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In the murder of his wife. monis was best known for sending offensive letters to families of troops killed in afghanistan. he was condemned by mainstream muslims as a fake cleric. >> he's really a jihoodlum. a thug who wants to do it in the name of jihad. >> this was a person with a mental problem who tried to gain attention and succeeded. >> officials still don't know what motivated monis, but he was infatuated with extremism. >> interesting comments there. a lone wolf that i've never heard that term before, a jihoodlum, is a way to describe him. not officially affiliated by anyone. he's insp...

50-year-old man monis was out on bail awaiting trial for alleged sexual assaults and as an accessory with his mistress in the murder of his wife. the iranian refugee was best known for writing offensive letters to the families of australian soldiers killed in afghanistan. >> this pen is my gun. and these words are my bullets. >> reporter: long before he took to violence, mainstream muslims had condemned him as a phony, a fake cleric. >> basically thugs that do it in the name of jihad. >> reporter: once monis ordered the hostages to hold up a black flag, he went from hoodlum to a terrorist. >> ...

Neurologist who diagnosed him with signs of alzheimer's and dementia he got personal. >> how dare you? what a horrible woman you are. all you did was go to the beverly hills hotel and drink liquor. i've got two declarations from people in my house that all did you was cry and drink at complain about your life and you lie with me saying i'm incompetent. >> reporter: shelly's lawyer in court even complained mr. sterling called him and yelled you're an a-hole and then he said i'm going to take you out, o'donnell. >> i took that as a death threat. >> reporter: sterile said his client said no such ...

No such thing and the confrontations caught on tape might not be enough for shelly to win the fight. >> being rude isn't enough, being a jerk isn't enough, having bad judgment isn't enough. it has to be a true mental problem. >> well, how about that? two perfect guests. miguel marquez, the reporter on that piece, and hln legal analyst joey jackson, a very, very clever attorney, and a teacher of the law. they're both here to talk about the legal repercussions. i don't even know where to start. i know there's going to be more recordings. anything that kind of rises to the level of i'm going to k...

They say he wasn't threatening the doctors, just frustrated that his medical records were released to the public. could this hurt sterling's case next month? could it prompt the judge to find he's mentally incompetent? >> being rude isn't enough. being a jerk isn't enough. having bad judgment isn't enough. it has to be a true mental problem. >> attorney chris lieg said if donald sterling's lawyers can convince the judge that he was frustrated, and you lot of stress, frustrate because his medical information got out. and if donald sterling apologizes, that maybe he can get past all this that tr...