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CrossFit Co-Founder Lauren Jenai Says She’s Going to Marry an Accused Murderer

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Jenai plans to wed Franklin Tyrone Tucker while he sits in a Florida jail, and she’s not making him sign a prenup.

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CrossFit co-founder Lauren Jenai plans to wed accused murderer Franklin Tyrone Tucker while he sits in a Florida jail, and she’s not making him sign a prenup, Page Six reports. Jenai—the ex-wife and former business partner of CrossFit co-founder and CEO Greg Glassman—reconnected with her former high school classmate on Facebook. But Tucker and two others were arrested in December 2017 on first-degree murder charges for allegedly stabbing a man to death in the Florida Keys. Tucker maintains his innocence. Jenai, who reportedly sold her CrossFit shares for up to $20 million as part of her 2013 divorce from Glassman, said she’s been fighting for Tucker’s freedom ever since.“We hadn’t seen each other in 30 years,” she said. “We started having feelings for each other... We’re going to get married.” She said they planned to tie the knot when he got out on bond, but his bail was denied in January. She now says they’ll say “I do” at the detention center where he’s been locked up since his arrest. “We would be allowed to have a wedding in jail,” she added. “[We] would get to be together for the first time in the same room” since they began seeing each other. She also said she won’t make Tucker sign a prenup. “Our relationship is very open and we are a team,” she said. “I trust him. I love him. My house is his house. A prenup feels a little inappropriate.” Jenai has been barred from video visitation with Tucker for 100 years, after an incident in February. “I got a little risqué,” she said. “I was touching my boobs.”

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