“Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” reality show star James “Tim” Norman of Jackson, Mississippi pled not guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri to federal charges related to the 2016 St. Louis murder of his 21-year old nephew, Andre Montgomery. Prosecutors allege it was a murder for hire plot in a failed attempt to collect $450,000 in life insurance.
No decision yet on whether Norman will be released until his trial. At the detention hearing as KSDK reported, Magistrate Judge Nannette Baker said she would take Norman’s request to be allowed to post bond “under advisement.” An exotic dancer and an insurance agent were also arrested in connection with the case.