of a shaky marriage and his gambling debt. tammy had taking out a life insurance policy. 360,000 was the ultimate amount. who was a beneficiary on? that bright. tommy also had close to $200,000 in a four one key. combined with the insurance, nearly 1.1 million all left to brett. what kind of man sets up his friend to take the fall for murdering his wife, and then he murders the friend and leaves him with a legacy of that he murdered somebody. he wanted to perpetuate this lifestyle. he wanted to continue to gamble. he wanted to enjoy the girlfriends. and tammy was a hindrance. he felt like this is was his we. out in court, the ugly accusations seem to get to brett, as the medical examiner
gambler himself was deep in debt, but he wasn t debt to an old friend he d known since he was 15. you weren t worried about that? i ve never been worried about brett. if you had called you and said look i have a problem, you would ve written the whole thing clean for him? yes. you ve never put any pressure on him? no sir. and that life insurance policy the prosecution suggested was a smoking gun? the insurance agent testified brett wasn t all that interested in a policy on tammy. did you attempt to sell him insurance on his wife? yes. were you successful in selling him insurance on his wife? i was not. tammy had taken the insurance on her own, and instead of claiming a dime for himself, brett had already signed the insurance money over to his kids. did he tell you directly