Lorenzen Wright's former personal assistant, Wendy Wilson, claims she has audio recordings of Wrights ex-wife, Sherra, shouting threats at her husband, saying that she would harm him if he was ever with another woman. "I have the evidence that she said these things and she knows it," Wilson told myeyewtinessnews.com, Memphis' ABC affiliate.
Wilson went on to say Sherra said "things like, if she caught him with anyone else, she'd have him 'f'd up' or whatever."
Wrights ex-wife's home reportedly was searched for several hours on Sunday night by police. Neighbors told police they had seen a large fire in the backyard following Wright's disappearance.
Wilson, who has urged investigators to examine Sherra as a suspect and described her as "unstable," said she had played the tapes to Lorenzen Wright and his parents years ago. Wilson said Lorenzen Wright asked her to keep the tapes.
Coleman Garrett, who is representing Sherra Wright, said the police search of her home is a formality:
"They're trying to find answers, and that would be one of the logical things to do, to search any premises where Lorenzen was last known to be," he said to myeyewitnessnews.com.
Garrett also refuted rumors swirling around Memphis that Sherra Wright is somehow involved in her ex-husband's murder.
"We think the best thing for her to do is just take care of her children and maintain a low profile," Garrett told the website. "Until the Police Department and homicide can do their job and maybe they'll give us some answers."
Since the Wrights' divorce, the court ordered Lorenzen to pay $26,000 a month in child support and alimony. Mathes said Wright has not done so since last November.
According to her divorce attorney, Gail Mathes, Sherra Wright is a dedicated mother who is struggling to pay the bills. "I just feel like Sherra Wright is being placed in a bad light," Mathes told Memphis' ABC affiliate. "She does not deserve it all. She's been an incredible mother and woman. And she's done her best to shield her children from financial difficulties."




