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The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

And trying to leaveoften would escalatea situation like that. Today, Terry deniedbeating...

And trying to leave
often would escalate
a situation like that. [reporter] Today, Terry denied
beating his wife last week. But he did admit telling
Marla's psychologist
several months ago, "I was too drunk to remember
if I raped her." If a prosecutor tried
to discredit a woman today
for being crazy because she was abused,
it would backfire. And it would certainly have
helped Wanda Holloway today

Full Transcript

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And trying to leave often would escalate a situation like that.
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[reporter] Today, Terry denied beating his wife last week.
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But he did admit telling Marla's psychologist several months ago,
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"I was too drunk to remember if I raped her."
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If a prosecutor tried to discredit a woman today for being crazy
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because she was abused, it would backfire.
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And it would certainly have helped Wanda Holloway today.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:31
Uploaded
Feb 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime
Production
Cream Productions,Warner Bros. Discovery

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Movie Summary

In 1991, Wanda Holloway was arrested for trying to hire a hit man to kill her daughter Shanna's cheerleading rival so that Shanna could get a place on the team. Now, Shanna reveals the truth behind what happened for the first time.
But it just didn't get the traction - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:22
But it just didn't get the traction
And they had Wanda take the stand in her own defense. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:16
And they had Wanda take the stand in her own defense.
[reporter] When she took the stand in her own defense, Mrs. Holloway tearfully denied - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:15
[reporter] When she took the stand in her own defense, Mrs. ...
What did you mean when you said, 'You just want her gone'?" - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:06
What did you mean when you said, 'You just want her gon...
It was like a joke we were having." - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:06
It was like a joke we were having."
If Wanda wanted to go through with this, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:08
If Wanda wanted to go through with this,
But as the tapes progressed, especially when the juries had heard them, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:08
But as the tapes progressed, especially when the juries had ...
Imagine an invisible button that only she knows about that she can push. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:07
Imagine an invisible button that only she knows about that s...
At the time, we all had certain ingrained perceptions of women. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:09
At the time, we all had certain ingrained perceptions of wom...
You still see it today, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:17
You still see it today,
[Shanna] Trial stuff was not talked about around me at all. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:22
[Shanna] Trial stuff was not talked about around me at all.
[reporter] Reporters and onlookers from around the world - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:31
[reporter] Reporters and onlookers from around the world
"We, the jury, having found the defendant - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:18
"We, the jury, having found the defendant
I was disappointed. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:09
I was disappointed.
[Swartz] The guilty verdict seemed like a foregone conclusion to me. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:13
[Swartz] The guilty verdict seemed like a foregone conclusio...
[reporter] Holloway, visibly shaken, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:38
[reporter] Holloway, visibly shaken,
[announcer] Now, Channel 2 news at 6:00. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:16
[announcer] Now, Channel 2 news at 6:00.
Attorneys for Wanda Holloway have just filed a motion for a new trial. - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:06
Attorneys for Wanda Holloway have just filed a motion for a ...
[reporter 3] Holloway's lawyers discovered that one of 12 jurors - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:29
[reporter 3] Holloway's lawyers discovered that one of ...
And this young man didn't know the difference, so he had answered, - The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 00:10
And this young man didn't know the difference, so he ha...