Lindsay Shiver allowed to spend Christmas in US as she awaits trial

Publish date: 2024-05-16

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The former pageant queen accused of plotting to murder her ex-NFL player husband in the Bahamas is headed home for Christmas — despite his pleas that she be kept on the island.

A judge Thursday granted Lindsay Shiver’s request to return to her young children in the US while she awaits the murder-for-hire trial, which is anticipated to kick off in March.

She has been remanded to the island nation since July, though allowed free from prison under the conditions that she wear an electric monitoring device and adhere to a curfew.

Shiver and her team told the court she feared for her “mental and physical safety” and begged that she be allowed to see her children, from whom she has been separated since her arrest, according to Court TV.

Shiver, 36, will be allowed to return to her parents’ home in Alabama under the new ruling but must keep her ankle monitor on and will not be permitted to travel to Georgia, where she lived with her husband, Robert Shiver, before allegedly asking her new beau to kill him.

Lindsay Shiver has been remanded to the island nation since July after the alleged plot to kill her husband was uncovered. Daniel William McKnight for NY Post
Shiver and her team told the court she feared for her “mental and physical safety” and begged that she be allowed to see her children. Lindsay Shiver/Facebook
Body camera footage shows a confrontation between Robert and Lindsay Shiver before the alleged Bahamas murder-for-hire plot was uncovered. Thomasville PD

Robert Shiver pleaded for the judge to strike down her request, stating that he is “thankful to be alive” after her failed attempt on his life.

“After reviewing the indictment, this was a situation close to happening … I’m concerned for the safety of myself,” the Auburn University football standout said.

Shiver is accused of explicitly instructing her barman beau Adrien Bethel, 28, and alleged assassin Faron Newbold Jr., 29, to whack Robert Shiver amid their increasingly bitter divorce.

The couple share three sons, all under the age of 12. Lindsay Shiver/Instagram
Before their marriage’s implosion, the Shivers split their time between a multimillion-dollar Thomasville, Georgia, mansion and a luxury spread in the exclusive Bahamian enclave of Baker’s Bay. Instagram/Lindsay Shiver

Shiver allegedly sent a series of texts to Bethel asking him to “kill” her snapper husband.

Local police unearthed texts that detailed the plot during an unrelated investigation of a break-in at the waterfront bar where Bethel worked.

Both Shiver and Beth denied seriously pursuing a murder-for-hire plan, claiming the texts amounted to little more than hyperbolic fantasy amid Shiver’s marital combat.

Shiver will be allowed to return to her parents’ home in Alabama under the new ruling, but must keep her ankle monitor on and will not be permitted to travel to Georgia. Lindsay Shiver/Tiktok

Prior to their marriage’s implosion, the Shivers split their time between a multimillion-dollar Thomasville, Georgia, mansion and a luxury spread in the exclusive Bahamian enclave of Baker’s Bay.

The couple share three sons, all under the age of 12.

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