1 00:00:02,951 --> 00:00:07,590 The standoff took place this morning in front of 2 00:00:07,591 --> 00:00:09,992 this house, after police say they responded to 3 00:00:09,993 --> 00:00:11,093 reports of a shooting... 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,894 ...85-year-old, Janette Becraft 5 00:00:12,996 --> 00:00:14,997 was killed yesterday morning at a home. 6 00:00:15,099 --> 00:00:18,434 You want to say that nothing in wrestling surprises you... 7 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:21,070 The former professional wrestler is now accused of 8 00:00:21,071 --> 00:00:23,339 shooting and killing his wife. 9 00:00:23,439 --> 00:00:24,975 That's surprising. 10 00:00:25,074 --> 00:00:28,144 And then, all of a sudden, the news broke. 11 00:00:28,245 --> 00:00:30,079 It's Billy Jack. 12 00:00:30,178 --> 00:00:32,648 He just electrifies the crowd, and they love him. 13 00:00:32,716 --> 00:00:34,484 What? Billy Jack did what? 14 00:00:34,584 --> 00:00:36,514 I could have believed it, but I didn't. 15 00:00:36,619 --> 00:00:38,020 I didn't want to believe it. 16 00:00:38,121 --> 00:00:40,090 Billy Jack Haynes! 17 00:00:40,155 --> 00:00:42,658 [Narrator] Years before this shocking crime, 18 00:00:42,792 --> 00:00:44,828 Billy Jack Haynes had lived the dream, 19 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,030 rising from Oregon's regional circuit to stardom 20 00:00:48,131 --> 00:00:50,332 in wrestling's golden age of the 1980s. 21 00:00:50,466 --> 00:00:52,201 From Portland, Oregon... 22 00:00:52,301 --> 00:00:54,338 Billy Jack Haynes! 23 00:00:54,469 --> 00:00:56,206 Billy Jack had everything... 24 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:58,841 All the tools to be a top professional wrestler. 25 00:00:58,942 --> 00:01:02,512 Whoa! Oh, look at the slam! Billy Jack is strong. 26 00:01:02,645 --> 00:01:04,614 His career was in reverse. 27 00:01:04,715 --> 00:01:06,215 He started as a star, 28 00:01:06,314 --> 00:01:08,552 and he finished as a nobody. 29 00:01:08,685 --> 00:01:11,287 But Billy Jack's dealings outside the ring 30 00:01:11,353 --> 00:01:13,355 hinted at a mysterious life, 31 00:01:13,456 --> 00:01:16,527 one almost too extraordinary to believe. 32 00:01:16,528 --> 00:01:19,161 Billy said he had been involved in the drug business 33 00:01:19,162 --> 00:01:21,397 as a collector and enforcer. 34 00:01:21,498 --> 00:01:23,400 When I was in Portland, I was about 35 00:01:23,533 --> 00:01:25,536 a kilo a day cocaine dealer. 36 00:01:25,635 --> 00:01:27,370 Billy has made many, many claims. 37 00:01:27,469 --> 00:01:29,739 I was contracted to go down there to kill 38 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,875 two Arkansas State Police officers. 39 00:01:31,876 --> 00:01:34,509 You don't know fact from fiction with Billy Jack Haynes. 40 00:01:34,510 --> 00:01:37,680 I kept that secret from everybody. 41 00:01:37,748 --> 00:01:41,051 Now, as the former star faces murder charges, 42 00:01:41,185 --> 00:01:43,052 those who knew Billy Jack Haynes 43 00:01:43,186 --> 00:01:45,353 look back on the road that led him here. 44 00:01:45,456 --> 00:01:47,522 So Billy Jack was his own worst enemy... 45 00:01:47,623 --> 00:01:49,091 and didn't even know it. 46 00:01:49,225 --> 00:01:50,894 He was a loaded gun, brother. 47 00:01:50,993 --> 00:01:52,929 You never know what he's thinking. 48 00:01:52,930 --> 00:01:55,196 You know, a lot of guys fall hard in wrestling, but... 49 00:01:55,197 --> 00:01:57,867 he fell harder than most. Without a doubt. 50 00:01:57,968 --> 00:02:03,040 ? 51 00:02:03,105 --> 00:02:06,609 ? 52 00:02:06,742 --> 00:02:09,045 [cheering] 53 00:02:09,046 --> 00:02:10,947 In the wrestling industry, I guess a lot of people 54 00:02:10,948 --> 00:02:12,615 may have forgotten about him. 55 00:02:12,748 --> 00:02:15,953 I got Oregon blood flowing through these veins! 56 00:02:16,085 --> 00:02:20,790 Even the most diehard WWF fan today would say, 57 00:02:20,924 --> 00:02:23,426 "Well, yeah, Billy Jack. He was there." 58 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,929 Billy Jack reaching down! That intentional fortitude. 59 00:02:27,030 --> 00:02:28,598 What did he do? 60 00:02:28,730 --> 00:02:32,201 People now in the present day are trying to go back 61 00:02:32,202 --> 00:02:34,301 because of what's happened with Billy, 62 00:02:34,302 --> 00:02:36,938 and trying to figure out, where did this start? 63 00:02:37,039 --> 00:02:40,276 We knew one day Billy Jack would do something crazy. 64 00:02:40,408 --> 00:02:44,080 But, we never thought it would be that crazy. 65 00:02:44,181 --> 00:02:46,883 It shocked me, and then again, it didn't. 66 00:02:46,984 --> 00:02:48,974 I don't know if you can understand that. 67 00:02:49,085 --> 00:02:52,556 That's one thing where, when Billy messed up, 68 00:02:52,656 --> 00:02:56,360 he messed up. Final mess up. 69 00:02:56,459 --> 00:02:58,927 I guess if you took everything and laid it 70 00:02:59,028 --> 00:03:02,966 on the table, you could see it coming up. 71 00:03:03,099 --> 00:03:05,334 Before his recent murder charge, 72 00:03:05,435 --> 00:03:07,905 Billy Jack's past reveals other crimes, 73 00:03:08,004 --> 00:03:11,140 including two assault charges before he's 30. 74 00:03:11,275 --> 00:03:14,343 But the same mean streak that gets him into trouble also 75 00:03:14,478 --> 00:03:17,948 creates new opportunities in the wrestling business. 76 00:03:18,048 --> 00:03:19,949 Billy Jack Haynes was a thug. 77 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:21,852 He was a street fighter. 78 00:03:21,985 --> 00:03:24,487 He was a boxer, a wrestler. 79 00:03:24,587 --> 00:03:27,323 Tough guy, don't get me wrong. 80 00:03:27,456 --> 00:03:31,161 My dad found him as a gym rat, and he's... 81 00:03:31,259 --> 00:03:33,997 below that now. 82 00:03:34,096 --> 00:03:36,532 All his bios say he was trained by Stu Hart. 83 00:03:36,665 --> 00:03:38,955 Stu Hart threw him out of Canada 'cause he was 84 00:03:38,968 --> 00:03:42,838 too rough and beat all his boys up. 85 00:03:42,973 --> 00:03:46,143 So, he was back to being a gym rat in Portland, Oregon 86 00:03:46,144 --> 00:03:47,476 when my dad, and "The Assassin" 87 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:49,177 Dave Sierra, found him. 88 00:03:49,278 --> 00:03:53,050 Well, he came to the Portland Sports Arena looking for work. 89 00:03:53,150 --> 00:03:55,485 And, we got him hooked up. 90 00:03:55,551 --> 00:03:58,187 He looked unreal, he was like, you know, 91 00:03:58,322 --> 00:04:00,122 jacked to the max. 92 00:04:00,223 --> 00:04:01,858 Look at him! 93 00:04:01,957 --> 00:04:04,193 Me and Rip "The Crippler" Oliver... 94 00:04:04,328 --> 00:04:08,063 talked to promoter Don Owens into using him. 95 00:04:08,064 --> 00:04:09,632 We knew with that size body, 96 00:04:09,633 --> 00:04:12,168 and his home being the Pacific Northwest, 97 00:04:12,269 --> 00:04:14,705 that we can draw money with him. 98 00:04:14,804 --> 00:04:17,975 Billy Jack Haynes, I mean, he just, he fit the part, 99 00:04:18,074 --> 00:04:21,377 and everybody was giving him a chance. 100 00:04:21,478 --> 00:04:24,848 In 1982, Billy rockets to the top... 101 00:04:24,947 --> 00:04:26,916 with a persona tailor made for fans 102 00:04:27,016 --> 00:04:28,884 in the Pacific Northwest. 103 00:04:29,019 --> 00:04:31,887 Billy Jack's gimmick and look came from the movie 104 00:04:32,021 --> 00:04:34,557 Billy Jack, starring Tom Laughlin, 105 00:04:34,689 --> 00:04:36,225 about the ex-service man 106 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,829 who was a karate expert and a loner. 107 00:04:39,928 --> 00:04:42,266 He was a dangerous man, but soft spoken. 108 00:04:42,398 --> 00:04:43,899 But don't cross him. 109 00:04:44,033 --> 00:04:46,769 Billy Jack, whose look, physique, 110 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:48,620 the aura, and the presence he had, 111 00:04:48,672 --> 00:04:50,906 the fans went crazy for him like he was 112 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,744 their very own hometown movie star. 113 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:57,380 The Portland, Oregon boy is coming up victorious! 114 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,350 So Billy Jack was a very effective babyface promo guy 115 00:05:00,449 --> 00:05:01,718 for Portland, Oregon. 116 00:05:01,719 --> 00:05:03,852 Thank you everybody in Portland for supporting me. 117 00:05:03,853 --> 00:05:05,922 I love you. Thank you. 118 00:05:06,021 --> 00:05:09,458 Nice guy, loved his father. Loved Oregon, 119 00:05:09,459 --> 00:05:11,260 loved Portland. You know what I mean? 120 00:05:11,261 --> 00:05:13,262 And he was Billy Jack from the movie, 121 00:05:13,362 --> 00:05:15,952 trying to get revenge on, on these different heels. 122 00:05:15,953 --> 00:05:17,900 Make a little bit more noise and I'll get it for you. 123 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:19,201 Let's go, come on! 124 00:05:19,269 --> 00:05:21,103 Everyone knew he was a rising star. 125 00:05:21,237 --> 00:05:23,406 You know, the 80s was all about the look. 126 00:05:23,473 --> 00:05:24,774 He had the look. 127 00:05:24,775 --> 00:05:26,540 And I'm sure all the fans here are going to 128 00:05:26,541 --> 00:05:29,079 like this man, Billy Jack Haynes. 129 00:05:29,177 --> 00:05:31,647 What a fantastic build on this young man, Johnny. 130 00:05:31,747 --> 00:05:33,115 They loved him, you know? 131 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:36,153 Every time Billy Jack was on the card, we sold out. 132 00:05:36,154 --> 00:05:37,852 From the time he first stepped foot in the ring, 133 00:05:37,853 --> 00:05:38,903 he was featured. 134 00:05:38,904 --> 00:05:40,455 He was pushed by the promoters. 135 00:05:40,456 --> 00:05:42,291 Small territory, pushed him. 136 00:05:42,391 --> 00:05:45,495 Went to a bigger territory, pushed him. 137 00:05:45,593 --> 00:05:48,130 I know Billy Jack Haynes from the territory days, 138 00:05:48,264 --> 00:05:50,901 when he came to Florida Championship Wrestling. 139 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,334 He was pretty laid back. 140 00:05:52,435 --> 00:05:55,437 Kind of a low key guy and a loner. 141 00:05:55,504 --> 00:05:56,973 ? 142 00:05:57,072 --> 00:05:58,942 My name's Bill "Fonzie" Alfonso, 143 00:05:58,943 --> 00:06:00,676 and I've been in the wrestling business 144 00:06:00,677 --> 00:06:03,245 for 45 years. 145 00:06:03,346 --> 00:06:05,514 ? 146 00:06:05,515 --> 00:06:07,249 I don't want to use the word oddball, 147 00:06:07,250 --> 00:06:09,840 but he was kind of different from all the wrestlers. 148 00:06:09,886 --> 00:06:11,954 ? 149 00:06:11,955 --> 00:06:13,188 We'd go out to the after party, 150 00:06:13,189 --> 00:06:15,824 have cocktails and drink and smoke a joint and so on. 151 00:06:15,925 --> 00:06:18,627 Billy Jack would go with the fans 152 00:06:18,728 --> 00:06:20,797 and their kids to pizza, 153 00:06:20,863 --> 00:06:22,531 and have pizza with 'em. 154 00:06:22,665 --> 00:06:24,033 The fans loved him. 155 00:06:24,166 --> 00:06:27,937 He loved the fans. He was committed. 156 00:06:28,004 --> 00:06:31,641 After just four years of working in smaller promotions, 157 00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:35,144 Billy Jack Haynes gets the call in 1986 from 158 00:06:35,245 --> 00:06:38,382 Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation. 159 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,516 From Portland, Oregon... 160 00:06:40,615 --> 00:06:44,386 If you wanted to go deep into Vince McMahon's mind 161 00:06:44,487 --> 00:06:47,124 and create a professional wrestler based on 162 00:06:47,223 --> 00:06:49,213 what he thought they should look like, 163 00:06:49,291 --> 00:06:51,127 Billy Jack was the guy. 164 00:06:51,194 --> 00:06:52,862 And now I'm here in the WWF, 165 00:06:52,863 --> 00:06:54,830 it's the World Wrestling Federation. 166 00:06:54,831 --> 00:06:56,965 And believe me, I know full well this is where 167 00:06:56,966 --> 00:06:59,702 the stiffest and the toughest competition is. 168 00:06:59,834 --> 00:07:02,572 He wrestled in that Detroit WrestleMania. 169 00:07:02,706 --> 00:07:05,208 They had over 100,000 people show up. 170 00:07:05,341 --> 00:07:08,209 Billy Jack Haynes! 171 00:07:08,343 --> 00:07:11,081 For a wrestler, that's top of the mountain. 172 00:07:11,213 --> 00:07:13,023 Look at the builds on these two guys. 173 00:07:13,048 --> 00:07:14,850 [cheering] 174 00:07:14,949 --> 00:07:16,886 Ken Patera! 175 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:19,855 And his tag team partner. 176 00:07:19,956 --> 00:07:22,692 Billy needed a tag team partner 177 00:07:22,759 --> 00:07:26,062 to elevate his persona, so... 178 00:07:26,196 --> 00:07:28,730 it worked out good. It worked out real good. 179 00:07:28,831 --> 00:07:32,269 This is Ken Patera, coming straight at you. 180 00:07:32,369 --> 00:07:35,937 And I used to wrestle with Billy Jack Haynes. 181 00:07:37,572 --> 00:07:39,908 His appearance was, "don't -- with me." 182 00:07:40,041 --> 00:07:42,612 How's that? [chuckling] 183 00:07:42,745 --> 00:07:44,548 [cheering] 184 00:07:44,646 --> 00:07:47,783 Well, we weren't told anything about the gimmick. 185 00:07:47,916 --> 00:07:51,086 Pat Patterson came in the locker room, and said, 186 00:07:51,187 --> 00:07:54,458 "Well, we got chain saws, and you guys are 187 00:07:54,557 --> 00:07:57,959 the Oregon Lumberjacks now." 188 00:07:58,060 --> 00:08:02,098 And they wanted us to crank those chainsaws up 189 00:08:02,197 --> 00:08:04,233 so they were actually running. 190 00:08:04,333 --> 00:08:07,704 I said, "Are you --ing nuts?" 191 00:08:07,802 --> 00:08:10,439 "I'm not gonna turn this chainsaw on." 192 00:08:10,572 --> 00:08:13,908 You know, somebody could get an arm cut off. 193 00:08:14,009 --> 00:08:16,947 Just stupid. 194 00:08:17,047 --> 00:08:18,714 Oh, there it is! 195 00:08:18,814 --> 00:08:21,550 Billy had a super nice personality and everything, 196 00:08:21,651 --> 00:08:24,119 soft spoken and whatnot. 197 00:08:24,220 --> 00:08:26,622 The nicest guy you'd ever want to meet. 198 00:08:26,721 --> 00:08:30,125 Billy Jack Haynes! And Ken Patera! 199 00:08:30,225 --> 00:08:32,095 But the gloss 200 00:08:32,195 --> 00:08:35,298 wears off after a while. 201 00:08:35,431 --> 00:08:38,168 All respects, Billy Jack had a fantastic body, 202 00:08:38,169 --> 00:08:39,933 stayed in shape. But upstairs, brother, 203 00:08:39,934 --> 00:08:41,437 that's a different story. 204 00:08:41,537 --> 00:08:44,441 Everyone knows me in pro wrestling as The Grappler. 205 00:08:44,541 --> 00:08:47,677 I wrestled Billy Jack Haynes many times. 206 00:08:47,809 --> 00:08:49,679 He's one of those guys you never know 207 00:08:49,778 --> 00:08:53,316 what he's gonna try. I never could trust him. 208 00:08:53,317 --> 00:08:54,749 He's liable to decide, you know, 209 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:56,117 he's mad about something and all of a sudden 210 00:08:56,118 --> 00:08:57,921 knock the hell out of ya. 211 00:08:58,020 --> 00:08:59,340 [indistinct commentary] 212 00:08:59,455 --> 00:09:02,692 He was an off the hinge type character. 213 00:09:02,825 --> 00:09:03,993 [screaming] Ah! 214 00:09:04,126 --> 00:09:07,697 -Oh, baby! -[cheering] 215 00:09:07,830 --> 00:09:10,360 His finishing maneuver would be the Full Nelson, 216 00:09:10,361 --> 00:09:12,468 and once he locked that Full Nelson into you, 217 00:09:12,469 --> 00:09:14,671 you felt like he was gonna break your neck. 218 00:09:14,672 --> 00:09:16,970 Nobody has ever gotten out of the Full Nelson 219 00:09:16,971 --> 00:09:19,807 once Billy Jack Haynes has got it locked in. 220 00:09:19,875 --> 00:09:22,711 Once you gave up, he would just sling you, I mean, 221 00:09:22,812 --> 00:09:25,148 like a piece of trash to the side. 222 00:09:25,246 --> 00:09:28,485 ? 223 00:09:28,551 --> 00:09:32,120 In the locker room, he had a reputation for- [snaps] Boom! 224 00:09:32,221 --> 00:09:33,490 I could see in his eyes, 225 00:09:33,590 --> 00:09:35,692 he was like a Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde. 226 00:09:35,792 --> 00:09:37,961 I've seen him snap several times. 227 00:09:38,059 --> 00:09:39,989 There was one night, we're in Florida. 228 00:09:39,995 --> 00:09:41,464 The match is over. 229 00:09:41,563 --> 00:09:44,033 And Percy Pringle was Rude's manager. 230 00:09:44,134 --> 00:09:45,366 And Billy Jack came in, 231 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:47,469 and he didn't like the way the finish went. 232 00:09:47,470 --> 00:09:50,371 He walks in and slaps the piss out of Percy Pringle. 233 00:09:50,372 --> 00:09:52,340 He goes, "This guy screwed up the finish. 234 00:09:52,341 --> 00:09:54,142 You idiot!" That was his mentality. 235 00:09:54,143 --> 00:09:55,845 That's the way he handled things. 236 00:09:55,910 --> 00:09:57,980 We did a show and, ah... 237 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,918 Smirnoff pulled a fire alarm. Got us in trouble. 238 00:10:02,017 --> 00:10:05,386 Next thing I know, Billy done face lock Smirnoff. 239 00:10:05,488 --> 00:10:08,389 Smirnoff went to the bathroom on himself. 240 00:10:08,490 --> 00:10:10,427 It was so bad. 241 00:10:10,558 --> 00:10:14,364 In Tampa, some smartass guy was checking Billy Jack out. 242 00:10:14,464 --> 00:10:16,764 Said, "Oh, that fake bullshit. 243 00:10:16,865 --> 00:10:18,433 I could kick ass." 244 00:10:18,434 --> 00:10:19,835 I just remember him snatching him in 245 00:10:19,836 --> 00:10:22,370 a headlock and punching him in the face 246 00:10:22,438 --> 00:10:24,240 about 20 times, really quick. 247 00:10:24,374 --> 00:10:27,110 Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam! 248 00:10:27,111 --> 00:10:28,643 He'd beat the hell out of the person, 249 00:10:28,644 --> 00:10:31,245 and then kick right out of it like nothing happened. 250 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:33,349 He did it because he could. 251 00:10:33,448 --> 00:10:35,918 I mean, right there I know is this guy's a bully. 252 00:10:35,919 --> 00:10:37,884 He takes on who he knows he can handle. 253 00:10:37,885 --> 00:10:40,788 You know, so I didn't respect that. 254 00:10:40,889 --> 00:10:44,860 He went to jail on two or three occasions, I believe, 255 00:10:44,961 --> 00:10:46,928 for beating people up. 256 00:10:47,062 --> 00:10:51,467 But he always said, "They deserved it!" 257 00:10:51,567 --> 00:10:54,269 Oregon men don't back down to nobody! 258 00:10:54,403 --> 00:10:56,804 You know, he's got a heart. 259 00:10:56,940 --> 00:10:58,607 But then he's got the other side... 260 00:10:58,608 --> 00:11:00,175 you know, where you screw him over, 261 00:11:00,176 --> 00:11:02,143 he'll come in your house, pull you out, 262 00:11:02,144 --> 00:11:03,912 and beat you to death. 263 00:11:03,980 --> 00:11:06,750 ? 264 00:11:06,751 --> 00:11:09,117 I would never think that the Billy Jack that I knew 265 00:11:09,118 --> 00:11:11,921 in the 80s would 'a ended up doing what he did. 266 00:11:12,022 --> 00:11:16,225 ? 267 00:11:16,226 --> 00:11:18,558 Police have now confirmed a woman was found dead 268 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,562 and a man was taken into custody 269 00:11:20,629 --> 00:11:23,232 after an hours-long police standoff. 270 00:11:23,332 --> 00:11:28,071 ? 271 00:11:28,171 --> 00:11:33,075 ? 272 00:11:33,176 --> 00:11:38,313 ? 273 00:11:38,413 --> 00:11:42,985 ? 274 00:11:42,986 --> 00:11:45,286 There's a whole lot that people don't know about me. 275 00:11:45,287 --> 00:11:48,691 And, the law isn't always right. 276 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:50,793 The law isn't always wrong. 277 00:11:53,196 --> 00:11:56,331 Believe half of what you hear and nothing of what you see. 278 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:59,934 Billy Jack Haynes! 279 00:12:02,037 --> 00:12:03,505 I'm Billy Jack Haynes, 280 00:12:03,506 --> 00:12:05,441 from the World Wrestling Federation, 281 00:12:05,442 --> 00:12:08,610 and a 14-year pro. Ready to talk to you. 282 00:12:16,518 --> 00:12:19,888 Right now, I'm in Multnomah County Justice Center jail. 283 00:12:19,989 --> 00:12:22,192 I've been incarcerated six months. 284 00:12:22,193 --> 00:12:23,959 What I'm talking to you guys today about is 285 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,827 one small percentage of my life, 286 00:12:25,828 --> 00:12:27,562 and there's a whole big part of my life 287 00:12:27,563 --> 00:12:29,065 I'm leaving out here. 288 00:12:29,066 --> 00:12:30,364 The position I'm in right now, 289 00:12:30,365 --> 00:12:33,075 it's hard for me to bring up anything and talk about it. 290 00:12:33,076 --> 00:12:34,503 I have my attorney out there, 291 00:12:34,504 --> 00:12:36,538 and I'm glad that he's here today. 292 00:12:36,638 --> 00:12:38,508 It's second-degree murder. 293 00:12:38,607 --> 00:12:40,710 ? 294 00:12:40,808 --> 00:12:43,546 And, it's just way over charged. 295 00:12:43,678 --> 00:12:46,181 It didn't happen. 296 00:12:46,282 --> 00:12:49,719 There's only really two human beings I really love. 297 00:12:49,852 --> 00:12:52,888 That was my father, who was blind and in a wheelchair. 298 00:12:52,989 --> 00:12:56,192 And then, the other was my wife, who... 299 00:12:56,292 --> 00:12:58,227 allegedly I murdered, 300 00:12:58,228 --> 00:12:59,894 which you're gonna find I didn't. 301 00:12:59,895 --> 00:13:01,163 And, ah... 302 00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:03,432 I loved her more than life. 303 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:04,866 [cheering] 304 00:13:04,967 --> 00:13:07,570 Weighing 247 pounds... 305 00:13:07,669 --> 00:13:10,240 Pro wrestling is a work. We all know that. 306 00:13:10,340 --> 00:13:13,610 But we took it real serious back when we were in it. 307 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:16,912 Oh! Look at the blood just spewing out of the forehead. 308 00:13:16,913 --> 00:13:19,080 I don't want to be negative towards anybody 309 00:13:19,081 --> 00:13:20,848 in this industry, you know, I don't. 310 00:13:20,849 --> 00:13:22,751 I respect the wrestlers so much. 311 00:13:22,885 --> 00:13:26,120 But you know, they don't know me. 312 00:13:26,121 --> 00:13:27,790 Throughout his wrestling career, 313 00:13:27,791 --> 00:13:29,958 Billy Jack Haynes remains distant, 314 00:13:30,057 --> 00:13:32,760 private to the point of secrecy. 315 00:13:32,895 --> 00:13:34,630 He was not the life of the party, 316 00:13:34,631 --> 00:13:35,763 the life of the locker room. 317 00:13:35,764 --> 00:13:38,267 He wasn't making friends hand over fist. 318 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,434 He was just that big guy over there. 319 00:13:40,535 --> 00:13:42,605 It's like, something's going on. 320 00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:46,109 Billy Jack was a... a true loner. 321 00:13:46,208 --> 00:13:48,910 Then I realized he was very manipulative. 322 00:13:49,010 --> 00:13:51,714 He always had an agenda. 323 00:13:51,813 --> 00:13:56,152 And, you never knew what he was up to. 324 00:13:56,284 --> 00:13:59,489 Ah, we'd go check in at the hotel there. 325 00:13:59,620 --> 00:14:01,624 Five minutes later, Billy'd be gone. 326 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:04,126 And he did that every --ing night. 327 00:14:04,259 --> 00:14:06,229 I didn't know what he was doing. 328 00:14:06,327 --> 00:14:08,831 ? 329 00:14:08,965 --> 00:14:10,633 At that time, I was, ah... 330 00:14:10,765 --> 00:14:13,100 really heavy into the, into the narcotics, 331 00:14:13,201 --> 00:14:15,004 into the painkillers. 332 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:17,139 Uppers, lowers, I mean, you name it. 333 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:18,974 You couldn't survive without it. 334 00:14:19,107 --> 00:14:21,443 I was five days a week in and out of airports. 335 00:14:21,543 --> 00:14:22,979 It's all over! 336 00:14:23,111 --> 00:14:24,178 Different cities. 337 00:14:24,313 --> 00:14:26,014 Billy Jack going to work now! 338 00:14:26,115 --> 00:14:27,317 340 nights a year. 339 00:14:27,417 --> 00:14:29,518 Heavyweight champion, Billy... 340 00:14:29,618 --> 00:14:32,855 I took 20, sometimes 25 pills a day. 341 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:34,823 Vicodin, Percocet. 342 00:14:34,957 --> 00:14:37,025 It got in the way of wrestling and my life. 343 00:14:37,158 --> 00:14:38,861 All you beautiful children... 344 00:14:38,994 --> 00:14:40,328 drugs are negative. 345 00:14:40,329 --> 00:14:42,397 You are a positive influence for the world. 346 00:14:42,398 --> 00:14:44,500 I love you very much. Say no to drugs. 347 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,302 Drugs are no good, you know... 348 00:14:46,402 --> 00:14:49,136 it's not, they're not good. 349 00:14:49,203 --> 00:14:51,874 Well, we're at the Oakland Coliseum... 350 00:14:52,008 --> 00:14:55,878 in a tag team. It's time for the match. 351 00:14:55,979 --> 00:14:58,047 Billy's nowhere to be found. 352 00:14:58,179 --> 00:15:01,283 About an hour later, all the matches were over, 353 00:15:01,384 --> 00:15:03,518 and here comes Billy. 354 00:15:03,653 --> 00:15:05,687 Oh, he looked like hell. 355 00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:07,932 And I said, "Billy, you missed the match." 356 00:15:08,024 --> 00:15:10,658 "Ah-ah-ah..." Completely out of it. 357 00:15:10,759 --> 00:15:12,995 ? 358 00:15:13,062 --> 00:15:15,831 McMahon said that he was gonna give us a big push, 359 00:15:15,899 --> 00:15:17,532 and I think... 360 00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:19,501 we can throw that out the window. 361 00:15:25,407 --> 00:15:27,710 Oh, yeah, yeah, now I... 362 00:15:27,808 --> 00:15:30,046 I probably- What do you think about that? 363 00:15:31,147 --> 00:15:33,716 On the plane? 364 00:15:33,849 --> 00:15:35,659 You think I should talk about that? 365 00:15:39,087 --> 00:15:41,758 ? 366 00:15:41,857 --> 00:15:44,058 Now, what I heard is that he overdosed 367 00:15:44,158 --> 00:15:46,229 on some codeine, I think. 368 00:15:46,361 --> 00:15:48,929 He was foaming at the mouth. He was jerking. 369 00:15:48,930 --> 00:15:50,531 We had to have an emergency landing. 370 00:15:50,532 --> 00:15:52,366 They thought he was dying. 371 00:15:52,433 --> 00:15:54,770 I was this close away from death. 372 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:58,006 And they had to jump start me twice. 373 00:15:58,106 --> 00:15:59,442 I'd be gone. 374 00:15:59,443 --> 00:16:01,375 You know, and with WWF, I mean, it's like, 375 00:16:01,376 --> 00:16:03,210 they don't want that bad publicity getting out. 376 00:16:03,211 --> 00:16:06,282 You know what I mean? And that was the final straw. 377 00:16:06,416 --> 00:16:08,850 He was never in the top spot in WrestleMania. 378 00:16:08,951 --> 00:16:12,587 He was never a major singles champion. 379 00:16:12,588 --> 00:16:14,055 And after about a year and a half, 380 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:17,927 he was fired by the WWF. 381 00:16:18,027 --> 00:16:19,427 Returning to Portland, 382 00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:21,672 Billy Jack shocks his former colleagues 383 00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:24,599 by turning on the promoter who made him. 384 00:16:24,734 --> 00:16:27,403 But everybody knows that the state of Oregon has the 385 00:16:27,503 --> 00:16:30,706 number one wrestling fans in the world! 386 00:16:30,806 --> 00:16:33,442 The Oregon Wrestling Federation is what 387 00:16:33,575 --> 00:16:37,046 Billy Jack wanted to open so he could be Vince McMahon 388 00:16:37,113 --> 00:16:40,282 of the Pacific Northwest. That was his words. 389 00:16:40,383 --> 00:16:43,152 The OWF was gonna be his baby. 390 00:16:43,284 --> 00:16:45,620 We said, "Billy, Don Owens made you, 391 00:16:45,754 --> 00:16:49,157 and now you're opening a company against him?" 392 00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:51,961 And, I couldn't believe it. 393 00:16:51,962 --> 00:16:53,527 You gotta have money to back that. 394 00:16:53,528 --> 00:16:55,230 Sponsors and all that. 395 00:16:55,231 --> 00:16:57,132 You know, somebody that's got some deep pockets 396 00:16:57,133 --> 00:16:59,067 if you want to try to do that. 397 00:16:59,168 --> 00:17:01,403 Was there two weeks, and the shows that 398 00:17:01,504 --> 00:17:04,073 were running weren't drawing anything. 399 00:17:04,074 --> 00:17:05,472 There was a couple hundred people in the audience, 400 00:17:05,473 --> 00:17:07,342 so it kind of fizzed out pretty quick. 401 00:17:07,343 --> 00:17:11,279 And I got a check on Friday, and he said, "Fonzie, 402 00:17:11,346 --> 00:17:14,015 can you please not cash it 'til Monday?" 403 00:17:14,116 --> 00:17:16,018 So, I knew I was in trouble. 404 00:17:16,117 --> 00:17:19,689 And I went right to the bank and cashed it, and I left. 405 00:17:19,820 --> 00:17:21,210 Finally, one day we come in. 406 00:17:21,324 --> 00:17:24,594 He said, "I'm closing, guys," and that was it. 407 00:17:24,595 --> 00:17:26,027 The collapse of the Oregon Wrestling Federation 408 00:17:26,028 --> 00:17:28,163 was pretty spectacular. 409 00:17:28,262 --> 00:17:31,032 Billy Jack Haynes really left a lot of guys hanging, 410 00:17:31,134 --> 00:17:32,933 and there was a lot of bad blood. 411 00:17:33,035 --> 00:17:36,637 It hurt Billy's reputation with a lot of people. 412 00:17:36,704 --> 00:17:39,174 And that was my bad due to the fact that 413 00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:41,544 my head wasn't screwed on right. 414 00:17:41,676 --> 00:17:43,011 And, ah... 415 00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:46,048 probably a little bit to do with the, the pills too. 416 00:17:46,181 --> 00:17:49,017 Struggling with addiction and running out of allies, 417 00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:52,721 in 1996, Haynes' once promising career 418 00:17:52,855 --> 00:17:55,525 crashes to a halt. 419 00:17:55,625 --> 00:17:58,528 A just, a shame and a pity 420 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,797 'cause he had the world by the string. 421 00:18:00,863 --> 00:18:03,465 He never became the star to the magnitude 422 00:18:03,566 --> 00:18:05,468 of what people had predicted. 423 00:18:05,567 --> 00:18:08,237 By the time his wrestling career was over, 424 00:18:08,369 --> 00:18:10,038 nobody trusted him. 425 00:18:10,173 --> 00:18:14,210 And all of that potential just dribbled away with it. 426 00:18:14,343 --> 00:18:16,546 Though his wrestling days may be over, 427 00:18:16,645 --> 00:18:19,346 it doesn't take long for Billy Jack to find his way 428 00:18:19,449 --> 00:18:21,717 back into the spotlight. 429 00:18:21,849 --> 00:18:24,519 He was a little strange, little standoffish, 430 00:18:24,618 --> 00:18:27,323 sometimes a little off-putting, whatever. 431 00:18:27,423 --> 00:18:28,657 He was kind of weird. 432 00:18:28,758 --> 00:18:30,991 And suddenly, you saw him a few 433 00:18:31,094 --> 00:18:35,163 years later, and there started to be this change. 434 00:18:35,262 --> 00:18:38,532 In retirement, Billy Jack hits the interview circuit, 435 00:18:38,634 --> 00:18:40,535 revealing a shocking detail. 436 00:18:40,603 --> 00:18:41,702 While in wrestling, 437 00:18:41,770 --> 00:18:45,007 he'd been living a secret double life of crime. 438 00:18:45,107 --> 00:18:46,776 ? 439 00:18:46,777 --> 00:18:48,308 Starting way back in the 70s, 440 00:18:48,309 --> 00:18:50,445 I was about a kilo a day cocaine dealer, 441 00:18:50,578 --> 00:18:53,013 and I kept that secret from everybody. 442 00:18:53,115 --> 00:18:55,585 I just wanted to go in and actually do something 443 00:18:55,683 --> 00:18:58,921 in the pro wrestling industry instead of a drug runner, 444 00:18:59,020 --> 00:19:01,190 leg breaker, and worse. 445 00:19:01,288 --> 00:19:03,224 I mean, making 30 grand a week, 446 00:19:03,325 --> 00:19:05,961 I lit a lot of guys up, and a lot of guys 447 00:19:05,962 --> 00:19:08,261 got addicted to the cocaine that I sold them. 448 00:19:08,262 --> 00:19:10,432 You know, very nefarious things went on 449 00:19:10,532 --> 00:19:13,169 back in the 80s. 450 00:19:13,268 --> 00:19:15,570 In 2017, Billy Jack makes 451 00:19:15,671 --> 00:19:17,806 an even more shocking claim, 452 00:19:17,940 --> 00:19:21,777 linking himself to a famous unsolved murder. 453 00:19:21,778 --> 00:19:24,245 It's been over 30 years since two teenage boys were 454 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:27,048 found dead on these tracks in Saline County. 455 00:19:27,049 --> 00:19:28,983 The tracks are still here and so is the mystery 456 00:19:28,984 --> 00:19:30,252 regarding what happened. 457 00:19:30,353 --> 00:19:32,403 What's new is a witness has come forward. 458 00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:34,171 I helped put the kids on the tracks. 459 00:19:34,257 --> 00:19:36,557 They were already dead. They'd been murdered. 460 00:19:36,625 --> 00:19:38,160 [train bell ringing] 461 00:19:42,263 --> 00:19:45,067 Well, over 30 years ago, a Union Pacific train 462 00:19:45,166 --> 00:19:47,470 ran over two Saline County teenagers. 463 00:19:47,471 --> 00:19:49,770 The deaths of Kevin Ives and Don Henry have become 464 00:19:49,771 --> 00:19:52,275 one of Arkansas' most notorious mysteries. 465 00:19:52,340 --> 00:19:56,112 There was a famous murder case in Arkansas 466 00:19:56,211 --> 00:19:58,747 back in the 80s, where these two 467 00:19:58,846 --> 00:20:02,349 teenage boys were run over by a train, 468 00:20:02,484 --> 00:20:05,654 is what they thought originally happened. 469 00:20:05,787 --> 00:20:08,857 In the pre-dawn hours of August 23rd, 1987, 470 00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:11,992 a 75-car cargo train made its regular night run 471 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:13,827 to Little Rock, Arkansas. 472 00:20:13,828 --> 00:20:16,131 As engineer Stephen Schreiner grew closer, 473 00:20:16,132 --> 00:20:18,667 he made the horrifying discovery that two boys 474 00:20:18,767 --> 00:20:22,637 were lying motionless across the railroad tracks. 475 00:20:22,738 --> 00:20:24,848 Well, then somebody else investigated, 476 00:20:24,849 --> 00:20:26,472 found out they had been beaten. 477 00:20:26,473 --> 00:20:27,808 They had injuries. 478 00:20:27,809 --> 00:20:29,777 They weren't just run over by a train. 479 00:20:29,778 --> 00:20:33,215 And Billy Jack started claiming... 480 00:20:33,316 --> 00:20:36,719 that he was there and saw the murder because 481 00:20:36,851 --> 00:20:40,288 these two teenagers wandered into a drug deal. 482 00:20:40,387 --> 00:20:43,724 ? 483 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:47,863 His story, the drug people wanted him to supervise the 484 00:20:47,963 --> 00:20:50,732 drug drop and pay off to make sure that everything 485 00:20:50,865 --> 00:20:55,036 goes okay, and he was gonna videotape it also. 486 00:20:55,136 --> 00:20:58,406 And, he said, "I wore a wrestling mask." 487 00:21:06,728 --> 00:21:10,986 Apparently, these kids wandered up on it and 488 00:21:10,987 --> 00:21:13,588 as a result, the drug people killed them 489 00:21:13,721 --> 00:21:15,531 and put them on the railroad tracks. 490 00:21:25,060 --> 00:21:29,069 The truth is gonna come out so this woman, 491 00:21:29,070 --> 00:21:31,874 Linda Ives, can have a life. 492 00:21:31,972 --> 00:21:34,742 Billy Jack's claims about the unsolved murders 493 00:21:34,844 --> 00:21:37,912 are taken seriously by the mother of one of the victims, 494 00:21:38,047 --> 00:21:42,084 as well as by the family's private investigator. 495 00:21:42,085 --> 00:21:44,251 I mean, there is no good reason to insert yourself 496 00:21:44,252 --> 00:21:45,755 into a murder case. 497 00:21:45,855 --> 00:21:48,790 He has nothing to gain and everything to lose. 498 00:21:48,923 --> 00:21:50,593 He's put himself in jeopardy. 499 00:21:50,692 --> 00:21:53,628 Not only his freedom, but also his life. 500 00:21:53,629 --> 00:21:54,827 They're hopeful that law enforcement 501 00:21:54,828 --> 00:21:56,699 will now take a look. 502 00:21:56,798 --> 00:22:01,536 ? 503 00:22:01,636 --> 00:22:05,140 ? 504 00:22:06,807 --> 00:22:08,476 ? 505 00:22:08,576 --> 00:22:11,113 As Billy Jack continues sharing his story, 506 00:22:11,212 --> 00:22:14,583 other details sound increasingly unbelievable. 507 00:22:18,753 --> 00:22:20,622 I was sent down there to... 508 00:22:20,756 --> 00:22:23,466 take care of two state police officers from Arkansas. 509 00:22:26,761 --> 00:22:29,131 He told me that he was running with one of the 510 00:22:29,263 --> 00:22:31,834 biggest drug dealers in the country. 511 00:22:34,563 --> 00:22:38,772 Well, in the beginning, when I first started hearing 512 00:22:38,773 --> 00:22:40,740 the stories, I thought, come on, Billy. Really? 513 00:22:40,741 --> 00:22:44,113 But when it gets right down to it, he can prove it. 514 00:22:44,212 --> 00:22:46,481 He brought it all out in an interview. 515 00:22:46,582 --> 00:22:49,116 On several occasions, as a matter of fact. 516 00:22:49,117 --> 00:22:51,486 The things that he said about it and all the stuff, 517 00:22:51,487 --> 00:22:53,021 it's all verifiable. 518 00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:55,257 But that's about all I can say about. 519 00:22:55,324 --> 00:22:57,692 I can't talk about. 520 00:22:59,095 --> 00:23:00,695 I'd love to, but I can't. 521 00:23:03,163 --> 00:23:05,033 I wish I could talk to you guys. I can't. 522 00:23:11,207 --> 00:23:13,509 ? 523 00:23:13,641 --> 00:23:15,176 Did you hear that? 524 00:23:19,714 --> 00:23:21,317 Leave it alone. 525 00:23:21,416 --> 00:23:26,654 ? 526 00:23:26,721 --> 00:23:31,492 ? 527 00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:33,728 As Billy Jack's interview appearances become 528 00:23:33,729 --> 00:23:36,699 more frequent, his claims extend far beyond 529 00:23:36,798 --> 00:23:39,032 drug dealing and the boys on the tracks, 530 00:23:39,167 --> 00:23:41,903 and many begin to wonder what's behind it. 531 00:23:43,239 --> 00:23:46,208 Bombshell tonight! Nancy Grace would say! 532 00:23:46,209 --> 00:23:48,307 Everything you're gonna hear is the truth. 533 00:23:48,308 --> 00:23:50,846 He looked completely ridiculous, 534 00:23:50,945 --> 00:23:53,548 and then he had this white hair, 535 00:23:53,648 --> 00:23:55,550 but it was like a mop top cut, 536 00:23:55,651 --> 00:23:58,053 like he was Pete Best, the fifth Beatle. 537 00:23:58,153 --> 00:24:01,089 My, my mother and my uncle, when I was 15, 538 00:24:01,221 --> 00:24:02,424 were both murdered. 539 00:24:02,557 --> 00:24:05,894 There was two politicians that were involved. 540 00:24:06,028 --> 00:24:09,198 And he started concocting these stories... 541 00:24:09,298 --> 00:24:11,366 where he was in the middle of 542 00:24:11,432 --> 00:24:14,368 a variety of newsworthy events. 543 00:24:14,470 --> 00:24:17,740 Andy Gibb had a gig in San Francisco, 544 00:24:17,872 --> 00:24:20,241 and one of my first big deliveries was, was, 545 00:24:20,342 --> 00:24:22,443 was there to the concert. 546 00:24:22,545 --> 00:24:28,116 I delivered one kilo to him July 31st, 1978. 547 00:24:28,217 --> 00:24:31,053 Some say, well, he knows stuff that nobody else knows. 548 00:24:31,054 --> 00:24:33,554 Well, this dude studies shit, I can tell you that. 549 00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:35,390 And that's how nutty he was. 550 00:24:35,391 --> 00:24:37,525 He don't have nothing better to do but to try to find 551 00:24:37,526 --> 00:24:40,395 a way to make himself back in the scene. 552 00:24:40,494 --> 00:24:44,097 I had cocaine from the meeting cartel in Colombia, 553 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:45,800 so I started making more money. 554 00:24:46,541 --> 00:24:51,537 Well now, was he a drug enforcer for the Clintons? 555 00:24:51,538 --> 00:24:54,943 Why the -- would Bill Clinton 556 00:24:55,076 --> 00:24:58,547 call Billy Jack Haynes? Yeah, that's stupid. 557 00:24:58,646 --> 00:25:01,950 I took it for a, a grain of salt. 558 00:25:02,050 --> 00:25:05,953 He had to be on some good drugs to think that. 559 00:25:06,054 --> 00:25:08,122 But then the question becomes, 560 00:25:08,257 --> 00:25:11,326 where was the bizarre behavior originating? 561 00:25:11,460 --> 00:25:14,797 Conspiracy theories and being the Forrest Gump of crime, 562 00:25:14,929 --> 00:25:17,097 it not only sounds so preposterous, 563 00:25:17,199 --> 00:25:18,968 but there was no upside to him. 564 00:25:18,969 --> 00:25:21,268 It was just interviews being done with this 565 00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:23,005 kooky old man that 566 00:25:23,137 --> 00:25:25,138 people would put up on the internet. 567 00:25:25,273 --> 00:25:28,009 I've wanted to know who my real dad is for a long time. 568 00:25:28,109 --> 00:25:29,811 Whether it's Lenny Montana. 569 00:25:29,911 --> 00:25:32,314 Whether it's Vince McMahon Sr., 570 00:25:32,413 --> 00:25:33,613 which it could have been. 571 00:25:33,614 --> 00:25:35,650 'Cause he supposedly had sex with my mother. 572 00:25:35,651 --> 00:25:37,086 Vince Sr. could be my father. 573 00:25:37,184 --> 00:25:38,754 There's a long history to that. 574 00:25:38,755 --> 00:25:40,287 I don't know if we can get into it today or not. 575 00:25:40,288 --> 00:25:42,155 Claiming to be the son of Vince McMahon Sr., 576 00:25:42,156 --> 00:25:45,094 you know, aside from being ridiculous, that's, 577 00:25:45,095 --> 00:25:46,693 that's unbelievable that someone even 578 00:25:46,694 --> 00:25:49,430 tried to pass that off. 579 00:25:49,531 --> 00:25:51,641 When I heard stuff like that, I would say, 580 00:25:51,733 --> 00:25:53,501 man, Billy's really losing it. 581 00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:56,005 What's causing Billy Jack 582 00:25:56,105 --> 00:25:59,973 to make up stuff that's obviously not true? 583 00:26:00,041 --> 00:26:01,808 9/11 was an inside job. 584 00:26:01,876 --> 00:26:03,511 There's no question about it. 585 00:26:03,612 --> 00:26:06,513 All you have to do in this world is follow the money. 586 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:09,298 So, this isn't gonna make the Bush family too happy, 587 00:26:09,317 --> 00:26:11,519 but they're involved too. 588 00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:15,290 He did look like someone that would say anything 589 00:26:15,390 --> 00:26:17,358 just to be on a podcast. 590 00:26:17,459 --> 00:26:18,527 [laughing] 591 00:26:18,626 --> 00:26:21,328 Get more money out of that podcast. 592 00:26:21,429 --> 00:26:23,899 I'm not afraid to come in front of this camera and 593 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,500 tell you the truth, and either you're gonna believe it, 594 00:26:26,501 --> 00:26:28,071 or you're not gonna believe it. 595 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:32,007 The idea was, if you tell crazy stories 596 00:26:32,008 --> 00:26:33,806 and there will be an appetite for more, 597 00:26:33,807 --> 00:26:35,410 even though it's all bullshit. 598 00:26:35,411 --> 00:26:37,778 You're probably gonna be looking at a dead man. 599 00:26:37,779 --> 00:26:40,013 Maybe by the time this video gets out. 600 00:26:40,014 --> 00:26:41,982 Everything I've said could get me killed. 601 00:26:41,983 --> 00:26:45,586 Everything I've said with Vince can get me killed. 602 00:26:45,721 --> 00:26:48,722 One preposterous thing in wrestling can be true. 603 00:26:48,723 --> 00:26:49,856 With some people, 604 00:26:49,857 --> 00:26:52,326 a couple of preposterous things can be true. 605 00:26:52,428 --> 00:26:55,096 But when you're just pulling shit out of your ass 606 00:26:55,230 --> 00:26:57,097 over and over, 607 00:26:57,199 --> 00:26:59,309 then even if 1 or 2 of those things is true, 608 00:26:59,401 --> 00:27:02,202 nobody's gonna believe 'em. 609 00:27:02,304 --> 00:27:06,107 Amid all the astonishing claims Billy Jack makes, 610 00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:09,444 at least one truth stands out. 611 00:27:09,576 --> 00:27:11,880 January 10th, 2006. 612 00:27:11,980 --> 00:27:14,215 It was attempted murder on me. 613 00:27:14,316 --> 00:27:16,751 ? 614 00:27:18,973 --> 00:27:22,889 Once again, I'm speaking for the people... 615 00:27:22,890 --> 00:27:23,990 under the ground right now. 616 00:27:23,991 --> 00:27:25,293 They can't speak for themselves. 617 00:27:25,294 --> 00:27:26,961 So let me do it, please. 618 00:27:27,096 --> 00:27:29,763 From 2006 to 2023, 619 00:27:29,865 --> 00:27:32,032 Billy Jack Haynes makes a series of 620 00:27:32,099 --> 00:27:35,702 shocking statements and explosive accusations. 621 00:27:35,770 --> 00:27:37,704 Vincent K. McMahon. 622 00:27:37,772 --> 00:27:40,741 I call him Vincent "Killer" McMahon. 623 00:27:40,843 --> 00:27:43,311 And yeah, that's right. You're a killer. 624 00:27:43,312 --> 00:27:45,880 Though many of Billy Jack's stories are dismissed as 625 00:27:45,881 --> 00:27:49,951 conspiracy theories, a violent incident in 2006 626 00:27:50,051 --> 00:27:52,988 suggests that Billy Jack's ties to organized crime 627 00:27:53,121 --> 00:27:54,757 may be legitimate. 628 00:27:54,856 --> 00:27:56,125 ? 629 00:27:56,223 --> 00:27:59,428 This is the file from the work I did 16 years ago. 630 00:27:59,493 --> 00:28:03,431 Police reports, letters from Billy Jack, and, and... 631 00:28:03,499 --> 00:28:05,932 a couple photos of Billy in the hospital. 632 00:28:06,034 --> 00:28:08,636 ? 633 00:28:08,637 --> 00:28:10,104 At the time, I was writing a column 634 00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:11,365 for the Portland Tribune. 635 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,008 And so, next thing I knew, 636 00:28:13,107 --> 00:28:15,844 Billy Jack is knocking on my door. 637 00:28:15,845 --> 00:28:17,944 He looked like Frankenstein's monster. 638 00:28:17,945 --> 00:28:19,412 He'd just gotten out of the hospital. 639 00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:21,817 He'd had several bones in his face broken, 640 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:23,617 and he had stitches, as I recall. 641 00:28:23,683 --> 00:28:27,954 We sat down, and he started telling me his story. 642 00:28:28,056 --> 00:28:31,325 Basically, that he'd been called over to 643 00:28:31,426 --> 00:28:33,761 Jimmy Longoria's car lot. 644 00:28:33,862 --> 00:28:36,898 The Longoria family was certainly one of the more 645 00:28:36,999 --> 00:28:39,366 prominent Portland crime families. 646 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:40,550 Billy had been a... 647 00:28:40,635 --> 00:28:43,871 a bill collector, and then he said he delivered drugs 648 00:28:43,971 --> 00:28:45,673 for the Longorias. 649 00:28:48,142 --> 00:28:50,813 Yeah, these are letters from Billy Jack from 650 00:28:50,912 --> 00:28:53,449 the months after he came to my place. 651 00:28:53,548 --> 00:28:56,284 "On January 10th, 2006, 652 00:28:56,384 --> 00:28:59,721 I was set up for a hit or to be killed 653 00:28:59,855 --> 00:29:02,958 by two hitmen hired by Jimmy Longoria. 654 00:29:03,057 --> 00:29:06,228 I drove through the open gate at the time scheduled, 9 AM, 655 00:29:06,361 --> 00:29:08,411 and I parked about 30 feet inside the lot 656 00:29:08,429 --> 00:29:10,199 where I met a man and asked 657 00:29:10,298 --> 00:29:12,048 where I could find Jimmy Longoria. 658 00:29:12,067 --> 00:29:13,801 The man motioned over his left, 659 00:29:13,802 --> 00:29:16,036 and Jimmy Longoria was sitting at the desk 660 00:29:16,037 --> 00:29:17,739 with his hands behind his head 661 00:29:17,872 --> 00:29:19,708 with a very cocky look on his face. 662 00:29:19,842 --> 00:29:23,711 I said, 'You're going to kill me, aren't you?' 663 00:29:23,712 --> 00:29:24,845 It was then, I believe, 664 00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:27,482 that Jimmy told me that, 'Paybacks are a bitch, 665 00:29:27,583 --> 00:29:29,182 Billy Jack.' 666 00:29:29,183 --> 00:29:31,384 I remember looking at the office windows 667 00:29:31,385 --> 00:29:32,855 and seeing four men, 668 00:29:32,953 --> 00:29:34,721 and I thought I was a dead man." 669 00:29:34,856 --> 00:29:38,192 It was very clear that two guys attacked him. 670 00:29:38,292 --> 00:29:41,028 They beat him so badly that he had to play dead. 671 00:29:41,130 --> 00:29:42,730 ? 672 00:29:42,865 --> 00:29:44,435 He knew they wanted to kill him. 673 00:29:51,940 --> 00:29:54,241 ? 674 00:29:54,343 --> 00:29:58,380 Jimmy Longoria had a pretty airtight alibi. 675 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,584 He said two tweakers came onto his lot 676 00:30:02,718 --> 00:30:05,586 and provoked Billy into a fight. 677 00:30:05,587 --> 00:30:06,854 He said he'd never seen 'em before 678 00:30:06,855 --> 00:30:08,423 and couldn't identify 'em. 679 00:30:08,556 --> 00:30:11,460 I think they probably worked for Longoria. 680 00:30:11,558 --> 00:30:15,196 The surveillance cameras somehow had not been working, 681 00:30:15,297 --> 00:30:17,298 which was, of course, very suspicious. 682 00:30:18,901 --> 00:30:21,135 I cannot see out of my right eye. 683 00:30:21,236 --> 00:30:24,439 When looking, if you can focus in here on my eye. 684 00:30:24,573 --> 00:30:26,375 Billy said it was 685 00:30:26,473 --> 00:30:30,112 retribution for 15 or 16 years before, 686 00:30:30,211 --> 00:30:33,214 when he had ripped off $200,000. 687 00:30:33,315 --> 00:30:35,917 He'd been a courier back and forth from Portland to 688 00:30:35,983 --> 00:30:39,153 Los Angeles, taking coke one way and money the other. 689 00:30:39,287 --> 00:30:42,790 Let's just say in the 80s, I transported drugs. 690 00:30:42,924 --> 00:30:45,460 I had an 1986 Toyota 4x4. 691 00:30:45,559 --> 00:30:49,430 They put the built-in cabinet, toolbox. 692 00:30:49,530 --> 00:30:51,932 On the way back, he broke into the toolbox, 693 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,268 saw $1,200,000. 694 00:30:54,336 --> 00:30:57,839 Figured the $200,000 of it should belong to him. 695 00:30:57,940 --> 00:31:01,241 I gave the million bucks. I took my 200,000. 696 00:31:01,343 --> 00:31:04,679 Billy said this beating was retribution for that. 697 00:31:04,779 --> 00:31:07,682 ? 698 00:31:07,683 --> 00:31:09,449 I think he ripped off the Longorias. 699 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:12,253 I think that much is true. 700 00:31:12,254 --> 00:31:14,720 But the idea that they would have waited 16 years 701 00:31:14,721 --> 00:31:16,791 didn't make any sense to me at all. 702 00:31:16,858 --> 00:31:20,962 ? 703 00:31:21,063 --> 00:31:24,132 ? 704 00:31:24,199 --> 00:31:27,089 There are also rumors that Billy Jack's organized crime 705 00:31:27,090 --> 00:31:29,604 connections might have been involved in his short lived 706 00:31:29,605 --> 00:31:32,173 promotion in the late 1980s. 707 00:31:32,273 --> 00:31:35,176 Oh, it's on. It is on. 708 00:31:35,177 --> 00:31:36,643 I've heard rumors. I don't know, 709 00:31:36,644 --> 00:31:38,094 something about the mafia, 710 00:31:38,095 --> 00:31:39,479 but I don't know anything about that. 711 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:40,681 Oh! Oh! 712 00:31:40,781 --> 00:31:43,351 What I understood, he had crooked sponsors, 713 00:31:43,484 --> 00:31:47,387 and they seen a bunch of money get lost fast, 714 00:31:47,521 --> 00:31:50,692 and they just all one by one, pulled out and that's why 715 00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:54,195 I think his promotion folded even faster. 716 00:31:54,327 --> 00:31:57,199 A lot of people that opened wrestling promotions get 717 00:31:57,332 --> 00:32:00,568 into that because it's the easiest way to clean money. 718 00:32:00,569 --> 00:32:02,470 As far as like the money coming from 719 00:32:02,471 --> 00:32:05,472 nefarious characters... it's very possible. 720 00:32:05,574 --> 00:32:07,342 He had a very dark life, 721 00:32:07,343 --> 00:32:09,575 and he probably had some very dark friends. 722 00:32:09,576 --> 00:32:11,546 ? 723 00:32:13,513 --> 00:32:16,851 I'm generally sympathetic to oddball characters like... 724 00:32:16,951 --> 00:32:18,553 Billy Jack. 725 00:32:18,686 --> 00:32:21,055 But, he was a puzzling character. 726 00:32:21,056 --> 00:32:22,355 When we were having lunch one day, 727 00:32:22,356 --> 00:32:24,759 I mentioned the 30-year-old murder 728 00:32:24,892 --> 00:32:28,230 of corrections official, Michael Francke. 729 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:31,032 I explained the case to him. 730 00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:32,531 We went on to something else, 731 00:32:32,532 --> 00:32:34,336 and about two months later, 732 00:32:34,434 --> 00:32:36,672 Billy Jack sends me something, 733 00:32:36,771 --> 00:32:39,106 all of a sudden, claiming to have been 734 00:32:39,207 --> 00:32:42,910 involved and a witness to the Michael Francke killing. 735 00:32:42,911 --> 00:32:44,711 He didn't know anything about Michael Francke 736 00:32:44,712 --> 00:32:46,413 before I told him. 737 00:32:46,513 --> 00:32:50,017 1991, in May 1st, of my dad's birthday, 738 00:32:50,018 --> 00:32:51,652 the murder of Michael Francke, 739 00:32:51,653 --> 00:32:53,221 I was forced out of Oregon... 740 00:32:53,321 --> 00:32:55,923 or my dad would be killed, I was told. 741 00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,359 I think, I think maybe he convinced himself 742 00:32:58,460 --> 00:32:59,928 that he was involved, 743 00:33:00,028 --> 00:33:03,365 that he had actually seen the assassination. 744 00:33:03,464 --> 00:33:06,099 He was collecting newspaper articles, 745 00:33:06,233 --> 00:33:09,270 police reports, and marking them up. 746 00:33:09,369 --> 00:33:11,440 The whole page would be coloured. 747 00:33:11,538 --> 00:33:13,942 He always had his binders and his shit. 748 00:33:13,943 --> 00:33:15,909 I don't know what was in it, but he had 'em. 749 00:33:15,910 --> 00:33:17,612 He always had 'em. 750 00:33:17,744 --> 00:33:20,115 It's just documentation, that's all I can say. 751 00:33:20,116 --> 00:33:22,615 It's not my place to go into those kinds of things, 752 00:33:22,616 --> 00:33:23,951 you know. 753 00:33:23,952 --> 00:33:26,420 Right now, as we speak, I'm writing an autobiography 754 00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:29,090 with one of the best writers in the world. 755 00:33:29,091 --> 00:33:31,124 It's something in there, when people read, 756 00:33:31,125 --> 00:33:33,761 you'll see it's documented. 757 00:33:33,827 --> 00:33:37,163 And, it may or may not get me killed, I don't know. 758 00:33:37,263 --> 00:33:39,432 He had quite a bit of stuff in there, yeah. 759 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,769 At that point, it was sort of hands off for me. 760 00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:44,371 You know, I just sort of back away from the case, and say, 761 00:33:44,372 --> 00:33:46,339 I don't know what parts of this are true 762 00:33:46,340 --> 00:33:48,476 and what parts aren't. 763 00:33:48,576 --> 00:33:51,578 The beating was certainly for real, the... 764 00:33:51,645 --> 00:33:53,647 involvement in the coke business was 765 00:33:53,781 --> 00:33:56,017 almost certainly quite real. 766 00:33:56,151 --> 00:33:59,520 The rest I, I don't know. 767 00:33:59,653 --> 00:34:01,522 He talked like he believed it. 768 00:34:01,655 --> 00:34:04,092 Even as nutty as Billy Jack Haynes was, 769 00:34:04,192 --> 00:34:05,626 did I think that, you know, 770 00:34:05,726 --> 00:34:07,776 he would be 70 years old and the Swat team 771 00:34:07,827 --> 00:34:10,465 would be outside of Billy Jack Haynes' house? 772 00:34:10,466 --> 00:34:12,098 There's a reason you're in trouble. Why? 773 00:34:12,099 --> 00:34:14,134 'Cause you just gravitate towards trouble. 774 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:15,803 This matter is going to be page 22, 775 00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:17,338 line three, Mr. Haynes. 776 00:34:22,777 --> 00:34:26,481 By 2019, Billy Jack Haynes is living a nomadic lifestyle, 777 00:34:26,547 --> 00:34:29,384 making rare interview appearances. 778 00:34:29,516 --> 00:34:31,853 I wore Oregon here. 779 00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:34,489 There, take that, Oregon. 780 00:34:34,556 --> 00:34:36,056 Stick it up your ass. 781 00:34:36,057 --> 00:34:38,292 He'd been a non-entity in the wrestling world 782 00:34:38,293 --> 00:34:40,628 for 25 years. 783 00:34:40,728 --> 00:34:42,630 ? 784 00:34:42,731 --> 00:34:44,632 By the time he started... 785 00:34:44,733 --> 00:34:47,735 just being the weird person that we've seen 786 00:34:47,736 --> 00:34:50,303 in modern times, I think you'd almost have to say 787 00:34:50,304 --> 00:34:52,639 he was on some kind of substance. 788 00:34:52,740 --> 00:34:56,744 I heard that he was having financial difficulties. 789 00:34:56,745 --> 00:34:58,044 You think you're on top of the world, 790 00:34:58,045 --> 00:34:59,013 the next day you turn around, 791 00:34:59,014 --> 00:35:01,817 you ain't got two nickels to rub together. 792 00:35:01,916 --> 00:35:03,751 He was homeless, yeah. 793 00:35:03,885 --> 00:35:05,653 Homeless. Yeah, that's right. 794 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,222 In my van, sleeping. 795 00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:10,324 Rip Oliver opened his house 796 00:35:10,425 --> 00:35:12,427 for Billy Jack to live there. 797 00:35:12,559 --> 00:35:14,362 So, Rip... 798 00:35:14,463 --> 00:35:16,431 I found out that he was dying. 799 00:35:16,530 --> 00:35:18,733 2019, in December. 800 00:35:18,833 --> 00:35:21,536 So, I left Portland and flew down to Florida 801 00:35:21,603 --> 00:35:23,871 and spent the last three months with him. 802 00:35:23,872 --> 00:35:24,904 Not looking for a little pat on the back. 803 00:35:24,905 --> 00:35:26,740 Nothing like that. He was a great guy. 804 00:35:26,842 --> 00:35:28,943 He never came here for my dad. 805 00:35:29,043 --> 00:35:31,780 He came here to have a free place to live, and, ah... 806 00:35:31,781 --> 00:35:33,279 And if he wasn't on pills before he got there, 807 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,117 he damn sure was before he left. 808 00:35:37,351 --> 00:35:38,401 Yeah. 809 00:35:38,452 --> 00:35:41,222 My dad was, I don't know, months away from dying. 810 00:35:41,322 --> 00:35:42,791 My dad was on the real shit. 811 00:35:42,923 --> 00:35:44,425 The highest they go. 812 00:35:44,525 --> 00:35:46,760 That stuff can put people in comas. 813 00:35:46,894 --> 00:35:50,931 He started taking Rip's Percocets or Vicodin, 814 00:35:51,065 --> 00:35:53,601 which Rip really needed 'cause he was very sick. 815 00:35:53,735 --> 00:35:56,271 I think he was more taking advantage of Rip, 816 00:35:56,369 --> 00:35:59,240 and Rip was paying for everything. 817 00:35:59,340 --> 00:36:01,208 ? 818 00:36:01,307 --> 00:36:04,545 Billy got this scheme, and called Brian Blair up. 819 00:36:04,646 --> 00:36:07,181 Brian Blair ran Cauliflower Alley. 820 00:36:07,282 --> 00:36:09,583 You know, they help wrestlers with problems. 821 00:36:09,682 --> 00:36:12,272 I don't know what happened, but Billy called Brian. 822 00:36:12,353 --> 00:36:14,822 "Oh, Rip's dying. He needs help. 823 00:36:14,823 --> 00:36:16,457 He's gonna lose his property." 824 00:36:16,458 --> 00:36:18,391 This is what my dad told me. 825 00:36:18,392 --> 00:36:20,160 Cauliflower Alley Club paid for 826 00:36:20,161 --> 00:36:21,630 his back taxes on his house. 827 00:36:21,730 --> 00:36:22,810 They paid for his rent. 828 00:36:22,864 --> 00:36:24,931 They paid everything for him. 829 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,168 Well, my dad didn't owe taxes. 830 00:36:27,268 --> 00:36:30,405 When he died, he didn't owe taxes. 831 00:36:30,406 --> 00:36:32,339 And my dad told me that Billy took half 832 00:36:32,340 --> 00:36:34,675 and he gave him half. 833 00:36:34,807 --> 00:36:36,443 My dad was a junkie. 834 00:36:36,545 --> 00:36:39,981 I don't mean to say that bad, but he was hooked. 835 00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:42,317 He was done. You know? 836 00:36:42,318 --> 00:36:43,783 He wanted me to be there, and I was there 837 00:36:43,784 --> 00:36:46,320 all the way to hospice until he finally died. 838 00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:48,155 I didn't want him to be alone. 839 00:36:48,289 --> 00:36:51,092 I know he stole all my dad's shit when- before he died. 840 00:36:51,159 --> 00:36:53,929 Everybody's got stories. Yeah, I seen it. 841 00:36:54,028 --> 00:36:55,797 They finally came out... 842 00:36:55,896 --> 00:36:58,500 after, you know, 30 something years. 843 00:36:58,599 --> 00:37:00,768 He took advantage of everybody. 844 00:37:00,869 --> 00:37:05,273 ? 845 00:37:05,371 --> 00:37:10,311 ? 846 00:37:10,378 --> 00:37:12,780 ? 847 00:37:12,847 --> 00:37:13,897 Back in Portland, 848 00:37:13,949 --> 00:37:16,050 Billy Jack begins a relationship with 849 00:37:16,182 --> 00:37:19,853 Jan Becraft, the mother of his friend, Todd. 850 00:37:19,987 --> 00:37:23,224 The Becraft family disapproves of the relationship, 851 00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:26,527 but when Todd unexpectedly dies in 2021, 852 00:37:26,661 --> 00:37:29,530 Billy Jack and Jan get married. 853 00:37:29,663 --> 00:37:31,699 She was like 85 and he's like 70. 854 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,902 And so, when I saw the age of the woman... 855 00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:35,904 You know, you hear stuff from people. 856 00:37:36,003 --> 00:37:37,905 Was he like using her for money or 857 00:37:38,038 --> 00:37:40,242 a place to live or whatever? 858 00:37:42,543 --> 00:37:43,711 This way. 859 00:37:43,712 --> 00:37:45,980 This part, this is actually the main house. 860 00:37:45,981 --> 00:37:49,050 Ah, this is the main bedroom on this side. 861 00:37:49,182 --> 00:37:50,552 And then the living room. 862 00:37:50,553 --> 00:37:52,285 You can kind of see through to the kitchen. 863 00:37:52,286 --> 00:37:53,855 My name is Tom Matthew. 864 00:37:53,856 --> 00:37:56,055 I was actually living here before Billy, 865 00:37:56,056 --> 00:37:57,492 Billy Jack moved in. 866 00:37:57,493 --> 00:37:59,058 You talked to the neighbour? 867 00:37:59,059 --> 00:38:00,426 They all loved him, man, he just would- 868 00:38:00,427 --> 00:38:02,896 he would walk around, talk to everybody, and... 869 00:38:03,030 --> 00:38:04,498 He really loved Jan a lot. 870 00:38:04,499 --> 00:38:06,000 And he was quite devoted to her. 871 00:38:06,001 --> 00:38:09,237 She was sick, you know. She was ill with... 872 00:38:09,238 --> 00:38:11,437 Dementia. Some days she'd have good days, 873 00:38:11,438 --> 00:38:13,608 and some days- most of the days were bad. 874 00:38:13,742 --> 00:38:16,010 And, that wore on Billy pretty hard. 875 00:38:16,110 --> 00:38:17,411 ? 876 00:38:17,412 --> 00:38:19,346 She had some good days, but they were getting worse, 877 00:38:19,347 --> 00:38:22,583 and her family definitely did not like them being together. 878 00:38:22,717 --> 00:38:25,586 And, I don't think they were gonna separate. 879 00:38:25,686 --> 00:38:27,255 In my opinion, 880 00:38:27,355 --> 00:38:29,523 he took very good care of her and wanted 881 00:38:29,623 --> 00:38:32,594 to protect her and keep her from any kind of harm. 882 00:38:32,726 --> 00:38:36,130 The last time I spoke to him was two days before... 883 00:38:36,264 --> 00:38:38,264 the incident, and... 884 00:38:38,265 --> 00:38:40,634 I told Billy, I said, "Billy, you look terrible." 885 00:38:40,635 --> 00:38:41,735 He hadn't slept. 886 00:38:41,736 --> 00:38:43,470 He hadn't hardly eaten anything. 887 00:38:43,471 --> 00:38:46,507 People with, um, dementia, they become combative. 888 00:38:46,608 --> 00:38:49,110 It's tough to watch a loved one, you know, 889 00:38:49,210 --> 00:38:51,411 go through that kind of mental decline. 890 00:38:51,512 --> 00:38:53,648 ? 891 00:38:53,782 --> 00:38:56,985 And I seen the cop cars and stuff on my security camera. 892 00:38:56,986 --> 00:38:58,886 So, I, I went outside to see what was going on, 893 00:38:58,887 --> 00:39:00,486 and I looked down the street, and I saw 'em all down 894 00:39:00,487 --> 00:39:02,455 in front of Billy's place, and I thought, oh, shit. 895 00:39:02,456 --> 00:39:04,357 Detectives have been at the scene all day, 896 00:39:04,358 --> 00:39:05,692 and police say the investigation 897 00:39:05,693 --> 00:39:08,262 is just getting started. 898 00:39:08,327 --> 00:39:10,965 I hear a banging on the window, at the back window, 899 00:39:10,966 --> 00:39:12,732 like, and I looked out and there was Swat. 900 00:39:12,733 --> 00:39:14,135 It was freaking overkill. 901 00:39:14,235 --> 00:39:16,403 I mean, they had this place locked down. 902 00:39:16,404 --> 00:39:18,772 Tactical teams, including the Special Emergency 903 00:39:18,773 --> 00:39:21,474 Reaction Team and the Crisis Negotiation Team, 904 00:39:21,576 --> 00:39:23,309 were called to the scene. 905 00:39:23,411 --> 00:39:26,447 Around two hours later, a man was detained. 906 00:39:26,448 --> 00:39:27,814 [Off-screen] So what happened? 907 00:39:27,815 --> 00:39:29,818 Well, I mean, he... 908 00:39:29,951 --> 00:39:31,820 he took her life, and I mean... 909 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,521 and it took them like maybe an hour to be in and out 910 00:39:34,522 --> 00:39:36,522 when they actually took her body out. 911 00:39:36,523 --> 00:39:38,525 ? 912 00:39:38,526 --> 00:39:40,526 When Billy was arrested, the whole neighbourhood 913 00:39:40,527 --> 00:39:41,994 basically was in shock. 914 00:39:41,995 --> 00:39:43,663 And, you know, just like me, I didn't, 915 00:39:43,664 --> 00:39:45,474 I didn't believe it either at first. 916 00:39:45,475 --> 00:39:47,366 He's just a big, gentle giant, you know? 917 00:39:47,367 --> 00:39:51,005 And when you see it, firsthand, it's... 918 00:39:51,106 --> 00:39:53,306 you know, it tears your heart out. 919 00:39:53,373 --> 00:39:56,143 Billy Jack was kind of a, a nut. 920 00:39:56,144 --> 00:39:58,846 You know, and people thought at this point, he's that old. 921 00:39:58,847 --> 00:40:00,181 He's a harmless nut. 922 00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:02,349 Nobody thought he was gonna go off and... 923 00:40:02,449 --> 00:40:04,184 murder anybody. 924 00:40:04,284 --> 00:40:06,688 But then the question becomes... 925 00:40:06,786 --> 00:40:08,789 why in the world 926 00:40:08,889 --> 00:40:10,879 would you ever do something like that? 927 00:40:16,697 --> 00:40:19,567 Billy Jack Haynes is facing unlawful use of a weapon and 928 00:40:19,568 --> 00:40:22,035 murder charges today after the alleged shooting 929 00:40:22,036 --> 00:40:24,036 earlier this month. 930 00:40:24,037 --> 00:40:26,506 Although questions linger around Billy Jack's 931 00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:29,043 numerous claims and criminal activity, 932 00:40:29,143 --> 00:40:32,045 one fact remains undeniable. 933 00:40:32,146 --> 00:40:35,083 On February 8th, 2024, 934 00:40:35,181 --> 00:40:39,186 Billy Jack Haynes took the life of Janette Becraft. 935 00:40:39,286 --> 00:40:40,722 ? 936 00:40:40,822 --> 00:40:43,690 Now, as he faces trial for second degree murder, 937 00:40:43,791 --> 00:40:46,860 Billy Jack has a new story to tell. 938 00:40:46,927 --> 00:40:50,831 Billy claims that she had dementia so bad 939 00:40:50,931 --> 00:40:52,900 that it was unbearable. 940 00:40:52,901 --> 00:40:54,600 He couldn't live with it anymore. 941 00:40:54,601 --> 00:40:56,905 He called it a mercy killing... 942 00:40:57,005 --> 00:41:00,240 because she didn't know who she was anymore. 943 00:41:00,340 --> 00:41:03,411 He supposedly shot his wife in the head. 944 00:41:03,545 --> 00:41:05,380 And that's a mercy killing? 945 00:41:05,447 --> 00:41:07,715 I don't know, brother. 946 00:41:07,782 --> 00:41:10,918 Maybe he thought that was justifiable to do that. 947 00:41:11,018 --> 00:41:13,253 It's a very sad situation. 948 00:41:13,387 --> 00:41:16,958 And, I don't know what they're gonna do justice-wise. 949 00:41:17,090 --> 00:41:19,092 But, that's up to... 950 00:41:19,226 --> 00:41:21,228 I guess, a court to decide. 951 00:41:21,327 --> 00:41:22,764 I don't care for him. 952 00:41:22,896 --> 00:41:25,264 It ain't 'cause he killed his wife. 953 00:41:26,534 --> 00:41:28,603 I'll let that play out in court. 954 00:41:28,702 --> 00:41:30,752 If I were his lawyer, I'd certainly make 955 00:41:30,771 --> 00:41:34,275 a diminished capacity case for him. 956 00:41:34,276 --> 00:41:36,410 I mean, he's obviously been taking beatings 957 00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:38,478 throughout his career. 958 00:41:38,612 --> 00:41:40,782 And, and if nothing else... 959 00:41:40,882 --> 00:41:43,952 ah, dating from the beating he got 960 00:41:44,052 --> 00:41:46,554 at the Longorias' car lot. 961 00:41:46,619 --> 00:41:48,722 You ask anybody and they'll tell ya, 962 00:41:48,789 --> 00:41:51,492 he loved Jan unconditionally. 963 00:41:51,592 --> 00:41:53,594 She was his world. 964 00:41:53,661 --> 00:41:56,329 Whatever happened, as unfortunate as it is, 965 00:41:56,463 --> 00:41:58,097 I think was a big mistake. 966 00:41:58,098 --> 00:42:00,167 That's what makes it all that much more 967 00:42:00,168 --> 00:42:02,402 difficult to deal with. 968 00:42:03,838 --> 00:42:05,907 Damn it, God bless her. 969 00:42:06,007 --> 00:42:07,641 And it hurts my heart. 970 00:42:09,577 --> 00:42:12,614 Mercy killing is the phrase that they used. 971 00:42:12,713 --> 00:42:13,853 Who's ever gonna know? 972 00:42:13,854 --> 00:42:15,616 The only person that's alive that was 973 00:42:15,617 --> 00:42:17,183 in the room with 'em is Billy Jack, 974 00:42:17,184 --> 00:42:19,653 and you can't believe a thing he says. 975 00:42:19,753 --> 00:42:21,422 If I come across crazy, I must be 976 00:42:21,523 --> 00:42:24,659 the smartest craziest guy there ever is. 977 00:42:24,759 --> 00:42:27,049 I'll never, ever forget the state of Oregon, 978 00:42:27,050 --> 00:42:28,694 and the beautiful fans that supported me 979 00:42:28,695 --> 00:42:30,097 through pro wrestling. 980 00:42:30,197 --> 00:42:32,367 The fans in Oregon old enough to remember, 981 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:35,202 probably still have a fond spot for him, but now, 982 00:42:35,335 --> 00:42:37,871 more people in and out of wrestling are going to 983 00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:41,442 remember the crazy stories he told and the things that 984 00:42:41,541 --> 00:42:44,278 he invented that he was involved in, and finally, 985 00:42:44,378 --> 00:42:45,980 the murder of his wife. 986 00:42:45,981 --> 00:42:47,546 They're gonna remember that more than 987 00:42:47,547 --> 00:42:49,057 anything he did in wrestling. 988 00:42:49,181 --> 00:42:51,184 Let me have your attention. 989 00:42:51,286 --> 00:42:54,288 I don't want any fan to ever come up to me 990 00:42:54,389 --> 00:42:58,057 and ask for an autograph again. 991 00:42:58,058 --> 00:43:00,026 He was a guy that had a couple good years at a time 992 00:43:00,027 --> 00:43:01,261 when wrestling was pretty big, 993 00:43:01,262 --> 00:43:03,296 made something of a name, and had a very, 994 00:43:03,297 --> 00:43:04,998 very troubled existence... 995 00:43:05,065 --> 00:43:06,701 after that fame ended. 996 00:43:06,702 --> 00:43:08,334 It's not a happy ending. There's, there's no 997 00:43:08,335 --> 00:43:10,625 silver lining in this story, unfortunately. 998 00:43:13,907 --> 00:43:17,010 Boy, that's a million dollar question. 999 00:43:17,077 --> 00:43:22,516 ? 1000 00:43:22,617 --> 00:43:29,056 ? 1001 00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:31,891 When that door shuts, it gets to reality real quick, 1002 00:43:32,025 --> 00:43:34,228 that there's no getting out of here. 1003 00:43:34,362 --> 00:43:36,230 You know? No. 1004 00:43:36,329 --> 00:43:38,166 Not 'til trial. 1005 00:43:38,264 --> 00:43:42,836 ? 1006 00:43:42,936 --> 00:43:47,342 ? 1007 00:43:50,545 --> 00:43:51,744 I do... 1008 00:43:51,846 --> 00:43:53,681 I do. 1009 00:43:53,780 --> 00:43:59,519 ? 1010 00:43:59,569 --> 00:44:04,119 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0