Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman Claims She Didn’t Know ‘He Was Planning Violence’
The girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the maniac who killed nearly 60 people and injured 600 during a concert in Las Vegas this week says she didn’t know what he was planning on doing.
“I knew Stephen Paddock as a kind, caring, quiet man. I loved him and hoped for a quiet future together with him,” Marilou Danley said in a statement read by her lawyer, who described her as “a mother and a grandmother.”
“He never said anything to me or took any action that I was aware of that I understood in any way to be a warning that something horrible like this was going to happen,” the statement read. She also admitted that Stephen sent her to the Philippines while he carried out the massacre.
“A little more than two weeks ago, Stephen told me he found a cheap ticket for me to the Philippines and that he wanted me to take a trip home to see my family,” she said. “Like all Filipinos abroad, I was excited to go home and see family and friends. While there he wired me money, which he said was for me to buy a house for me and my family. I was grateful but honestly, I was worried that first the unexpected trip home and then the money was a way of breaking up with me.”
“It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone,” she said. “I have not made a statement until now because I have been cooperating with the authorities and I voluntarily flew back to America because I know the FBI and Las Vegas Police Department wanted to talk to me and I wanted to talk to them. I will cooperate fully with their investigation. Anything I can do to help these suffering and help in any way, I will do. Please respect my privacy and my family’s privacy.”