Nigel Edge, the person accused of a deadly mass capturing at a North Carolina restaurant on Saturday evening (September 27), as soon as accompanied American Idol star Kellie Pickler to the CMT Music Awards and just lately filed a lawsuit in opposition to her for allegedly attempting to kill him on the occasion.
North Carolina authorities arrested Edge on Saturday after he was alleged to have opened fireplace on the American Fish Firm restaurant in Southport Yacht Basin, killing three folks and injuring 5 others. Per the New York Publish, regulation enforcement sources mentioned Edge, a former Marine, suffers from PTSD and believes a number of Q-Anon conspiracy theories.
After his arrest was made public, it was found that Edge as soon as escorted Pickler to the CMT Music Awards again in 2012. There are pictures of the pair on the purple carpet, with Edge, then often known as Sean Debevoise (he filed to alter his title in 2023), carrying his Marine uniform and accompanied by his service canine Rusty.
On the time, Edge posted about his date with Pickler, saying, per Style of Nation, “I’m ecstatic about being right here on the CMT Music Awards with Kellie, much more to think about her a buddy. She is probably the most honest particular person I do know. She is an angel.”
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Nonetheless, in response to court docket paperwork obtained by TMZ, Edge sued Picker in February 2025, accusing her of attempting to poison him on the evening they attended the CMT Music Awards collectively. The lawsuit alleges that the nation singer poisoned Edge’s glass of Jim Beam, and he solely survived as a result of he didn’t drink it.
Pickler has not publicly responded to the claims.
The swimsuit in opposition to Pickler is certainly one of many weird lawsuits Edge has filed over the previous yr. In accordance with the NY Publish, this consists of quite a few allegations {that a} cabal of “LGBTQ White Supremacists” and pedophiles have been attempting to kill him as a result of he’s a “straight man.”
He additionally accused the Brunswick Medical Centre of attempting to homicide him. That lawsuit, together with others, has already been dismissed.
Edge is due in court docket at present, Monday (September 28), the place he faces three counts of first-degree homicide, 5 counts of tried first-degree homicide and 5 counts of assault with a lethal weapon.
Pickler rose to fame on the fifth season of Idol, the place she completed in sixth place. Her debut album, Small City Lady, was launched in 2006 and has bought over 900,000 copies. In 2013, she gained Season 16 of Dancing With the Stars alongside her professional companion Derek Hough. She additionally hosted the syndicated daytime TV speak present Pickler & Ben with comic Ben Aaron from 2017 to 2019.