Mistress of American Idol singer who killed wife disputes accusations she helped plan the murder

The girlfriend of a previous American Idol entrant has actually rejected claims that she assisted the vocalist strategy his spouse’s murder, in spite of sending out troubling messages stating she desired her ‘gone.’

A lawyer for Alleigha Botner informed Fox News Digital that his customer’s messages were not proof that she was an accomplice to Caleb Flynn.

Flynn, 40, was founded guilty on September 29 of killing his other half, Ashley, who he shot in the head while oversleeping their marital bed at their Ohio home on February 16. He was sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of parole on Monday.

Flynn, a previous pastor, killed Ashley after having an affair with Botner, who operated at the church where they both served on the praise group.

Messages in between the fans ended up being a crucial part of the trial, where jurors spoken with more than 100,000 texts exchanged throughout their approximately 18-month affair.

‘Look, she’ll take complete duty for her actions,’ Botner’s attorney, Nick Gounaris, informed Fox News Digital.

‘The fact is that she had an affair with a family man and she stated horrible aspects of that guy’s other half. That’s what she did.

‘What the general public has incorrect is that she was in some way associated with the preparation or execution of the murder that Caleb did on the 16th of February 2026. That’s what the general public has incorrect. She takes complete obligation for her actions, however not what he was founded guilty of,’ he continued.

Throughout the trial, Botner broke down in tears as she was required to check out one cooling exchange aloud.

‘Do you understand how terribly I wish to state, “F it” to any guidelines and any barriers and simply like you with my whole heart for the rest of my life,’ she composed to Flynn in July 2025.

Came the cooling admission: ‘I desire to eliminate her, Caleb. It’s so bad.’

Flynn responded: ‘That makes 2 people.’

Another exchange revealed Flynn apparently informing Botner: ‘Please work with somebody to take douche out. I require you,’ utilizing a negative label they had actually offered Ashley.

‘So appealing,’ Botner reacted.

Flynn supposedly informed his girlfriend in August that he had actually invested much of the night considering how Ashley might be eliminated without him winding up behind bars.

I was up till 4am last night weeping, actually thinking about methods to eliminate her and not go to prison,’ he composed.

Botner reacted by clearly informing him not to eliminate Ashley.

‘I’m not asking that you take her life, certainly, since that’s not what you ought to do, and I understand you really would not,’ she composed.

‘But to make the divorce occur, it would alter whatever.’

Flynn reacted: ‘I’ll deal with eliminating her. Up until then, I enjoy you.’

In another September 2025 message, Flynn noted what he was prepared to compromise to be with his girlfriend, including his children.

He stated he wanted to risk his ‘children, a quarter-million-dollar income task, a location to live, perhaps a church I serve at, public embarassment and embarrassment, and method more.’

Botner, on the other hand, consistently required that he leave Ashley.

‘Until she’s gone, I’m gone,’ she composed in one demand.

Under questioning from Flynn’s defense, Botner firmly insisted the threatening language was about ending the marital relationship.

I constantly suggested divorce,’ she affirmed.

I believe the factor that she wasn’t charged is even if you state something, you still need to reveal that individual was in some way included,’ Gounaris informed Fox.

‘The proof that was examined, the proof that was established, the proof that they protected through all of these various opportunities did not recommend anything that included Alleigha Botner in the death of Ashley Flynn.’

Botner affirmed that she was simply 20 when she fulfilled Flynn at Christian Life Center in Dayton in 2022, where she was an intern and he remained in his mid-30s.

Their relationship ended up being romantic in early 2024, she stated.

By the night before Ashley’s death, district attorneys stated the secret relationship was reaching a definitive minute.

Botner sent out Flynn details she had actually investigated about divorce procedures, custody, erasing messages and how Ashley might possibly show her spouse’s extramarital relations.

‘All of the interactions that are synchronous with the time that he eliminates his other half all the method as much as 12:45 because early morning– about an hour and 45 minutes … before he calls 911– are everything about divorce,’ Gounaris stated.

Soon before midnight, Flynn sent his girlfriend one last message.

‘Good night, tomorrow’s a wedding day. I’ve got to get to bed,’ he composed. ‘I pick you, I’m about to be totally free.’

Hours later on, Ashley was dead.

Botner affirmed that the timing instantly alarmed her.

‘Caleb, what’s going on? Were you included? Is this genuine?’ she messaged Flynn on the early morning of the killing.

She later on erased the message since she feared detectives would analyze his phone and find their affair, she confessed.

Botner at first informed the FBI she did not think Flynn had actually killed his partner, however later on altered her view, explaining Ashley’s death as ‘method excessive of a coincidence.’

Asked in court how she feels about her previous enthusiast now, her response was far easier.

I dislike him.’

Flynn appeared on American Idol in 2013, informing television audiences his spouse had actually motivated him to chase his dreams on the singing competitors.