Judge: $20 million bond for ex-wife of slain NBA player

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Tennessee judge has issued a $20 million bond for the ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright in his shooting death nearly eight years ago.

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee said his decision to give Sherra Wright such a high bond was partly driven by her bad behaviour while being held at a women’s jail on murder and attempted murder charges in her husband’s slaying.

Lorenzen Wright’s decomposing, bullet-riddled body was found in a swampy field in Memphis on July 28, 2010 — 10 days after he was reported missing.

Sherra Wright was arrested in December in California, where she had lived for three years after moving away from Memphis. Her lawyers argued she had strong ties to the community in asking for a $100,000 bond.