Deadly Fortune | 2. Pulling the Trigger
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What happened the night Diane McIver died?
The Bench. I had no idea what had happened that night. I was on the West Coast in San Francisco when I got a call from Billy Corey, who had told me that Diane was dead and Tex was not. He said there had been a tragic firearms accident and Diane is no longer with us. I immediately texted and called Tex, which rolled to voicemail. I rushed back to Atlanta from San Francisco, and I heard from Billy Corey again. He was blunt. We're going to go to Austin's soccer game. And that's exactly what we did. Austin Schwall is Tex and Diane's godson. Austin was probably 10 at the time. We all went over to Brookhaven, this group of friends, and we supported Austin in his soccer game because he had lost his godmother.
Austin's parents, Anne and Craig, were also part of this inner circle. Diane had a particular affection for their son, Austin.
I die in love, children. And when Austin was born, before he was born, his parents asked if she would be the godmother to their child. And when he was born, he was like, you know, the golden child. I was crazy about Austin. He was a cute little boy. He was really sweet. I was afraid she was very, you know, connected to him, that he was going to end up being really spoiled and not be one of those children that you enjoy to be around. And that was not the case. He was an adorable, respectful, fun, sweet child and has continued to grow up that way. Everybody was second to Austin. Everybody was number two. Austin hung the moon and he was the world to Diane.
Diane was much, much closer to Austin than being a godmother. You could argue that she was neck and neck as his mother. In fact, when I received the call from Billy that early morning, my initial thought was that it was Austin that had died, not Diane. Billy Corey had an unbreakable bond with Diane, and now Billy was crushed. She had supported him for years, helping him acquire a variety of multi-million dollar companies. But she was also there in the best moments, the singing, the trips, the parties. And what about Tex? He got on the phone with Billy, who asked him what had happened. But Tex didn't talk like a husband. He talked like a lawyer, telling Billy, on the advice of my attorney, I just can't talk about it.
This was a big mistake in the eyes of Billy. He started to doubt that Diane's death from Tex's gun was an accident. And Tex did not seem a bit remorseful about any of it. From Sony Music Entertainment and Waveland Road, you're listening to Deadly Fortune. This is Episode 2, Pulling the Trigger.
She looked at me one day and she says, Danny Jo, she said, I've got enough money to buy anything I want and all I want is your hair. The hats were part of that. She would wear her hair done one day, maybe put it up the next day, and then for about two days she'd wear hats, and then it would start all over again. She had a winter and a summer closet in her house. 20 feet long by maybe eight feet wide. There was a summer one and a winter one.
And on the top shelves, there were hats upon hats upon hats. Diane McIver, a powerful woman who indeed did wear many hats, did not know her fate on the evening of September 25th, 2016. The night started out much like any other.
Well, she was driving. They did have a roadie of red wine and a Yeti cup that they kind of passed back and forth. I was sitting in the passenger side. in the front and Diane was driving and Tex was in the back behind me. I figured he was probably working on his green sheets or I think that's what he called them for keeping up his hours, billable hours. Diane and I were talking, Tex was doing his work and we went right to Longhorn and I was absolutely starving. We got there and there was a little bit of a line or a wait And I said, well, let's go to the bar and have a drink. I wanted to eat and I wanted to eat there and I wanted to eat then. So I knew Diane wasn't going to turn down a glass of red wine. So we went to the bar.
We were talking about politics because it was 2016 and the debates were going on and all that. And so we sat at the bar. They had a glass of wine. I was drinking water. And then we went to the table and sat down and Craig got there. So we probably ate. It was probably maybe 8 o'clock or so.
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