article_snippet.sent: Now, newly filed documents have revealed that Harold Henthorn is fighting for a $1.5million pay out from the policy taken out in July 2001 on the grounds that Harold Henthorn needs the money to pay for Harold Henthorn attorney for the forthcoming murder trial scheduled to begin next month.
article_snippet.sent: The documents, filed yesterday and seen by Daily Mail Online, are part of a bitter civil case being fought in Douglas County .They note that, just weeks before Harold Henthorn is due to stand trial, Harold Henthorn is 'focused solely on Harold Henthorn own desire to have the insurance proceeds disbursed to Harold Henthorn without any meaningful process.'
article_snippet.sent: They go onto state: 'Should Harold Henthorn truly be able to substantiate an inability to afford counsel in the criminal matter, those matters are properly addressed in the criminal case pending in this District.'
article_snippet.sent: At the time Henthorn was unaware that her husband was already the subject of an FBI investigation that lasted two years and scrutinized every aspect of the widower's life, culminating in her husband arrest last November.
article_snippet.sent: Shockingly, not only is Henthorn fighting for the pay out to fund Henthorn own defense, documents filed in a separate motion in March show that Henthorn fought Henthorn late wife's family to have funds from Dr Bertolet's estate released into Henthorn possession.
article_snippet.sent: Last February the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado found in Dr Bertolet's family's favor and barred Henthorn from accessing Henthorn late wife's estate on the grounds that allowing Henthorn to do so posed an 'imminent risk of substantial harm..to [its] financial interests.'
article_snippet.sent: Henthorn attempted to overturn this decision as recently as December and only finally failed when a court denied his access to the funds and demanded that his appoint a forensic accountant to detail the contents of his late wife's estate.
article_snippet.sent: Henthorn was denied bail by US District Attorney Judge Kathleen Latoyfa who described Henthorn as a 'danger' and said, 'there are rather glaring similarities between the loss of Henthorn first wife and the loss of Henthorn second.'
article_snippet.sent: Henthorn pointed to large sums of money recently transferred by Henthorn to Henthorn brother as suggestive that Henthorn was 'hiding funds.'
article_snippet.sent: Henthorn's trial is scheduled to begin in September.
article_snippet.sent: Henthorn has entered a plea of not guilty.