And according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, it took her only 10 months to spend $973,000 of that. The father of six played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, and Cleveland Cavaliers at various points thoughts his career. Lorenzen's ex-wife Sherra, her landscaper Billy Ray Turner, and her cousin Jimmie Martin were all hauled in by police for questioning. Investigators began monitoring Wright Robinsons and Turners cell phones and alleged that they had learned incriminating information. It was not until late 2017 that any arrests were made in Lorenzen Wrights murder. Lorenzen Wrights ex-wife, Sherra Wright, took the stand. "They was like, no, you know," she said. Curious to know where their kids are now? Billy Ray Turner is charged with conspiring with Wright's ex-wife in the slaying. Lorenzen Wright was missing for nine days before he was found dead in a swamp in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee. He was supposed to have been coming to the baby shower. She is serving her sentence at a rehabilitation center and is required to stay for 30 percent of it before talks of release. A tragic discovery came 10 days after he was reported missing. After her, were twins Lamar and Shamar Wright who were then followed by their youngest, another daughter, Sofia Wright, who today, is in her early teens. Martin had told prosecutors that he had participated in a failed plan to kill Wright with Wright Robinson and another man named Billy Ray Turner, who was a landscaper and attended the same church as Wright Robinson. Turner (above), a landscaper in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, and Sherra Wright attended the same church. The couple had six children together. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975, Lorenzen Wright played college basketball locally at Memphis from 1994 until 1996. Martin testified in court that Sherra recruited him and Turner to kill Lorenzen. The decision was reached after three . T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are so much in love they can't keep their hands off each other on their Mexican idyll as her marriage to Andrew Shue comes close to its end, Gymnastics coach accused of separating girls as young as nine into a 'fat group', forcing gymnasts to hold 10-minute handstands and pushing them off high bars is finally barred, LAFC has enough firepower to secure back-to-back titles, St. Louis City has acquired top European experience for its debut season, Philadelphia looks hungry for revenge and Houston will struggle again: How all 29 MLS teams shape up ahead of new season. Sherra says she delayed her honeymoon to be in court. Wright is believed to have been killed on July 19, 2010, when gunshots were heard during his 911 call. Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright (November 4, 1975 July 19, 2010) was an American professional basketball player for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He didn't get it then. Under Tennessee Law, the judge immediately sentenced Turner to life in prison. Pastor Bill Adkins said, 'When she saw Lorenzen, she saw a future with a millionaire. Deborah Vassar, mother of Lorenzen Wright, and Lorenzen Wright Jr. approach the casket of Lorenzen Wright during a memorial service honoring his life, Aug. 4, 2010, at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. Discovery Company. The case will be highlighted on 20/20 on ABC. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In December of 2017, when Sherra Wright-Robinson was arrested, she and all her six remaining children were residing in California together. Meanwhile, Wright became more active in her church, Missionary Baptist Church, and married a local sheriffs deputy, Reginald Robinson, the article said. She feared that Mr. Wright would never leave her alone, and she recruited Billy Turner to kill Mr. Wright., HEADLINES: A Tennessee judge Wednesday set a 2022 trial date for a man charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis.https://t.co/5xEMfQhsdM. Investigators determined Wright died within seconds, shot twice in the head, twice near his heart and once in his forearm with a total of nine to 11 bullets from two different guns, the article said. During his 13-year career, Lorenzen played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers, collecting around $55.5 million in salary. In July 2019, his ex-wife, Sherra. That plan was concocted in 2009, in what would be the last year of Wright's NBA career. . Wright was missing for nine days before his remains were found in a wooded area off a desolate road in southeast Memphis that he used to take as a shortcut to his mother's house. I was trying to protect my kids, said Sherra Wright. His name is Darryl Grisham, and he is a Memphis attorney. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Repeated court fights with Herb Wright, the executor of Lorenzen's estate, kindled Sherra's anger. Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright (November 4, 1975 - July 19, 2010) was an American professional basketball player for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Both say their legal battle is not about the money but about doing what is best for Lorenzen's six children, five of whom are still minors. ', 'Does it work out for her good?' UPDATES: http://bit.ly/31Dw4OjLorenzen Wright was a favorite son in the city of Memphis, a local basketball star who went on to have a long and successful NB. He died in 2010, shot to death, his body left to decompose in the woods southeast of Memphis.. According to prosecutors, Martin claimed that after Wright was murdered, Wright Robinson and Turner confessed to him that they did it and needed his help in disposing the evidence, which is how he knew the location of the murder weapon. Her friend, Billy Ray Turner, was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and attempted first-degree murder in March 2022, and received a life sentence in prison. [2][3], Raised in Oxford, Mississippi, Wright played for Lafayette High School[4] in Mississippi before moving to Memphis, where he spent his senior year playing for Booker T. Washington High School. Tennessee Department of Corrections/Getty, Lorenzen Wright & Ex-Wife Sherra Wright Robinsons Children Today. ET on ABC. Wright owned the home at 220 Mountain Brook Cove with his wife, Sherra. They chased Lorenzen, who jumped a fence and tried to escape before they shot him. Man accused of killing Lorenzen Wright to face trial Jan. 2022https://t.co/oaoyU7qq4P, WMC Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) June 2, 2021. In 2014, unhappy with the way Wright was spending her inheritance, Lorenzen's family successfully lobbied to have her name removed as a trustee of his estate in a bid to preserve the funds for the children. The case went cold for seven years before the players ex-wife, Sherra Wright, and Billy Ray Turner were arrested in December 2017. W2016-01251-COA-R3-CV _____ This case involves a divorced party's request to recover unpaid child support and alimony. 2023 Cable News Network. "Herb Wright tried to get a million dollars a couple years ago. [9] He was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on June 27, 2001. The tipping point came when Lorenzen's father Herb Wright received a $200,000 check from the NBA for his son's estate. The policy was in place to care for the ex-couple's six living children, if something were to happen to him. Sports Illustrated reported that Wrights body had been exposed to intense heat, rain and animals and that his 260-pound body had shriveled to 57 pounds by the time it was found. ', Eventually she 'makes a life-altering decision. Mar 21, 2022. With Lorenzen, Id be talking to his picture and sometimes his picture could look at me a certain way like its really him He was a mommas boy. By Christine Pelisek. All night now., Lorenzens spirit been with me the whole time, she said. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A jury on Monday convicted a Tennessee man in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose bullet-riddled body was found in a field nearly 12 years ago in his. [14][15] After Wright's body was found on July 28 in a wooded area on Callis-Cutoff Road just west of Hacks Cross Road, a 9-1-1 call reportedly had been received from his cell phone in the early morning of July 19 by the 911 dispatch center in Germantown, Tennessee. you, Subscribe to The Daily
Ms. He was a power forward who played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks , Memphis Grizzlies , Sacramento Kings, and Cleveland Cavaliers. A jury has found Billy Ray Turner guilty on all charges in the murder of NBA star Lorenzen Wright. We're not here because there's nothing to get to. I say Get you some rest baby. His phone dialed Germantown Police Department, but his body was not found until July 28. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Over the course of his NBA career, Lorenzen Wright earned an estimated $55.2 million in salary. They said that the list was long and wide and they didn't have any real suspects, if you want to quote that.". Daly owned the home with his wife, Sherrie. Wright was gunned down in a field in southeast Shelby County in July 2010. For over a decade, Deborah Marion has been fighting for answers. 8:32 PM EDT, Mon March 21, 2022, Ex-wife of NBA player charged in his murder. A jury on Monday convicted a Tennessee man in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose bullet-riddled body was found in a field nearly 12 years . We're not here because you spent all the money. This, of course, came after, Lorenzens mother, Deborah Marion, asked Sherra Wright in court to give her the opportunity to see and communicate with her grandchildren freely. At the time of his death, Wright was operating under a child support order requiring him to pay $16,650 a month in child support and another $10,000 a month in alimony, for a total of $319,000 a year. A Memphis native, the 6-foot, 11-inch Lorenzen Wright played 13 seasons for the Memphis Grizzlies and four other NBA teams. Martin further explained in court testimony that Sherra told him that she and Turner ambushed Lorenzen after luring him there. She remarried Thursday and says she took her new husband's last name. In 2011, a reward for information related to the killing stood at $21,000; the state of Tennessee contributed $10,000, the city of Memphis and the Memphis Grizzlies each promised $5,000, and Crime Stoppers promised $1,000. The decomposing remains of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright were found in a Memphis field in 2010 -- he had been shot 11 times. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Wright's father, Herb, questions whether all of the purchases made with that money were done in the interest of the children. Wright went on to play 13 seasons in the league with the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers. The former NBA pro disappeared on the night of July 18, 2010. According to prosecutors in Turners trial, Turner and Sherra had a romantic relationship. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Shelby County No. And then, when she pleaded guilty of the charge of facilitating murder in the first-degree for her role in her ex-husbands murder and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, her children stood beside her, believing in who she was. She also said that she was concerned about Sherra but only tolerated her daughter-in-law as to remain civil with her son. His body had gunshot wounds. "Here's the fact. The gun was later found by FBI divers only 50 miles from where Lorenzen's body was discovered and Turner was arrested in 2017, shortly after the murder weapon was found. He was a professional basketball player, best known for playing at the forward and center positions for the Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Sherra Wright said Tuesday she has remarried since Lorenzen Wrights murder. Lawson and Sofia are the youngest of the Wright siblings. News. Billy Ray Turner in court in March of 2022. In July 2019, she changed her tune and pleaded guilty to a charge of facilitation of first-degree murder. It's difficult for the kids, and it's difficult for me, but I believe that I deserve to be happy, and we're taking some steps this year to do that," said Sherra. Deborah Marion in court in March of 2022. It took Wright just 10 months to spend $973,000 of the $1 million pay-out she received from his death, buying a new home, expensive trips to New York and two cars. 124 | NO. They bought the vacant land in 2005 and 2006 for a combined $750,000 around the time they sold their former home in Southwind. He earned consensus second-team All-American honors in 1996 while with. ET on ESPN. Both Wright Robinson and Turner were arrested and charged in December 2017. pic.twitter.com/XU7BGkXsfv, Lorenzen Wright Jr (@iamlorenzen) March 19, 2020. (WMC-TV) - A longstanding legal battle over Lorenzen Wright's estate returned to a Shelby County courtroom on Friday. His father, Herb, was a professional basketball player who competed in Finland, and once had a tryout with the Utah Jazz. Wright had been shot multiple times. 2. Lorenzen Wright was missing for nine days before he was found dead in a swamp in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee. He was unable to give information like a location before he was heard screaming, Hey, godd*** as multiple gunshots were heard in the background, followed by silence, Sports Illustrated reported. Play it now! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Wright, 34, had been missing for 10 days before his body was discovered. Lorenzen and Wright had six children together. CNNs Ralph Eliis and journalists Allen Kim and Sheena Jones contributed to this report. In November 2017, investigators found a gun in a lake in Walnut, Mississippi, and ballistics determined it was one of the guns that fired bullets into Wright, according to Sports Illustrated. Lorenzen Wright Jr., at the age of 25, used to work as a basketball coach and trained high school students. 1 Missionary Baptist Church in Collierville, was indicted on first-degree murder charges and held on $1 million bond. said Wharton regarding the only $116,858.57 remaining from the insurance policy. Lorenzen Wright was killed in July 2010, but the conspirators in his murder wouldn't be arrested for another seven years. The board voted to deny parole for Sherra Wright, who entered a guilty plea in July 2019 to facilitation of first-degree murder in her ex-husband's killing. Nearly 12 years after his death rocked the basketball world, former NBA player Lorenzen Wrights murder case came to a close Monday when a Memphis jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder. ", [Also: Former NBA All-Star Allen Iverson declines a D-League invitation]. Wright was tragically murdered in 2010, and his estate was valued at $1.5 million. The Eads home of former University of Memphis and Grizzlies basketball player Lorenzen Wright has been sold back to the bank following a foreclosure. "He alleges that my client spent all the money and the real fact is that a million dollars is owned by the trust in real property. [5] He played all levels of basketball in Memphis high school, collegiate, and professional. "I guess when the scent of money stops being strong then the fuss will die down," said Sherra's attorney Chris Donovan. He was retired . We got this. Then in July 2019, just as trial was finally set to begin, Sherra made a shocking admission to masterminding a plot to kill her ex-husband and conspiring with Billy Turner to carry it out. Sherra said the family is financially strong listing $1.4 million in assests. Olive No. Turner was a landscaper in Atlanta and had met Sherra through the church they both attended. Wrights supporters allege the book is fiction. Lorenzen Wright was missing for nine days before he was found dead in a swamp in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee. Sherra Robinson Wright, whose divorce from Wright was finalized only a few months before his death, received a $1 million life insurance settlement 14 months after his passing. We're only here because there's a lot of money still at issue.". Marion, who was in the courtroom that day, said that after 12 years, she felt like she can sleep now. Martin recalled how Wright masterminded a plan to kill Lorenzen in Atlanta earlier in 2010 but she failed to execute the plan herself. Sherra claimed she had been behaving well in prison and should be released early in a request that was denied. [13] His family filed a missing-persons report on July 22. All Rights Reserved. All rights reserved. Marion said she believes her former daughter-in-law was motivated by money, specifically a life insurance policy for $1 million held by Lorenzen Wright. These may be his last words. From here on out, he wants the bank to manage the childrens estate. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says CNN is 'making real progress' by adding GOP guests in its effort to lure back viewers, Prosecutors seek the death penalty for FedEx contract driver charged with kidnapping and murdering seven-year-old Athena Strand inside his truck while delivering her Christmas gift, No butts about it! The Wrights owned two neighboring parcels totaling about 12 acres between Mountain Brook Cove and Reid Hooker. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Marion said she knew something was wrong when Wright didnt show up to his sisters baby shower. Wright's slaying is one of the most highly publicized murder cases in Memphis history. MEMPHIS, Tenn. The gunshot-filled 911 call came into a Tennessee police department just after midnight on July 19, 2010, from the cell phone of retired NBA player Lorenzen Wright. His body was located near the TPC Southwind golf course, the article said. Sherra Wright entered a surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019 and was . Donovan argues the money has been well managed. He was drafted in the first round as the seventh overall pick. The 7,205-square-foot home at 9280 Riveredge Drive sits on 2.88 acres in the Bluffs of Riveredge subdivision, just east of Forest Hill-Irene Road in Cordova. In a new episode of ESPN's E60, the story of murdered former NBA player Lorenzen Wright is told through the eyes of his twin sons who are now trying to honor their father and push forward as college basketball players. Wright was missing for nine days before his remains were found in a wooded area off a desolate road in southeast Memphis that he used to take as a shortcut to his mothers house. MEMPHIS A Shelby County jury found Billy Ray Turner guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Memphis hometown hero and NBA star, Lorenzen Wright in 2010. The State of Tennessee was willing to pay out $10,000, and Crime Stoppers put up $1,000. In exchange for her plea, she received a 30-year sentence. In the years that Lorenzen and Sherra Wright were married, they welcomed seven beautiful children into their lives. Records showed that on August 1, 2010, Memphis police searched her home and found burned pieces of metal and a letter addressed to Lorenzen Wright and her, but law enforcement at that time did not say what the items meant to investigators. I knew God was on my side, Marion said. MEMPHIS, Tenn. A jury on Monday convicted a Tennessee man in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose bullet-riddled body was found in a field nearly 12 years ago in his. In July 2019, just as trial was finally set to begin, Sherra made a shocking admission to masterminding a plot to kill her ex-husband. 93 | Wednesday, May 13, 2009, You have entered an invalid email address, Research millions of people and
His job is to be a voice for Lorenzen Wright's children in what has become a messy legal battle. In 2014, Wright-Robinson agreed to a confidential settlement of a dispute in circuit court over how she spent the $1 million of insurance money meant to benefit their six children. [17] Wright's body is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. People were after me. Wrights disappearance and murder will be featured on the premiere episode of Infamy: When Fame Turns Deadly tonight on VH1. In 2017, a huge break came in the investigation. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The gunshot-filled 911 call came into a Tennessee police department just after midnight on July 19, 2010, from the cell phone of retired NBA player Lorenzen Wright. When Wright was seven years old, Herb was working for the Memphis Police Department when he was paralyzed by a gunshot to the back.[6]. A jury on Monday convicted a Tennessee man in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose bullet-riddled body was found in a field nearly 12 years ago in his hometown of . Then, all Loren said was that the siblings just wanted some privacy. Simple as that," she said. Lorenzen Wright was an American professional basketball player who played for the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA. When money rolls in, tragedy soon follows. A witness recalled how Wright masterminded a plan to kill Lorenzen in Atlanta earlier in 2010 but she failed to execute the plan herself, he body of basketball player Lorenzen Wright found here in the woods in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2010, Sherra and Lorenzen are pictured reading holiday books to kids during a Grizzlies Read to Achive event at Borders Bookstore on December 17, 2003. His death, and the subsequent years where little was . Spending, as documented by the Commercial Appeal, included: $32,000 for a Cadillac Escalade $26,000 for a Lexus $69,000 on furniture $11,750 for a New York trip $339,000 for purchase and improvement to a new home $7,100 for a pool deposit $5,000 for lawn equipment $34,000 on legal fees. 0:43. A pair of black tights are a necessity, rather than just an accessory, to stay stylish and comfortable when temperatures drop. Sherra will appear before the parole board again inMay 2027. 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The basketball player, who was shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee, had gone to the area from his home in Atlanta, Georgia, to visit his ex-wife, Sherra Wright-Robinson, and their children. Turner, a landscaper in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, and Sherra Wright attended the same church. April 15, 2021 at 8:56 pm CDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sherra Wright has sued the Shelby County Sheriff's Office for $12 million. Wright was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Within ten months, Sherra Wright spent almost all of the $1 million in proceeds she received from an insurance . by The Daily News Publishing Co. Inc. - All Rights Reserved, VOL. Of the two, Lawson is the oldest, but very little is known about him. MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A former Navy sailor and convicted killer testified Thursday that Lorenzen Wright's ex-wife asked him and another man to kill the former NBA player nearly 12 years ago in Atlanta. Both the Memphis Grizzlies and the city of Memphis offered a $5,000 reward for any information on Lorenzen's whereabouts following his disappearance. [13], On December 15, 2017, Wright's ex-wife Sherra Wright-Robinson was arrested in Riverside, California in connection with the murder. "A Murder in Memphis" debuts Wednesday, July 14, at 9 p.m. 0:02. 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The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in a high-profile case . The couple had another daughter, Sierra Wright, who was born on March 14, 2002, but unfortunately, just 11 months later, on March 1, 2003, she passed away in their family home in Memphis, Tennessee, due to sudden infant death syndrome. Trial for Billy Ray Turner, man accused of killing Lorenzen Wright, to begin Monday Would he or she pay the ultimate price?'. He died in 2010, shot to death, his body left to decompose in the woods southeast of Memphis. Tennessee Department of Corrections/Getty Prosecutors said that Martin and Turner had previously gone to Lorenzens Atlanta apartment with guns. Sherra Wright pleaded guilty to her role in Lorenzens death in 2019 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison after his decomposed body was found in a field in 2010. Wright founded the Sierra Simone Wright Scholarship Fund after the death of his infant daughter in March 2003. It seems as if she has the guardianship of Sofia. Read More: Where Are Lorenzen Wrights Parents Now? But the battle over what remains of his estate continues. ADVERTISEMENT. The body of Lorenzen Wright, a former Power Forward for the Los Angles Clippers, was found riddled with bullet wounds in a marshy field in Memphis on July 28, 2010, His wifeSherra Wright pleaded guilty last year to facilitating the murder of her husband and NBA star in July 2010, His mother Deborah Marion tells ABC that she thinks Sherra planned to take Lorenzen's money from the moment they met. near you, Up-to-date reports of crimes near
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