An interview with Michelle Theer: 'A deadly mix'
Q. So, you tried to break it off with Diamond?
A. Yeah, it was back in August [2000], it was when I found out that he was married. . . at the trial, they portrayed this as if I knew that he was married and had a kid, and I was trying to break up his marriage. I was so shocked when I found out he was married [she says she knew about Diamond's first marriage, not the second]. . . I was married, and I didn't try to hide it. . . .
Q. You tried to break up with Diamond in August 2000?
A. Yeah, that was when Marty and I had separated. . . . That was when I decided I wanted to work things out with Marty. . . . John was very charming and interesting and fun to be around. But even at the time, there were things that made me feel like I couldn't trust him. . . he would say he loved me or whatever, I kind of felt like he was conning me sometimes. . . . Even now I wonder if he was just using me. But, anyway, I really did want to make things work out with Marty. . . . I told John I didn't want to see him anymore, that I wanted to make my marriage work. . . he got really angry. . . Then he kind of turned to the pleading–well, can't we at least be friends, we had all these good times, and stupid me, I was, like, OK, I guess we can be friends and get together and have coffee now and then. And I thought that I could handle that. I thought that would be OK. Of course, it didn't work out like that.
Q. Was there a second time you tried to break up with Diamond?
A. Yes. The second time. . . was right before Thanksgiving [2000]. This time, he got very angry, and there was a lot of phone calls. . . him repeatedly calling me. . . He did that on occasion–he did threaten suicide on the phone. . . .
Q. Was there a third time when you tried to break up?
A. Yeah. . . right before Thanksgiving.
Q. Why do you think he borrowed the gun at that time? Did he tell you he borrowed the gun?
A. No, as a matter of fact, I did not know that he had borrowed the gun, and I did not make the connection until, actually, when we were–it was actually when I was doing an interview. This was when I was in jail, and I was doing an interview. . . with my lawyer. And he had a typed-out timeline, and it. . . had their note of the first time that he borrowed the gun. That was the first time.
Q. And the third time you tried to break up would have been?
A. That was the Sunday after my birthday. . . December 10.
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