The households of Gilgo Seaside victims have slammed NBC’s streaming service Peacock as ‘evil’ for ‘paying not less than $1 million’ to the spouse of homicide suspect Rex Heuermann for her participation in a documentary.
Asa Ellerup, 59, the estranged spouse of Heuermann, 60, agreed to take part within the mega-deal, which is able to characteristic a crew filming her household via Heuermann’s trial, which is slated to start subsequent 12 months.
Nonetheless, households of the victims ripped the reported funds. Sherre Gilbert, who’s the sister of Shannan Gilbert whose stays had been present in 2010 and led to the invention of different victims, went to social media to precise her shock and utilizing the phrases: ‘dissatisfied…disgusted… flabbergasted…annoyed.’
‘The best way that the media will purchase tales to additional re-victimize, re-traumatize, and exploit the households & victims of serial killers is evil!,’ Sherre mentioned.
Authorities have mentioned that Ellerup wasn’t conscious of her husband’s alleged killings. The cash she earned from the present additionally will not be going to his protection, as New York legislation prohibits defendants from promoting their story to the media.
Asa Ellerup, the estranged spouse of accused killer Rex Heuermann, agreed to take part within the mega-deal for a Peacock documentary, which is able to characteristic a crew filming her household via Heuermann’s trial, doubtless slated to start subsequent 12 months.
![Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, 60, appears in court on November 15](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/15/78374719-12804947-Accused_Gilgo_Beach_serial_killer_Rex_Heuermann_60_appears_in_co-a-1_1701270409150.jpg?resize=634%2C953&ssl=1)
Accused Gilgo Seaside serial killer Rex Heuermann, 60, seems in courtroom on November 15
![The first victim, Melissa Barthelemy from New York, 24, was discovered by Suffolk County Police on December 11, 2010](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/15/73226765-12804947-The_first_victim_Melissa_Barthelemy_from_New_York_24_was_discove-a-17_1701271075255.jpg?resize=306%2C379&ssl=1)
![Megan Waterman, 22, from Maine](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/15/73226793-12804947-Megan_Waterman_22_from_Maine-a-18_1701271075257.jpg?resize=306%2C379&ssl=1)
The primary sufferer, Melissa Barthelemy, 24, was found by Suffolk County Police on December 11, 2010. The physique of Megan Waterman, 22, was discovered two days later
![Maureen Brainard-Barnes was 25 years old when she went missing](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/15/73219413-12804947-Maureen_Brainard_Barnes_was_25_years_old_when_she_went_missing-a-3_1701270237400.jpg?resize=306%2C488&ssl=1)
![Amber Lynn Costello was 27 years old when she disappeared](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/15/73219421-12804947-Amber_Lynn_Costello_was_27_years_old_when_she_disappeared-a-4_1701270237401.jpg?resize=306%2C488&ssl=1)
Maureen Brainard-Barnes was 25 years previous when she went lacking (left). Amber Lynn Costello was 27 years previous. Their our bodies had been discovered close to Barthelemy’s the identical day
Officers from NBCUniversal didn’t reply to DailyMail.com request for touch upon the reported deal in time for this report.
A Peacock spokesperson informed Rolling Stone journal that Ellerup was not paid for her participation within the sequence, and has no artistic management over it.
She mentioned that Ellerup was paid a regular licensing payment to be used of her archival materials. That cash, nonetheless, can’t go in direction of Heuermann, or his protection funds.
It has been reported {that a} portion of the documentary is reportedly being developed by rapper 50 Cent’s G-Unit Productions, as per Ellerup’s lawyer Robert Macedonio, based on The New York Instances.
Gilbert Household Lawyer John Ray didn’t seem stunned by the deal Ellerup agreed to with the streaming big.
‘The lady is a ghoul, feeding on the useless, who had been murdered by the pinnacle of her household. She is a grave threat taker identical to her husband with whom she conspires and has so via the years, persevering with to take action even now, for extra lucre,’ he mentioned.
‘She dangers her personal authorized destruction by phrases she speaks to her filmmakers. She might forfeit greater than she is making for the second, together with her liberty. The starvation for cash most frequently does wreak havoc for the grasping.
The victims’ households are appalled. We sit up for the day Asa Ellerup is delivered to the bar of justice.
Heuremann, 59, a married father of two grownup youngsters, is at present being held at a Suffolk County jail in connection to 3 murders. In July, he was charged with killing Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello, who disappeared in 2009 and 2010.
Authorities mentioned he’s additionally the ‘prime suspect’ within the killing of Maureen Brainard-Barnes.
![Asa Ellerup, the estranged wife of Rex Heuermann, arrived in court on Wednesday to hear the evidence presented by the court as he faces murder charges over the deaths of three sex workers](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/15/77833213-12804947-Asa_Ellerup_the_estranged_wife_of_Rex_Heuermann_arrived_in_court-a-2_1701272997702.jpg?resize=634%2C607&ssl=1)
Asa Ellerup, the estranged spouse of Rex Heuermann, arrived in courtroom on Wednesday to listen to the proof introduced by the courtroom as he faces homicide prices over the deaths of three intercourse staff
![John Ray, the attorney for Shannan Gilbert's family, and former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison, spoke at a press conference last month regarding new evidence that had emerged in the case](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/11/29/15/76726737-12804947-image-a-21_1701271565824.jpg?resize=634%2C390&ssl=1)
John Ray, the lawyer for Shannan Gilbert’s household, and former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison, spoke at a press convention final month concerning new proof that had emerged within the case
On November 15, Ellerup appeared for the primary time in courtroom since her ex-husband’s July arrest.
She wished to see for herself if there may be proof to point her partner is responsible of the atrocities he’s accused of committing.
Her look on the Arthur Cromerty Felony Court docket Complicated in Riverhead become a media circus with a slew of reporters, photographers and digital camera crews.
She was trailed into the courthouse by the documentary crew from the streaming community Peacock, who had been seen inside Ellerup’s Massapequa Park house earlier that week.
Robert Macedonio, Ellerup’s lawyer, refused to verify or deny that they had been cooperating with the movie and no data has been shared about what she could be being paid.
Although the precise quantity that Ellerup is getting paid stays unclear, a report in Information Nation reported that Ellerup would obtain $1 million, Macedonio could be getting $400,000 and Vess Mitev, a lawyer for the kids was getting $200,000, the Instances reported.
On the courthouse, Ellerup didn’t communicate with anybody and was whisked away after the listening to.
Day by day Mail solely reported {that a} week previous to the listening to she went to go to Heuremann in jail for the primary time since his July arrest. She had spent as much as an hour with him.
The mother-of-two grownup youngsters filed for divorce from Heuermann six days after he was charged with the homicide of three intercourse staff, whose our bodies had been amongst 11 discovered on the desolate stretch of shoreline near their Lengthy Island house between 2010 and 2011.