Tiffany Stevens' Witnesses: No $50M Trust Fund; Handyman and Ex- Framed Her

Tiffany Stevens’ father, Edward Khalily testified in her murder-for-hire trial Monday that there was no $50-million trust fund for his granddaughter that the winner of a custody dispute would get to control, according to various reports.

That testimony came the same day that Stevens’ defense rested its case. After taking a day off due to expected bad weather, the public trial arguments are expected to conclude Wednesday, when the jury could begin deliberations, according to an article in the Hartford Courant.

Stevens is charged with plotting with a handyman to have her ex-husband killed. The handyman, John McDaid, has testified that he instead told her husband about the plot, told police and then made two recordings in which prosecutors say Tiffany Stevens is heard confirming that she wanted McDaid to murder her ex-husband, Eric Stevens, the Courant reported.

Eric Stevens reportedly told police that a $50 million trust fund for the couple’s daughter (now 9 years old) would be in the control of whoever had custody of the daughter. Tiffany Stevens’ father, Khalily, testified Monday that there was no $50 million trust fund. Eric Stevens, when he testified earlier in the trial, denied he knew of any trust fund that size, according to the Courant

Larry Chace, a pool service man who worked on an estate in Simsbury with McDaid, testified that McDaid told him he was setting up Tiffany Stevens on behalf of her ex-husband, the Courant reported on Friday.