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NYC ‘Roblox’ widow who claimed male escort scammed her out of $6M reveals disturbing details about family

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Senzamici, P. (2026, September 23). NYC ‘Roblox’ widow who claimed male escort scammed her out of $6M reveals disturbing details about family. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/us-news/nyc-roblox-widow-who-claimed-male-escort-scammed-her-out-of-6-million-reveals-disturbing-details-about-family/

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Marianne Flippo, 49, who alleges that Greggory Starr scammed her out of $6 million after the suicide of her husband, revealed during a legal meeting that her father-in-law was James Michael Flippo, an infamous murderer. During the July 7 confrontation in her lawyer Larry Hutcher’s office, Flippo disclosed that her father-in-law had killed his wife Cheryl in 1996 and had previously threatened to kill her as well.

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Marianne Flippo, 49, accused Greggory Starr of scamming her out of $6 million following the suicide of her wealthy Roblox programmer husband. In a July 7 meeting with her attorney Larry Hutcher and Starr in Manhattan Supreme Court, Flippo revealed that her father-in-law was James Michael Flippo, an infamous West Virginia pastor who murdered his wife Cheryl in 1996. Flippo also claimed that her father-in-law threatened to kill her. The revelation emerged from audio transcripts filed with the court as part of ongoing legal proceedings.

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The lonely Roblox widow who claimed an icy-eyed gigolo scammed her out of $6 million dropped a jaw-dropping detail during a confrontation in her lawyer’s office — revealing her father-in-law was an infamous wife-murderer, according to a transcript of the meeting. She also claims the in-law threatened to kill her, too. uncertain

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Marianne Flippo, 49 — who accuses silver-haired Greggory Starr of milking her out of millions following the suicide of her wealthy Roblox programmer husband — made the wild disclosure while arguing with her attorney, audio transcripts filed in Manhattan Supreme Court reveal. asserted

transcripts → accuse → Court

“My deceased husband, his father, who’s a pastor of a church… he was a murderer,” Flippo told her attorney, Larry Hutcher, according to the transcript. uncertain

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Turns out her father-in-law was James Michael Flippo, an infamous West Virginia pastor who brutally bludgeoned to death his wife, Cheryl, in a remote state-park cabin back in 1996. asserted

who → turn → 1996

The bombshell relation came out during a July 7 confrontation between Flippo, Starr and Hutcher, the transcript claims. uncertain

transcript → come → Flippo

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Report → start → news

Flippo shot back that she wasn’t afraid of Starr — a West Point and law school grad — because she had survived sleeping under the same roof as a real killer. asserted

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“I slept in the same house with him,” Flippo said, according to the court-filed transcript. uncertain

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“He’d already murdered his wife. asserted

He → murder → wife

I had to sleep under the same roof with him and he had already threatened to murder me… asserted

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I’m not afraid. asserted

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