Exclusive | Family says financial ruin and mental trouble triggered broad daylight slaying of extremely wealthy fashion couple

The brother of Michelle Min, the wife of fashion CEO Bryan Walker, claimed her deranged husband carried out a murder-suicide after a series of risky decisions led to him falling into financial ruin.Paul Min, 58, exclusively told The California Post that the “extremely wealthy” couple had no problems in their marriage — before Oakland police found them dead on a turf terrace attached to their home in the hills near UC Berkeley on Friday.But Walker, who stood to the side as his wife controlled their mutual business and women’s fashion company Bryn Walker, had suffered extensive mental anguish in the months before the couple’s death.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Paul said Walker went behind the family’s back to take out loans against their properties, gambled on risky options and leveraged positions, and fell into immense debt for no clear reason.He had not worked for some time, but the couple agreed he could “play” around with some of their wealth.

But he went well out of control.By the time the dust cleared in mid-September, Walker believed he had lost “well over $100 million,” Paul said.The loss sent him into a spiral about the possibilities of where their family could be headed.Walker went into a state of mental incapacitation, and “we feared he was suicidal,” Paul recounted.“He just curled up into a ball, and he was just sobbing like a baby for weeks on end.

He was just completely useless,” Paul said.Her family told The Post, she was determined to salvage the situation.“Imagine that happening to you? You would collapse.Your spouse lied to you and lost over $100 million and you might be out on the streets,” he said.

“You might go from being one of the wealthiest people in the country to being homeless because your husban...