Georgia woman Lindsay Shiver, accused of plotting to kill her husband with two others, has been released from a Bahamas jail after the victim reportedly helped her with bail.
According to CNN, Bahamian Supreme Court Justice Cherly Grant Thompson ordered Shiver’s release Wednesday after she posted $100,000. Shiver is required to wear an ankle monitor, abide by an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, and stay away from her husband. She also cannot leave the Bahamas and had to surrender her travel documents.
Shiver entered the court in ripped jeans and a T-shirt, ignoring questions by onlookers, CBS News reports. Her co-defendants Terrance Adrian Bethel, 28, and Farron Newbold Jr., 29, were previously granted $20,000 bail, according to her lawyer Ian Cargill.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Shiver was arrested in July in the Bahamas after police allegedly uncovered plans to murder her 38-year-old husband, Robert Shiver. Bahamian police also arrested Lindsay’s alleged lover, Bethel, as well as Newbold, in connection with the plot.
Fox 5 reports that Robert Shiver is said to have helped bail his wife out, despite her being charged with plotting to have him killed.
Court records show that Robert filed for divorce in April upon discovering that Shiver was engaging in “adulterous conduct” by having an affair with Bethel, blowing apart the couple’s marriage.
Robert’s petition sought primary custody of the kids and exclusive use of their $2.5 million house; he also contended he shouldn’t have to pay Shiver alimony.
At a previous court hearing, Shiver responded by alleging that Robert subjected her to “physical and mental cruel treatment,” which included domestic violence. She also denied the affair, with her lawyers writing in a court filing that “any extramarital relationship defendant has had was during the parties’ separation and legally condoned by husband.”
Shiver is seeking primary custody of the children and payments from Robert for child support and alimony, in addition to sole use of the couple’s house.
“Wife feels unsafe in the marital home and has installed locks on the interior doors of the home for protection,” Shiver’s lawyer wrote in seeking a restraining order.
“Husband has abused the wife in the home in the children’s presence on multiple occasions, not only physically but also mentally and emotionally.”
Meanwhile, Bethel reportedly publicly denied the charges against him after his jail release.
“Everybody says things out of frustration,” Bethel told DailyMail, explaining that there was never a serious conversation or plan of killing Richard.
“Go and get the transcripts from the police,” he said. ‘They have had both of my phones for three weeks. They’ve been through every single message – there’s nothing there.”
“None of us have anything to hide. People are taking everything at face value and defaming us.”
Bethel added that he loves Shiver and has “too much respect for her and her children to want to hurt their father.”
A former beauty pageant contestant, Lindsay was a cheerleader at Auburn University and graduated with a degree in marketing. Lindsay met Robert at Auburn, who was on the school’s football team. He played briefly for the Atlanta Falcons before beginning a career in business.
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[Feature Photo: Lindsay Shiver and David Shiver/Instagram]
Additional reporting by Jonathan Anderson
