As I Lay Dying’s Tim Lambesis has plead guilty to trying to hire a hitman to take murder his estranged wife.
The Grammy-nominated heavy metal Christian rocker faces up to nine years in prison for asking Brett Kimball, a personal trainer, to murder Meggan Lambesis at his gym last April .
“He wanted to know if maybe I could find someone to do it for him,”Kimball said in a pretrial hearing, KNSB-TV reported.
Meggan Lambesis filed for divorce from Tim in September 2012 claiming the singer was “obsessed with bodybuilding” and neglected to help take care of their adopted children from Ethiopia. She also claims that Lambesis had multiple affairs during their marriage and spent thousands of dollars on tattoos.
During the divorce proceedings, the prosecution alleged that Lambesis would lose custody of his children and that Meggan would take control of a sizeable amount of his estate. These factors are what allegedly drove Lambesis to find a hitman to take out Meggan.
After talking to Brett Kimball, Lambesis met with undercover San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy Howard Bradley who posed as a hitman code-named Red. Bradley claims Lambesis told him, “I don’t want to see her ever again.” Bradley asked, “Do you want her dead?” Lambesis replied, “Yes, that’s exactly what I want.”
According to the prosecution, Lambesis then handed Bradley $1,000 along with pictures of his wife, the security code to their house, and date’s he’d be looking after his children in order to create an alibi. KSNB reported that Lambesis agreed to pay a total of $20,000 for the hit.
Was it steroids that drove Lambesis to attempt to kill his wife?
According to Lambesis’ lawyer, “His thought processes were devastatingly affected by his steroid use.” After the singer’s arrest, police found steroids in a search of his home. He initially pleaded not guilty to the crime, but changed his plea to guilty on Tuesday.
Tim Lambesis is currently out on $2 million bail while awaiting his May 2nd trial.
