After a psychiatrist was beaten to death and left to rot in a car boot, a former Playboy Bunny was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison.
In a Clark County, Nevada courtroom, Kelsey Turner was given a prison term of 10 to 25 years for her part in the 2019 death of Dr. Thomas Burchard, after he attempted to end their relationship and cease paying her bills.
The 71-year-old doctor was alleged to have been in an intimate and “transactional” relationship with the model, who reportedly appeared in Playboy Italia and Maxim, at the time of his death, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Turner, 29, accepted a plea deal for the March 2019 suffocation of the California doctor in her car in Las Vegas.
“There’s certainly room for a lot of salacious speculation as to what the nature of the relationship was,” Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Pamela Weckerly said in court at the sentencing hearing, according to the Review-Journal.
“I think the facts of this case demonstrate, though, that with regards to Ms. Turner, that this was a transactional relationship, to whatever extent.
“For her part, she was content to leave someone she knew for a number of years, who supported her and her child financially for a number of years, to rot in the back of the car in the desert that he paid for.”
“There’s certainly room for a lot of salacious speculation as to what the nature of the relationship was,” Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Pamela Weckerly said in court at the sentencing hearing, according to the Review-Journal.
“I think the facts of this case demonstrate, though, that with regards to Ms. Turner, that this was a transactional relationship, to whatever extent.
“For her part, she was content to leave someone she knew for a number of years, who supported her and her child financially for a number of years, to rot in the back of the car in the desert that he paid for.”
“There’s certainly room for a lot of salacious speculation as to what the nature of the relationship was,” Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Pamela Weckerly said in court at the sentencing hearing, according to the Review-Journal.
“I think the facts of this case demonstrate, though, that with regards to Ms. Turner, that this was a transactional relationship, to whatever extent.
“For her part, she was content to leave someone she knew for a number of years, who supported her and her child financially for a number of years, to rot in the back of the car in the desert that he paid for.”
“I do wholeheartedly disagree with the state’s recitation of the facts,” chief deputy special public defender Ashley Sisolak said in a statement Tuesday.
“I am, however, glad that Kelsey will have a chance at rebuilding her life moving forward. I am also grateful for the closure for all parties.”