Lawrence Rudolph's girlfriend, Lori Milliron, is also facing charges.
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PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — The Paradise Valley man accused of killing his wife while on safari in Africa claiming she accidentally shot herself is scheduled to go to trial in July.
Lawrence Rudolph is charged with foreign murder and mail fraud. He was arrested in December, five years after his wife Bianca's death in 2016.
Now,
Rudolph's girlfriend, Lori Milliron, is being charged, too. The two have been living together in Paradise Valley since the weeks after Bianca's death, according to court records.
Milliron is charged with comforting and assisting Rudolph to hinder his trial and punishment. She's also charged with multiple counts of providing false testimony.
Milliron's attorney, John Dill, released the following statement to 12 News:
"Ms. Milliron did not commit any crime and completely denies the government’s charges. She is a hardworking grandmother who the government has falsely charged without knowing the facts. She looks forward to being exonerated, but the shame in this case is that she is even forced to defend herself against allegations based totally on rumors and gossip."
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A friend of Bianca's notified the FBI that Lawrence had been having an affair at the time of her death with Milliron.
Once Lawrence returned home, he began claiming her life insurance policy and cashed out close to $5 million.
Since then, county property records show Lawrence Rudolph has been living in a home in Paradise Valley.
But in December, five years after Bianca's death, authorities arrested him in connection with her death.
Records show a former employee of Rudolph's dental practice told federal investigators she knew Rudolph's girlfriend, Milliron, who claimed to have dated him for 15-20 years while he was married to Bianca. She alleges Milliron stated she gave Rudolph an ultimatum of one year to sell his dental office and leave Bianca.
The federal case is being handled in Colorado where Bianca's insurance company is based.