The attorney for Caleb Flynn's former mistress is pushing back against suspicions that she helped plot the murder of the former "American Idol" contestant's wife, telling Fox News Digital that disturbing messages about wanting Ashley Flynn dead were not evidence that his client took part in the Tipp City, Ohio, killing.Dayton defense attorney Nick Gounaris, who represents Alleigha Botner, said investigators reviewed her messages with Flynn, cellphone records and surveillance footage as they worked to determine whether she had any involvement in the crime.Botner's secret affair with Flynn became a central part of his trial, where jurors heard exchanges about killing his wife, including a suggestion to hire someone to do it.Flynn was ultimately convicted on Sept.
29 of murdering Ashley and sentenced on Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.'AMERICAN IDOL' ALUM CALEB FLYNN WEEPS AS DAUGHTERS ASK HIM WHY HE KILLED THEIR MOTHER, VOW NOT TO VISIT HIM"I think the reason that she wasn't charged is just because you say something, you still have to show that that person was somehow involved," Gounaris told Fox News Digital."The evidence that was reviewed, the evidence that was developed, the evidence that they secured through all of these different avenues did not suggest anything that involved Alleigha Botner in the death of Ashley Flynn."Alleigha Botner testifies in the Ohio murder trial of former "American Idol" contestant Caleb Flynn.
Prosecutors say Botner had an affair with Flynn before his wife, Ashley Flynn, was killed.(CREDIT: WKEF)Gounaris said he initially worried Botner could become a target of the investigation after she spoke to police without an attorney and was not entirely forthcoming about her relationship with Flynn.WATCH: ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ ALUM CALEB FLYNN TELLS COPS FLAG-CARRYING STRANGER CAME TO DOOR BEFORE WIFE’S SHOOTINGInvestigators had begun uncovering the affair while examining the Feb.
16 shooting at the couple's Tipp Ci...