According to legal documents procured by TMZ, Steven Avery, star of Netflix’s true crime documentary hit Making A Murderer, may have attempted to claim that his brothers Earl and Charles could possibly be the perpetrators behind the murder of Teresa Halbach.
Halbach would be turning 36 this March.
In the documents TMZ obtained, which were neither released nor disclosed by TMZ, Avery filed claims stating that both his brothers had a criminal history regarding sexually assaulting women, and that both of them deserved an investigation.
The documents allegedly state that not only was Charles once charged with sexually assaulting his spouse after strangling her with a telephone line and attempting to force himself upon her as he held her down, but that Charles had multiple occurrences of documented stalker-like behavior and parasocial obsessions with female customers who, in some bad luck, happened to cross paths with the salvage lot.
For example, one unfortunate woman was forced to go to the police according to TMZ after Charles refused to stop visiting her at home and repeatedly sending unwanted gifts. And all she did was have her car towed to the Avery’s salvage lot.
Another woman complained that Charles would crank call her and tell her how he had been watching her as she wore her swimsuit, and finally a third woman, who bought a car part at the salvage lot, was forced to endure Charles’ version of courtship for weeks before the police had to intervene.
According to TMZ, all three harassments included in the claim occurred within a month of Halbach going missing.
The claims made in the documents also included how Earl once pled no contest to the charge of sexually assaulting his two daughters, according to TMZ.
Without context, it’s impossible to gauge the significance of these statements. They could have been filed on Avery’s behalf by one of his lawyers exploring all avenues of possible ways in securing an appeal.
Making A Murderer filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi recently revealed that a juror who sat on Avery’s trial confessed to vote trading after reaching out to them privately. According to Demos and Ricciardi, this anonymous juror alleged that jury members were in fear of their lives, and had their vote compelled unwillingly.
