article_snippet.sent: Laut was arrested and charged in 2009 (left) for the murder of Laut husband David Laut.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors say Laut shot dead her Olympic medalist husband outside The couple California home the night of August 28, 2009 .
article_snippet.sent: Laut claims Laut wrestled a gun from her Olympic medalist husband after her Olympic medalist husband became intoxicated and said her Olympic medalist husband was going to kill Laut after her Olympic medalist husband killed their 10-year-old son and their dogs .
article_snippet.sent: Bamieh husband, who won a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, was shot several times in the head on the night of August 28, 2009 in Her husband, who won a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles yard in Oxnard, a coastal city 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
article_snippet.sent: Laut had told investigators immediately after the shooting that Laut went to the backyard to check out suspicious sounds, and Laut heard shots fired, police said.
article_snippet.sent: Police initially said Laut may have been killed by prowlers, but a few days later said the killing was not random.
article_snippet.sent: Bamieh, who was hired by Laut shortly after the killing, told the Ventura County Star after the arrest that Laut wrestled the gun from an abusive husband after an abusive husband became intoxicated and said an abusive husband was going to kill Laut after an abusive husband killed their 10-year-old son and their dogs. '
article_snippet.sent: Laut was left with no choice but to defend Laut and Laut child with the gun,' Bamieh told the newspaper. '
article_snippet.sent: David Laut, who won a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, was shot several times in the head on the night of August 28, 2009 .
highlights_snippet.sent: Jane Laut, 57, stands accused of shooting dead her bronze medalist shot-putter husband Dave Laut in August 2009 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Laut claims self-defense while prosecutors say Laut's a murderer -- however, they were unable to get a case together by the time of the trial .
  