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foreign [Music] how significant are horses in your life they're the most significant thing I
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don't think they can live without them in my life hi hey good boy why does she want to ride with Michael
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everyone wants to ride with Michael [Music] he was a legend he was the most sought
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after trainer in the world everybody wanted to train with Michael barason he had competed in the Olympics as a writer
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he had also trained writers who competed in the Olympics he's a larger than life character he
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walked the walk and he talked the talk [Music] what did Lauren want from Michael
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more than anything his undivided attention she felt like as a paying customer she should be treated a certain
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way she wanted to be the star of the barn I think she became extremely upset when
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Michael's full attention wasn't focused on her Mary Haskins was the one who in her mind
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was standing in her way of getting to her goals [Music] two women both vying for Michael's
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attention is one of the best trainers in the world yeah yeah Michael Barrison stuck between two
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women his love interest and Lawrence his love interest in his financial need that he
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needed how would you describe Lauren's treatment of Michael on social media horrible
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[Music] there were things coming out on social media that were horrific so I think we live in
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this world now where your reputation or your career or your identity could be changed like that and can be devastating
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I remember complete and total panic everybody says I was unglued I was on code did you want Lauren cataract dead I
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wanted Lauren canarick to leave to go away why would I want anyone dead I want operator
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every man woman has a Breaking Point your little girl just Indescribable it was horrible she'd flatlined several
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times we had no idea whether she was gonna live or die did you shoot Lauren cataract I'm told I
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did pulled it out pointed it boom boom just like that but I have no recollection of that event
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zero nothing I could not believe in my world that Michael would do something like this
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now did you have you have drawing Michael at some point yes none of that is a justification to get shot
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good morning doctor good morning she drove him crazy she gaslighted him and she drove him
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over the edge is it possible to actually drive a human crazy that's exactly what
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happened Michael Barrison should be in state prison for the rest of his life [Music]
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thank you [Music] and our champion we see pictures of you at the Olympics looking like a king and then we see you
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in the courtroom looking like a defeated man yep how do you reconcile those two images I
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am a defeated man 58 year old Michael barrisone spent a lifetime standing proud in the Winner's Circle but come
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spring 2022 he was in a Morristown New Jersey courtroom he claimed at the time of the shooting he temporarily lost his
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mind you knew what he was doing when he loaded bullets into the gun prosecutor Christopher shellhorn made the case that
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barason was sane that he knew exactly what he was doing when he took that pistol and tried to kill one of his own
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riding students Lauren Shea canarak he pulled out a gun and shot me once twice directly in the chest yet with the help
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of emergency surgery Lauren survived can you imagine a life without these beautiful animals no
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no chance see it is a sensational trial with Lauren herself Accused by the defense of
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deliberately driving marisone insane she did the worst thing any human being could do to another human being an
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international superstar in the equestrian sport of dressage she was the person that was shot and
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almost lost her life that day Michael barason charged with two counts of attempted murder
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facing 80 years she sees his hand come up and then just boom boom in court the once a Regal Rider appeared
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as a disheveled shadow of his former self it is as far a fall from grace as his Elite Sport has ever seen
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as he awaited judgment his fellow Olympians rallied around him for you to see him like that
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how did it feel but we're gonna get him back now 77 years old in 1992 Michael Poulin took
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home a medal from Barcelona you won a bronze at the Olympics yes ma'am oh that Michael when he was 11 very
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energetic and very intense to learn were you like a father figure to him I was his mentor
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it's rare to find a young man with that energy and that desire but Michael boy he hung onto it tough he wanted it
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[Music] Philip Dutton is a two-time Olympic gold medalist one of the best in the world
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you got the feeling that if you were on Michael's team you know he was going to back you all the way
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and then there's Olympian Boyd Martin he recalls first meeting Michael I had a big cowboy hat on that was sort of
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marching around and yelling and you're like who the hell's that guy you know and someone said oh it's Michael
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Barrison he was passionate he was loud but he was a big teddy bear too knew he was a good Rider
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he also knew he was an even better coach as a coach having someone that's got a track record that's been there and done
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it it's a wonderful thing the demand for Barrison allowed him to acquire two magnificent Farms to
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accommodate a sport Rich enough to chase the seasons 45 minutes outside of Palm Beach
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Loxahatchee Florida is Verizon's winter headquarters Michael's Larger than Life while he is
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that he's also so down to earth Jordan Osborne her mother Lara Chelsea Westra and their horses too have all been
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coached by barason in a sport that's all about discipline and restraint control a lot of control
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duracella's dreams also brought all three women here the jewel in their Champions Crown 53 Acres of prime New
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Jersey Horse Country an equestrian Paradise Michael barason called it Hawthorne Hill
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[Music] you had dozens of horses these beautiful Rolling Green Pastures outdoor Arena a huge beautiful indoor
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arena Barn was huge and come 2019. Jordan and Chelsea had become working students living above the
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barn 24 7 taking care of the horses in exchange for lessons from an Olympian yeah that is the dream you know to train
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with someone who is one of the best in the world come good boy Lauren kanerack had her own
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dressage dreams of becoming a champion see it's good to Bow your head and then they know that you mean them no harm at
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37 Lauren knew exactly what she needed and wanted in Seeking a top trainer what were you looking for
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and seeking a top trainer I'm looking for somebody who I think is going to push me someone who has been
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there and done that [Applause] it seemed to describe Michael barason to a t so Lauren made her way to Hawthorne
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Hill hoping verisone was the one there's a million different reasons or things that could make a trainer relationship
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work or not work but few could imagine how barisone and canarak would soon clash and crash and burn
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Network and where are you [Music] it is their love for horses that led canarak and barisones paths across it
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would twist into a road to ruin something neither could have imagined when each first climbed into a saddle
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[Music] tell me about Lauren canarak the little girl who fell in love with horses it all
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started at a barn we met up with Lauren at a small horse farm in Wellington Florida how old were you probably two or
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three then I ever saw or got like Road over and I like never stopped thinking about them after that basically that was
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it that was it I did have a little girl dreaming of a pony and her love for horses and riding began yep
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Lauren's father retired Wall Street Attorney John kanarack took fast note of his daughter's determination Lauren
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really wanted to do this I always knew I was gonna get my own horse and at the end of high school you know one day I
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was just like this is happening and that was amazing the first of a many dreams which came
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true it is a fairy tale but with it comes great responsibility because you have your horse to take care of
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Lauren took the reins and headed towards the ballet movements of dressage dressage means training in French it's
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dancing with horses it's about Harmony John wasn't quite sure what dancing horses was all about well my experience
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with horses you know is when play show you know at the Belmonts as Lauren won her first amateur ribbons dressage
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Superstar barason was a spokesman for the sport Michael thank you so much for having me even educating a bemused
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Stephen Colbert now is this how you start it you just pull this like a lawnmower all
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right lean back not too much The Tiara is yours [Applause] do you think you've gotten to that point
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where you are the best Rider you can be definitely not March 2018 The Olympian was hosting a clinic for aspiring Riders
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at his Florida horse farm Lauren signed up and while she was there Michael barason approached her apparently saw
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that maybe she had some aptitude and asked her to come and train with him at that point
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prosecutor Christopher shellhorn and defense lawyers Ed balinkus and Chris dininger would eventually become
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adversaries immersed in the lives of barason and kanarack why does she want to ride with Michael everyone wants to
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ride with Michael [Music] so she decided to have her horses boarded at his farm and decided to go
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and train with him Arizona said no we can go places come up and you know leave yourself in my hands it was an offer
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that couldn't be refused the range was five thousand dollars a month she had two horses in training at that point in
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time Michael barrisone agreed to speak with 48 hours with the support of his attorneys on the day we talked with him
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he appeared calm while he says he has no memory of the crime he does remember the
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events leading up to it at Hawthorne Hill this was my life that was my home I built that
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from scratch that was a labor of love bearizon provided housing there for Lauren canarak and her boyfriend Rob
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Goodwin I said all right so long as when they're in training I'll throw in an apartment
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that seems very generous we all have bills to pay overnight Lauren wasn't just training
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with barason she and Rob were living with him and that was different than any other
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Arrangement that he had with anyone else the apartment was in the white farmhouse
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that barason shared with his assistant trainers Justin Hardin and Mary Haskins gray a respected Grand Prix writer and
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divorced mother of two we lived together she was my partner I thought we were going to have a life together
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she was Michael's girlfriend and the assistant trainer at the barn Mary had two young children
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that lived there with her and with Michael at times yes how was Michael's relationship with Mary's young kids he
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loved them yeah he adored them and they really adored him it all must have given Lauren Great
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Expectations the child who dreamed of a pony now the student of a dressage Master she was even posting pictures on
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her Facebook of her and Michael barrisone I knew at least this could work out for a time and be good so why
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not try it out and it was supposed to be a great relationship and was for a long
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time barason found that Lauren could be demanding still nothing unusual we all have difficult clients they're not all
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going to be easy relationships you know there's things like go as far as you can
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see and then you can see farther and that's kind of what I live by like I will challenge myself every single day
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Lauren canarak was comfortable talking about her horses and riding but she chose not to speak with 48 Hours about
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Michael barason and all that happened at Hawthorne Hill [Music] but Jordan Lara and Chelsea Say by
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summer tension set in and that it started with those expectations about the degree of attention the student
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would get from the master it was part of the deal that Lauren would train exclusively with Michael
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that was you know Lauren's understanding when everyone wants to be trained by the
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name on the door The Olympian yep exactly just because we need to set the record straight here I never exclusively
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trained any of my clients you are trained by this community that means Justin Hardin it means Mary Haskins it
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means me and it's understood that the head trainer will help you sometimes the assistant trainers will help you other
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times I think she became extremely upset when Michael's full attention wasn't focused on her
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Mary Haskins was the one who in her mind was standing in her way of getting to her goals two women both vying for
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Michael's attention is one of the best trainers in the world yeah the Tranquility of Hawthorne Hill was on
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track to being shattered it just happened so fast it was sort of a very cold war until August 1st it became a
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hot War it's a war and it's going to be dealt with right now I've had enough of these people I need them gone
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thank you [Music] come come hot hot how important is trust in your relationship with your horses it's
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really important can Iraq Barrison and his staff had the trust of their horses but over summer
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2019 all human trust began to fray and would soon rip apart the fact that they were all around one another almost 24 7
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definitely put some stresses on those relationships how was Lauren's relationship with Mary
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I think it was very uh strained while a top trainer Mary Haskins gray wasn't the
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Olympic champion Lauren felt she had signed up for so a trainer needs to be someone you can trust and has the best
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intentions for you it was a different kind of competition with Lauren and Mary Haskins at the
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center of the contest jealousy and not Romantica you know just didn't like Michael giving his attention she wanted
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to be the best and didn't want anyone else in her way I mean Michael Barrison is is the best
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and maybe she was hoping some of that would rub off on her I almost feel as though there was some level of
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obsessiveness there with her interest in Michael but barazone's time wasn't the only issue there was that five thousand
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dollars that canarax were paying him every month Michael Lowe wanted his money and he wanted to keep his
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girlfriend he had a problem Lauren was upset and wasn't going to be quiet at what point does social media become
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an element to The Strain in this relationship probably sometime in July of 2019 elaborate Lauren was very active
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on Facebook Lauren launched her online offensive she began by creating a dark Hawthorne Hill Universe based on a
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chessboard Michael barason the King has been captured and killed Mary Haskins the queen must be sacrificed to protect
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the castle our heads can't comprehend what she was thinking two weeks later her post grew ominous anyone who
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repeatedly kicks a resting Beast will eventually wake her up there was a Fear Factor building she was using it to
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terrify Michael she says it's war I've declared war on them the war raged on Lauren told her father she was concerned
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about her horse's safety I mean they're the reason I wake up in the morning literally they're also the reason I
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can't sleep at night literally she claimed that her animals were not being treated properly Lauren told me that her
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horses are being misfed you know they were just making things uh you know very difficult for her you know abusing the
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horses not feeding the horses over feeding the horses none of that was true marisone supporters counter it was
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Lauren violating Barn rules and she just went in the barn in the middle of the night there were rumors of that she was
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going to do stuff to the horses and come in the middle of the night but according
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to Lauren one of her horses needed special care then came a disturbing Discovery and it had nothing to do with
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horses when did you first learn about the recording devices Lauren put in the barn about mid-july we started hearing
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rumors and started talking Lauren and her boyfriend Rob Goodwin had hidden small voice recorders at Hawthorne Hill
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Lauren said said she was making recordings because she was fearful of barason Staff what do you think Lauren
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was listening for anything to help her in whatever plan she had to destroy him canarak took to Facebook and
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came for barrison's career she branded him racist homophobic and anti-semitic allegations bearizon passionately denies
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but that could get him banned from the sport there were things coming out on social media that were horrific
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it shook him to the Bone the damage was done were the comments on social media by Lauren impacting Michael's reputation
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in the equestrian World absolutely absolutely so I think we live in this world now where your reputation or your
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career or your identity could be changed like that and can be devastating the champion made his name facing down all
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challenges in the saddle but he says this Onslaught from Lauren canarak overwhelmed him but have somebody attack
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me or somebody hurt me and I crumble I fall apart I run from confrontation Lauren claimed it was just the opposite
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Lauren posted saying a 6'3 man was bullying her and she was fearful for her life
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did you ever see Michael Bully Lauren of course right Lauren no no never never Michael barason I would stake my life
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and everything I got family and everything barason says he felt unsafe in his own home he says living under the
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same roof as Lauren and Rob became impossible barason and Haskins moved out of The Farmhouse her daughter was away
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at camp now her son was sent back to his dad and I had to hug him and kiss him and said buddy I love you you're my
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favorite guy in the whole world but I have to send you home it's not safe we fled we moved a quarter mile from the
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house to The Stables after welcoming Lauren canarak here to Hawthorne Hill it now seems Michael barason wanted nothing
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more from her than to pack up take her boyfriend and horses and leave his farm why didn't Lauren just leave Michael
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never asked Lauren to leave did you ask Lauren to leave many times and she said refused
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many many many many times and eventually you call 9-1-1 yes emergency July 31st 2019 at 9 00 PM
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Michael barrisone makes what would be his first of four calls to police The Olympian pleaded for help they have
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chased us out of our house and I need this deal with tonight did you notice Michael's demeanor start to change oh
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absolutely he was spiraling out of control and this barason had a pistol a pink and black nine millimeter handgun
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that belonged to one of his clients the gun was locked up in a safe in his office his choice to get it done a pink
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and black nine millimeter handgun so point back on it Lauren and pull the trigger twice
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[Music] Michael barason says his paradise had turned to hell and I walked outside and around that
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building all night every night in the dark I never stopped chaos replaced control he wasn't sleeping he wasn't
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eating you could hear it in his voice he was cracking Lauren canarack kept up her
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online attack you were scared yeah of course scared for your life at times again Lauren took to Facebook everyone
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should be worried I'm not responsible for anything my other personalities do when they're threatened they're nuts
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they're stalking us they're harassing us and again barason took online threats seriously and turned to police
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local cops headed over but may have seen it all as nothing more than a landlord tenant dispute when you learned that 911
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regarding your daughter what are you thinking I think embarrison is making you know
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bogus 911 calls but there was nothing bogus about what went down as the sun came up August 7th Lauren posted all my
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moves against them have been planned for months everything I've done to them so far has
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been child's played the war was about to get very ugly what put Michael over the
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edge I mean we can't say for sure my guess is CPS coming and remember a minivan driving in and that was the lady
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from Child Protective Services it was worker from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families and
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she said I need to see Miss gray and I yelled for Mary Haskins I said she needs to talk to you they're going to take the
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kids how did Child Protective Services end up at the farm Child Protective Services
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was contacted by safe sport safe sport is a watchdog group authorized by Congress dedicated to ending sexual and
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other abuse in sports and Lauren had filed a complaint with them Lauren Kenrick had made a report to save sport
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about some of the bullying that she was experiencing by Michael barason and by Mary Haskins gray and how do you destroy
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someone in that community safe sport this is Lauren's complaint she alleged Barrison was being a bully
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and body shaming her the safe sport Forum asked does this report involve allegations or concerns of child abuse
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or child sexual abuse Lauren said yes she said the abuse was verbal not physical the breaking point is when
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Child Services show up caseworker was there to check on the welfare of Mary Haskins two children but
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by now both were gone from Hawthorne Hill nothing worse than being accused of harming a child
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the worst thing that anyone could ever be accused of did you ever see any sign that Michael in any way abused Mary's
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kids no I know absolutely not he loved them they really adored him have you ever
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seen any evidence that Michael Barrison abused or neglected Mary's children or any children I don't think there's any
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direct evidence was brought out of that but a suggestion of possible child sexual abuse was too much for the
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Olympian to Bear he jumped to the conclusion that they were to investigate him for sexual abuse he acted
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emotionally and decided that he was going to get the gun and end it by killing Lauren canarak there's not much
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worse than being accused of harming a child perhaps being shot Mary Haskins and the caseworker were in barrison's
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office do you remember going to get a gun at any point no I remember going in my office
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was the gun in your office in a safe yes barason interrupted the meeting with the
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social worker he kissed Mary he asked them both to wait outside then he opened his safe took that gun and went out the
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door Michael barason headed down to the white farmhouse exactly what happened next remains unclear but at 2 13 that
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same day Lauren canarak called 9-1-1 gasping for air Lauren was fighting for her life her
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boyfriend Rob Goodwin struggled to subdue Michael barason [Music] thank you in the chaos Lauren and Rob's dog
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attacked barason there were two men on top of each other and a woman shot twice in the upper left chest and in the hands
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Corporal Derek Heimer had driven alone straight into an active crime scene I rolled Mr Barrison over and there was a
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gun next to his left hand what kind of gun it was a Ruger nine millimeter Ruger handgun the cop grabbed the gun and
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tended to Lauren she was pretty pale almost Gray canarak bleeding out got the first ambulance barason beaten by
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Goodwin and cuffed by Heimer came next the horsemen whispered five words that said everything I had a good life he
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repeated that a couple of times the war at Hawthorne Hill was done Lauren kanarack was struggling for her
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life they didn't know she had brain damage they said we put her in a medically induced coma she had tubes in
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her all over the place the next day Michael barason was charged with two counts of attempted murder he's never
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been a violent person I said to the cops in my statement that night she broke his
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brain and she absolutely did what was your reaction I cried I remember waken up in a hospital bed and I
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remember pulling to move out of it and my hand was handcuffed to the rail that detail he recalls but again Verizon says
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he does not remember shooting Lauren canarek nothing no I don't have any recollection of that
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nothing I don't know what happened State versus marisone nearly three years of legal maneuvering would come to an
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end March 2022. Edward the link is appearing out on behalf of Michael Barrister he was
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Furious he was frustrated and he most certainly knew what he was doing was wrong when he could try to kill them
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help I fear for my life those are the cries for help from Michael barrisell those cries fell on deaf ears soon the
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jury would hear from Lauren and she wanted to remind them that she was the victim I was in a coma for four days in
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the ICU for three weeks unable to speak because I had a ventilator shut down my throat like my life was almost ended but
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lincus and dining are set a rare strategy Michael barason was temporarily insane an insanity defenses not one we
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hear every day they hardly ever worked you took a risk yep I took a huge risk so I have had a number of insanity
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defense cases in my career did you win them this was the first one that went to trial
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see more of how the shooting of Lauren kanarack unfolded at 48hours.com [Music] Michael barazone needed to sell
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Hawthorne Hill his relationship with Mary Haskins ended up in the truth the whole truth is
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nothing but the truth yes ma'am but she testified that the summer of 2019 was his time of Terror he continued to
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become more and more fearful to unravel to be in panic sheer panic ask for barrison's relationship with her
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children Child Protective Services reported no issues and Haskins was emphatic he was
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wonderful to my children did Michael Barrison love your son very much do you swim in the presence of almighty
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God that shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing not the truth I do Mr Martin have a seat the Olympians barason
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had trained now stood by his side you know I love the guy he was instrumental in helping me get to my first Olympic
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Games and great mentor coach competitor the lawyer's Battleground became barazone's brain
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in my mind I wanted him examined by a a top-notch forensic psychiatrist how do you do
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doctors Stephen simmering and Charles Hassan spent hours examining barason why did he do it
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she drove him crazy she gaslighted him and she drove him over the edge did you have a plan to destroy Michael
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Barrison at some point yes she played with his reality and she enjoyed playing with him toying with
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them and he cracked under that pressure have your Breaking Point don't take a gun and try and kill two people
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shellhorn had his own strategy and his own forensic psychologist Steve will call Dr Lewis lessinger hi
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doctor good afternoon taking a beat on barisone his sanity and his story he claimed that he doesn't have memory only
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for the criminal behavior only for the CR his memory for everything else is excellent are you kidding that's a red
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flag because Dr Louis lessinger didn't buy that barason's mind short-circuited so what does he not remember
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getting the gun loading the gun driving to where Lauren was the only thing you don't remember is the
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criminal Behavior why is that Robert Goodwin hit him on the head which is probably the most likely reason that
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he lost memory [Music] Lauren testified she felt she had been lied to prevented by Barrison from
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reaching her lifelong dressage dream barazone's legal team says her frustration fed her appetite for Revenge
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he wanted to ruin his business correct and finally yeah that was in my mind and according to Goodwin if Lauren did
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want things resolved peacefully she never got a final chance she didn't get to say much to Michael
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before he pulled up the gun he wasn't there for a conversation he was there to kill us
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of this Arena sad barason silent teary ragged he looks very different at the time of trial than he did at any
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other point before that it was a joke you know they had them you know ready for the insanity defense
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four tense days passed with we going to count one attempted murder of Lauren kanarack what is your
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verdict Not Guilty by reason of insanity not guilty him crumbling and falling into my arms I
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feel emotional just talking about it there is nothing greater in life than that that feeling it's unfathomable how
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satisfying it is when it goes the right way and you win by reason of insanity mean it means he's
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not responsible for its conduct the jury ruled that at the time incident Michael barason was insane they
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were not charged with deciphering the distressed man sitting before them what was Lauren's reaction to the
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verdict shocked this made couldn't believe it Lauren is the victim in this story has
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that been lost well I think so unfortunately that's uh that's been lost people in the sport I
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think Michael barristone has been Vindicated she drove Michael Barrison crazy who does that to another
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individual [Music] you know Michael Barrison is a victim when we spoke with Barrison it was just
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hours after the verdict I'm Nikki no longer looking at 80 years in prison he seemed a different person he had just
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checked in with the nurse and she said how are you and I said well interestingly enough it's probably the
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best day of my life you know then the Fallen Horseman turned reflective I'm I'm lost I'm [ __ ] without a Rudder
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the world I knew isn't any longer there so I have to rebuild a new world it's transferred to a psychiatric
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hospital 's supporters hope they will soon get the chance to welcome him home when you think about the day he might
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walk back in here [Music] how do you envision that a lot of Tears yeah a lot of tears from everyone
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they'll be happy to see him absolutely horses are great Healers at some point your relationship with
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Michael changed yes it did across the walls of a jail Lara Osborne and Michael barason became a couple you couldn't go
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on a date no no certainly couldn't go on a date hopefully that will change soon oh
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have you learned anything about your daughter through all of this and she's even tougher than I thought it is a
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miracle where will we see Lauren canarak in 10 years hopefully he's still on a horse well
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51 years old and hopefully I'll have a lot more horses I want everyone in this whole thing
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to go on and have beautiful lives everyone I only want everyone to do well with the
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dreams that they have foreign [Music] college professor found dead in a hot tub accident or murder suspected her
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boyfriend then a stunning act from their host a sudden shotgun blast there's something
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