away from him. >> then finally, more than a year later, lynn hired family law attorney, lisa brandon. >> aaron: did she tell you she wanted from you. >> she wanted a fair division of the property. >> but said lisa, fred controlled all of the finances. >> so she didn't know how much money they had a a family. >> no. >> how much did they have as a family. >> including the equity in the home, probably 6 -7 million. >> which in a legal separation by california law would be split down the middle. lisa told her fred told her he would never part with any of that money. lynn also told her about fred's physical abuse. and so with a pending separation, lisa worried about lynn and charlie's safety. she wouldn't do it. didn't want to hurt charlie.