Beauty queen arrested for allegedly hiring hitman for ex-NFL husband’s murder makes request of judge ahead of trial so she can be a model and influencer
A fomer beauty queen who has been accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-NFL player estranged husband has made a request of the judge in her court case.
Lindsay Shiver, aged 39, has reportedly asked if she can have her ankle tag removed so she can launch her modelling career.
She had previously been ordered to wear the GPS tracker for over two years while she awaits trial for allegedly ordering a hitman to murder Robert Shiver, a former player for the Atlanta Falcons, in July 2023. The trial will take place in the Bahamas.
Lindsay Shiver recently petitioned a judge in Nassau to have the tag removed, claiming it traumatises her children, leaves painful bruises and sores and disrupts her sleep, according to the Mail Online.
She also said she wants to return to Thomasville, Georgia, where she and her then husband shared a $3 million mansion before their split two years ago and her apparent murder plot. She claimed that she has had multiple job offers, including modeling and influencer work, but that she’s unable to accept them with her ankle tag still attached, according to the petition, according to the New York Post.
Lindsay Shiver was previously permitted to leave the island country by a judge and is now living with her parents at a remote ranch in Abbeville, Alabama. But, returning to Thomasville would allow her to spend more time with her children and working in modeling would enable her to pay her legal fees, according to her court petition.
She alleges that she now has to hide her tag when she’s out in public to avoid embarrassing her three sons. She has also complained that she can’t go to the beach because the device will get wet and that can’t happen.
Her arguments for the removal of the tag will be heard at the Nassau Supreme Court on Monday (December 8), with Lindsay Shiver expected to attend in person while her ex-husband Robert Shiver likely responds via video link.
Lindsay Shiver’s trial for allegedly conspiring to have her husband killed with her 30-year-old lover Adrien Bethel is due to take place in March 2026.
She is accused of scheming to have the former football star murdered by her lover’s childhood friend Faron Newbold Junior, aged 31. Lindsay Shiver allegedly sent Newbold Jr pictures of her ex-husband in a bar, along with a Whatsapp message which read: “Kill him.”
If found guilty, Lindsay Shiver will be given a prison sentence of up to 60 years.
Robert Shiver is an ex-NFL player who now works for an insurance company. He and Lindsay married in 2007, and then in 2023 she was arrested for an alleged plot to kill him. They are parents to three sons, all under the age of 12.