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Judge Removes Lori Vallow Daybell From Courtroom During Attempted Murder Trial

Her push to introduce positive character evidence led Judge Beresky to warn she could forfeit her right to self-representation

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Overview

  • Lori Vallow Daybell faces charges in Arizona for allegedly conspiring to have her niece’s ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux, shot outside his Gilbert home in October 2019.
  • On June 6, Daybell repeatedly clashed with Judge Justin Beresky over the relevance of good-character testimony and was escorted from the Maricopa County courtroom.
  • Prosecutors presented records of burner phone usage, location tracking and witness accounts showing Daybell coordinated with her brother Alex Cox, who drove a tint-covered green Jeep without a spare tire to carry out the shooting.
  • After reviewing medical documentation, Judge Beresky ruled Daybell fit to continue her pro se defense but cautioned that further disruptions could strip her of self-representation privileges.
  • Daybell is already serving three life sentences for the 2019 murders of her children and conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, and she faces sentencing following her April conviction for plotting to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow.