Nancy Jones, the widow of country music legend George Jones, was in court this week testifying in a case against her ex — Kirk West — who is accused of stealing more than $10 million in cash and crypto from her.
Rolling Stone reported that Jones took the stand during a court hearing on Oct. 7 in Tennessee.
“Everything that he told me, I definitely trusted him,” she said. “Even the romantic part, I definitely trusted him.”
West was arrested back on July 24 at the Nashville International Airport one day after Nancy Jones filed a theft report against him.
Court documents showed that Nancy claimed she became suspicious that West, described as her “long-term romantic partner,” might be cheating on her. She said that is when she called a granddaughter and asked her to check a safe that only she and West had a code for.
Nancy Jones claimed that her granddaughter discovered that $400,000 in cash was missing from the safe, per Taste of Country, and that a crypto wallet with 5,534,307 units of the digital currency XRP was also missing.
That amount of XRP was reportedly valued at $11,622,044.70 at the time.
Taste of Country said court documents said Nancy Jones kicked West out of her home on June 28. She claimed he later called and said he would return $5 million in the crypto money but no more.
West was reportedly been charged with theft of over $250,000, which is a Class A felony in Tennessee.
In court this week, Nancy Jones said that West took an active role in helping to manage the Jones estate and her finances, according to Rolling Stone.
“He took care of everything,” she said. “I didn’t take care of nothing.”
The outlet said that prosecutors asked her if she trusted West.
“One hundred percent,” she responded.
She also reportedly told prosecutors that West called himself “a financial manager.”
This is reportedly not his first brush with the law.
According to reports, West was charged with bank fraud in 2016, and Nancy Jones said she paid his legal fees and hired representation then.
The two reportedly first met back in 2013, about four months after George Jones’ death.
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