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Norman told jurors he and his mother hired a private investigator to find and confront his nephew about the robbery but he had no intention of hurting him. Louis after at least $220,000 in cash, jewelry and other items were stolen in a June 2015 burglary at Robbie Montgomery’s home. Yaghnam pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and wire fraud in the case. Norman testified Tuesday that he took out the life insurance policy on his nephew to give a longtime customer of the family restaurants, Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, some business. Leonard said during his closing argument that Ellis testified to get a shorter sentence and said Hill admitted he was a heavy drug user and that he was “hopped up on drugs that day.” She said Norman created “an image of being a mentor and a father figure to all these people, but it’s fiction.”

He said he sought to be a “father figure” to his brother’s son.įormer Sweetie Pie’s employees and other character witnesses testified that Norman and his nephew had a close relationship.ĭanis said all the testimony from the scheme’s co-conspirators was backed up by texts, call records and location data. Louis about 18 months before he was killed and supported him financially because he was trying to watch out for Montgomery. In testimony during the trial, Norman said he helped his nephew move to St. They have both pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme.

#Sweetie pies tim montgomery series#

Prosecutors said Norman paid $10,000 to an exotic dancer, Terica Ellis, to lure his nephew to the site where he was shot and paid $5,000 to Travell Anthony Hill to shoot Montgomery.Įllis and Hill both testified for the prosecution in the case. James 'Tim' Norman, who starred in the OWN series Welcome to Sweetie Pie's, was found guilty of killing his nephew and former costar Andre Montgomery Jr.