Deviere Willette, whose father was found decapitated in his Henderson home in 2023, told jurors Thursday that he never mustered up the courage to admit he was having an affair with his stepmother — the same woman now on trial for killing his father .

Willette, now 29, testified that he and Devyn Michaels, 47, were married and living together when Michaels was arrested for the killing of his father, Johnathan Willette. Deviere Willette said he was first introduced to Michaels when she was his father’s girlfriend, and starting when he was 19, developed a sexual relationship that culminated in a marriage with her.

Johnathan Willette and Michaels had two daughters, both under the age of 13, and had an on-again, off-again relationship, according to attorneys.

“I was trying to fill the shoes

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