Former “American Idol” star Caleb Flynn’s mistress sobbed in court Wednesday as she read a text message she sent saying she wanted to kill his wife, according to footage. “I just wish I didn’t say this,” Alleigha Botner, 24, moaned between tears, according to Court TV footage. “It says, ‘I want to kill her, Caleb,’” Botner said when asked by prosecutors to read the text she’d sent.
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