Sabo Denies Facebook Messages About Money, Fame

Defense attorneys called Patrick Sabo to the stand today during Christine Metter’s trial.

Defense attorney Michael Lear asked Sabo about Facebook messages sent from Sabo’s account that say that Sabo is expecting a “HUGE (expletive) reward” for his help with the sting that ended in Metter’s arrest.

The messages also claim that Sony has contacted Sabo about a possible movie deal.

Sabo told Lear that he did not write the messages, though he did say that he wrote other messages included in the chain. He was not asked, and did not offer, an explanation for the messages being sent from his account.

The messages he testified he did not write make up eight minutes of a conversation with his brother’s girlfriend Mary Yount, who called Lear last week to tell him about the messages.

She said she read about the case in the news and decided that the jury should know about the exchange. She testified that she gave Facebook permission to access her acount, and they pulled the messages for the court.

Prosecution did not cross-examine Sabo today.

 Lear claimed that Sabo was desperate for money and fame.

Sabo called police after Al Zombory offered him $50,000 to kill Metter’s ex-husband, Sabo testified last week.

 after prosecutors say she and her father, Al Zombory, tried to hire a hit man to kill David Metter, her ex-husband. Zombory is to be tried later.

Metter is in Lake County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

 His trial is scheduled for Jan. 31.

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