‘American Idol’ alum Caleb Flynn barred from amassing late spouse’s life insurance coverage

Crime

By Linda Ikeji
11 November 2026, 2:11 pm

Banner Life Insurance Company has requested a federal courtroom in Ohio to find out who ought to obtain the proceeds of Ashley Flynn’s $100,000 life insurance coverage coverage.

Her husband, Caleb Flynn, was named the only beneficiary and is serving life in jail with out the potential for parole for her homicide.

In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, November 10, the insurer mentioned Caleb was listed as each the proprietor and sole beneficiary when the coverage was issued in March 2016, practically a decade earlier than Ashley was killed. No alternate beneficiary was named, in keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by TMZ.

Banner argues that Ohio’s “slayer statute” bars Caleb from amassing the proceeds due to his conviction. The insurer mentioned the quantity payable now exceeds $100,000 after curiosity and premium refunds. It is looking for to deposit the cash with the courtroom so a choose can resolve who’s entitled to it.

The lawsuit names Caleb’s dad and mom and brother, Ashley’s dad and mom, sister and brother-in-law, and the couple’s two daughters as defendants. Banner will not be accusing the kinfolk of wrongdoing. It named them as events so the courtroom can resolve who ought to obtain the cash.

Caleb was sentenced in October after being convicted of fatally capturing Ashley and staging the scene to appear like a break-in. In statements learn at sentencing, each daughters condemned his actions. One mentioned she would by no means go to him in jail.