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#RedRoseSeptember
(Day 15 - #GroundsForDivorce)
*I feel like your husband hiring a hitman to kill you would qualify as #GroundsForDivorce. This is a story about a wealthy oilman, T. Cullen Davis (center), his estranged, from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks wife, Priscilla, and the many ways money can buy an out for the defendant in a nearly slam-dunk case. [Pict. from top left, clockwise, Gary Cartwright; flamboyant lawyer “Racehorse” Haynes; ⬇️
gradcat ⬆️ (Cont.) Priscilla Davis (post-shooting) in courtroom; the six-million dollar Ft. Worth mansion that Priscilla occupied; and the broken window where Gus Gavrel, a friend who was in the process of dropping his wife to stay with Priscilla for the night, was shot and subsequently crashed into the dining room window. ♥️ (edited) 5y
arlenefinnigan Quite a story! 5y
gradcat @arlenefinnigan It is! Davis managed to beat this in two trials, but oh, the money he spent...loads on his defense! 5y
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Cinfhen I‘m oddly fascinated!!!! I‘d like to see this as a docu-series on Netflix 😜 5y
gradcat @Cinfhen Oh, well, guess what? They did make a miniseries for ABC in 1995 starring Peter Strauss and Heather Locklear. It was sort of trashy TV, kind of a “Dallas”-type soapy version of reality. Dennis Franz played Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, the attorney who reached legendary status in Texas. Kind of forgettable in the end, but not so the reality—they‘re still talking about in Texas! It was called (fittingly, imho) “Texas Justice.” 😂 5y
Cinfhen Hahahaha!!! Maybe I‘ll find it on the internet ❣️ 5y
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