Jodi Arias Filing for Bankruptcy? Murderer Tweets Family's Financial Situation
Convicted murderer Jodi Arias may be claiming bankruptcy after her upcoming trial in which she will finally be sentenced for the brutal murder of Travis Alexander. Arias tweeted the news to her 78,000 followers and denied any claims that her family has profited from Arias' publicity during her original trial.
"That rumor that somehow my family profited from my trial? Absurd," Arias tweeted. "I'm filing for bankruptcy (if I can ever afford to do so)."
Even though Arias is selling her artwork online and is reportedly in talks to publish her memoirs, that would not be enough to help her pay back all of her court bills. Arias' trial made her a household name over the summer; she was ultimately convicted of stabbing ex-boyfriend Alexander 29 times, shooting him, and then slitting his throat.
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A jury was unable to decide whether she should spend her remaining days behind bars or be put to death for her crime. Right now prosecutors and Arias' attorneys are attempting to settle on a court date for her re-sentencing trial. Arias' conviction will be upheld but the jury will have to decide her future. If they are unable to come to a decision, Arias will automatically be sentenced to life behind bars without parole.
According to Arias, the trial has affected her entire family; she previously tweeted about her family members' financial situations but then deleted them. The Facebook page "Justice 4 Travis" took screenshots of the tweets and posted them to its own page.
"My dad will be closing the doors to his diner this month; my aunt (who attended my trial) and uncle are filing for bankruptcy; my parents are filing for bankruptcy," Arias said in a number of tweets.
Arias' lawyers have filed a petition to prevent jurors from using social media during the re-sentencing trial, but no restrictions have been placed on Arias. Prosecutors initially requested that she be barred from using Twitter once they discovered her feed during the trial, but the judge in that case did not see enough evidence to stop her from doing so.
