

The socialite insisted that she had been attempting to take the weapon’s clip out when the gun accidentally went off. Hartin, 33, said that Jemmott, a friend with whom she had been socializing and drinking that night, had handed her his service pistol because he “thought that it was important for me to get my firearms license, because he thought I needed protection.” So I’m not sure if it was a faulty weapon or not.” “I was trying to get the clip out and it just went off-I don’t remember ever touching the trigger. “I don’t remember ever touching that trigger on the gun so I don’t know what happened, to be honest,” she told Morgan. She did not dispute having shot Jemmott but said the incident was nothing more than a “tragic accident.” Socialite Jasmine Hartin Back Behind Bars-Over Bizarro Assassination ClaimsĮxcerpts from Hartin’s latest interview, which was set to air Sunday night, were reported earlier Sunday by The Sun. After being jailed in and then released from a Belize facility notorious for its harsh conditions, Hartin was re-incarcerated last month on the suspicion that she had hired hitmen to carry out the assassination of Belize’s police commissioner and a local magistrate. She was charged with manslaughter by negligence in Jemmott’s death in June 2021. Subscribe now.The mother of two was found by the authorities on the same pier, spattered with blood, a spokesperson said at the time. Stay informed and gain unlimited access to the Daily Beast's unmatched reporting. Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your inbox. “Obviously, it would benefit in the custody case, it would benefit in many ways if I’m perceived to be this wild cocaine addict party girl,” Hartin said. She also disputed past media reports that have portrayed her as a drug-addicted party animal, connecting them to her ongoing custody battle with Andrew over their 5-year-old twins. “The truth of the matter is none of that.

I’ve heard that I lured him there and it was Andrew that shot him,” she said. “I’ve heard I’ve executed him, that it was an attempted rape and I was defending myself. In speaking with Morgan, Hartin also addressed the “many different stories” about the details of the incident that have proliferated in recent months. “My brother was shot behind the ear… execution style,” his sister Cherry told CBS News.

He was a lot bigger than me, so I couldn’t hold him up.”Īfter his death, Jemmott’s family pushed for Hartin to be charged with murder. “Then I tried to wriggle out from under him. I could see blood and feel blood,” she recalled. The mother of two was found by the authorities on the same pier, spattered with blood, a spokesperson said at the time.
