Cleveland – An Ohio divorce lawyer accused of fatally stabbing A client more than a decade on a plot to delay his trial declared himself innocent on Wednesday of aggravated murders and kidnapping charges.
The bond was established at $ 2 million for Gregory J. Moore, 51, who is also accused of murder and conspiracy in the 2013 death of ALIZA SHERMANwho was stabbed more than 10 times. His body was found on a sidewalk in the center of Cleveland, near where he was prepared to meet Moore to discuss his divorce the day before the trial began.
The bond was established at the request of its defense lawyers, who argued that Moore was not a risk of escape.
Moore, who has already served the prison for lying to the police during the investigation of Sherman’s death, was accused earlier of this month and It was arrested For the sheriffs in Texas, where he had been visiting his terminally ill. Then he resigned from extradition during a audience on May 8 and was returned to Ohio.
According to the accusation, Moore supposedly planned to kidnap Sherman as a delay tactic for his next divorce trial. The court documents included messages between Moore and Sherman that show how he called her to the office, which was blocked. He arrived and waited more than an hour before deciding to return to his car, according to the accusation.
“During this period, an individual who was Moore or an unknown conspirator approached Sherman … surrounded behind her, pursued her … and then stabbed her more than 10 times,” reads the accusation.
Moore got into the office later that night and sent a message to Sherman to deceive researchers, according to the accusation.
Moore was not an alien to the authorities before the stabbing occurred.
In 2017, he He declared himself guilty To falsify the statements he made to the police about his whereabouts during Sherman’s murder. He also admitted to having called bomb threats in 2012 as a way of delaying judgments. His legal license was suspended in 2017 and resigned it the following year. He It served six months In jail.
At that time, he said he regretted his past actions.
Sherman, 53, was a mother of four children and has been remembered as a beloved fertility nurse. The manifestations and vigils to honor their memory have been carried out on the anniversary of his death.
