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| Friend: Terri Wanted Divorce Before Accident |
| Friday, March 25, 2005 |
Terri Schiavo had a bad fight with her husband the night before she was discovered unconscious in the hallway of her St. Petersberg, Florida home fifteen years ago, and intended to seek a divorce, a close friend said Friday.
"They were talking about divorce at the time that Terri collapsed," Jackie Rhodes told Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends." Rhodes became a friend of Ms. Schiavo's when they worked together at an insurance company. On the night of their marital blow-up, Rhodes said Terri caller her about the fight.
"I said, do you want me to come over?" Schiavo said no, saying that she'd just spoken to her brother and was going to go see him.
"If you want me to come over later - if you want to come over to my house, just call, " Rhodes remembers saying. "I'll do whatever you need."
Rhodes said the fight came as Terri and Michael considered splitting up.
"They were talking about a divorce at the time that Terri collapsed, and I do feel they were headed for divorce," Rhodes said.
Apparently Rhodes wasn't the only one who knew the Schiavos' marriage was unraveling.
When Michael filed a malpractice suit after Terri's accident, Rhodes said:
"The malpractice attorney followed me down the hall at the courthouse and told me that it was important that I did not mention that they were discussing divorce during this trial, because it would impact the court's decision."
She said the attorney didn't get the divorce info from her.
"Someone else told the malpractice attorney about that because I had not talked to him prior to that," Rhodes said.
"I don't feel that Michael should be Terri's guardian," she added.
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