Caleb Flynns former mistress likely wont be charged in his wifes murder, legal experts say
When Alleigha Botner, Caleb Flynn’s 24-year-old then-mistress, took the stand in his murder trial last week, she admitted to several potential crimes she herself may have committed.She deleted text messages from the night Flynn’s wife was killed.
She lied to the FBI to save her reputation.She admitted that she, too, said she wanted Ashley Flynn dead.
But despite her testimony, legal experts say Botner will likely not face any criminal charges.She also said she was not promised anything by the prosecutor in exchange for her testimony, according to NBC News Cincinnati affiliate WLWT.
Flynn, 40, a former music pastor and contestant on “American Idol,” was found guilty Tuesday of murdering his wife in their Ohio home in February and staging the scene to make it look like an intruder committed the crime.It took a jury just over two hours to convict him on nine counts of murder, assault and tampering with evidence in Ashley Flynn’s death.His trial gained national attention when Botner, who said she and Flynn had been having an affair at the time of Ashley Flynn’s killing, took the stand for the prosecution, testifying against her former paramour.
She read from the more than 107,000 text messages they are said to have exchanged during their affair, and the jury heard AI-generated love songs Flynn apparently made for her.The text messages revealed a young woman who was desperate for her lover to leave his wife, at times even saying she wished Ashley Flynn was dead so Botner could be with Flynn.Botner said on the stand that she regretted those sentiments, sobbing as she read one particularly painful message: “I want to kill her, Caleb.”Botner said Flynn replied: “That makes two of us.”Caleb Flynn at Miami County Court of Common Pleas on Monday, in Troy, Ohio.
Pool via APBut legal experts told NBC News that the chances Botner is also charged in Ashley Flynn’s death are slim.“Wanting someone to die or even be murdered isn’t enough for criminal l...