you win big. >> whoever wins, call me. >> i was in shock. i was devastated. plus, a twisted love triangle. two doctors, one woman. she thought she found the love of her life until he was taken from her. inside this texas doctor's plot to kill. and the woman at the center of this murder for hire scheme, telling us her story for the first time tonight. and who run the world? perhaps it's channing tatum in -- and beyonce. for a few glorious minutes, it was channing tatum up against beyonce in an epic lip sync battle. but how did his performance hold

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so we have to at least try. >> reporter: 11 powerball tickets. that's 11 chances to win. >> i know we've been hearing some buzz around the office. so we were thinking, why don't we buy tickets for the office? [ applause ] >> here are the tickets. monica and i are going to keep these in safe-keeping. if we win, half the winnings will go to the charities of our choice, the other half will be divided amongst all of us. all right? >> reporter: these co-workers may love the camaraderie right now. >> i think it's amazing. >> reporter: but office pools can quickly go wrong. this group of california co-workers barely had time to celebrate their $315 million prize when they were sued by four co-workers who claimed they had oral agreements to be part of the office pool. a judge dismissed the cases. then this construction worker in new jersey, he was in charge of buying the lottery tickets for his work pool. but without telling anyone, claimed a $38 million jackpot as his alone. he was sued and lost. >> if you don't do it right, there could be disputes. who's in the office pool?

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it was a real-life murder-for-hire love triangle in texas. tonight, how the twisted plot unfolded from dance lessons to deadly consequences. the woman caught at the center speaking out for the first time tonight. here's abc's ryan smith. >> i had always wanted, since i

older couples dancing. every step was perfect and every move was in unison. they were one. >> reporter: rachelle shetina was looking for the perfect partner in dance, and in life. she thought she found him. in a wealthy doctor. >> he was a wonderful dancer and he introduced himself to me, my name os -- name's joseph. >> reporter: but somebody else >> hello, i'm dr. mike dixon. >> 911, what's the emergency? >> reporter: three people trapped in what would become a dance of death. >> there's a bullet. >> i need somebody to hurry. >> reporter: one of those people joseph sonnier, a well known doctor, successful businessman, and multi millionaire. >> he's living the single life, having a fun time. >> reporter: so it wasn't about getting married? >> i don't think he would have gotten married again. >> at 19, sonnier married his high school sweetheart becky, but the marriage fell apart.

the dating scene. >> he went on a lark to a dance class, ballroom and salsa and swing. and through that dance community, he found his confidence again. >> reporter: and that's where he finds her. rachelle shetina. >> she's blonde, she's tall, she's gorgeous. >> reporter: they have a lot in common. both divorced, both with grown children. their first date, a football game with his kids. >> reporter: it's the first date and he's bringing you around his family. >> it really wasn't a big deal to me. i certainly wasn't nervous about it. >> reporter: soon, he takes her to visit his grandchildren in los angeles. then to paris. >> it was really a dream come true. we bought a lock, you throw the key into the river and that locks in the moment forever. >> reporter: but for rachelle

be a matters of weeks. on a sweltering wednesday in july, rachelle learned that the love of her life has been murdered. a landscaper finds his body. everywhere. there's crime-scene tape all around joseph's house. it was just absolute chaos. >> reporter: detective zach johnson catches the case and questioning. >> how would you describe your relationship with dr. sonnier? >> he's the love of my life. >> reporter: he asks her if she knows anyone who might havement wanted to stop the doctor or held a grudge against him. she rattles off a list about his ex-girlfriends. she asks her about her past boyfriends. one name is on the tip of her tongue. >> his name is dr. michael dixon. heaz a plastic surgeon in amarillo. >> hello, i'm dr. mike dixon. >> reporter: well known, he's divorced and wealthy. rachelle and dr. dixon dated for a year and a half before she

started seeing dr. sonnier. >> he knew that i was dating joseph. he called him by name in a series of text messages. he wanted me to come back to him. i told him "no." >> reporter: but is dixon the kind of man to take "no" for an answer? johnson wants to find out. so he drives two hours to amarillo for a face-to-face that detective johnson secretly records. >> dr. dixon, i'm detective johnson with the lubbock police department. >> i told him rachelle's boyfriend and his first thing was, oh, my, i don't know anything about him. >> i haven't talked to her in months and months. >> okay, well, that's a little odd, because she told us that he knew about the relationship. >> i'll be honest with you, i love, love, loved that woman. i really did. >> reporter: for detective johnson, alarm bells were sounding.

in fact, made a lot of changes for her. >> reporter: dixon seems like a likely suspect, but he has an alibi the night of sonnier's murder. detective johnson is stumped. >> there's something not right here, this is a huge whodunnit. >> reporter: until a witness comes forward with a name -- dave shepherd, who soon confesses to the crime. >> he's laying on the floor, not moving, not breathing, nothing. i check his pulse in his neck. he's dead. >> reporter: shepherd has no known connection to dr. sonnier. but guess who he's best buddies with? dr. dixon. >> we just hit it off. >> reporter: it was an unlikely bromance. dixon, a successful plastic surgeon, and shepherd, a unsploimd -- unemployed con-man. >> he left his wife for her. you know, she broke up his marriage and he just wanted, i guess, payback. >> reporter: that meant getting

>> he wanted him hurt and then gradually developed into having him killed. >> reporter: based on shepherd's confession, police arrest dixon for ordering the hit on dr. sonnier. but who will the jury believe, a respected plastic surgeon, or a con-man? in the first trial, shepherd reneged, refusing to turn against his best friend. in the end, the jury couldn't reach a verdict. but at the second trial, one of the hitman's daughters takes the stand. he takes the jury back three years. her normally cash-poor father treats them to a fancy steak dinner. >> we all asked him, how do you have money? and his words were, i did some work for mike and he paid me early. >> reporter: and you think that was a prepayment for killing dr. sonnier? >> in retrospect, absolutely. >> reporter: it takes a new jury only three hours to deliberate. >> the verdict is in. >> unanimous verdict. >> guilty on two charges. >> reporter: mike dixon is convicted on two counts of capital murder.

as for the woman at the center of it all, rachelle shetina has a warning. >> there are real sociopaths and psychopaths that walk amongst us. they're charming. they sit at the dinner table with you and your children, and sometimes they sleep in your bed with you. >> reporter: tonight, rachelle shetina has put mike dixon out of her mind, but says joseph sonnier will always have a place in her heart. >> i'll always love him. i'm just -- tell him how sorry i am. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm ryan smith in lubbock, texas. >> dixon's lawyers still maintain shepherd acted alone and that their client never ordered the hit on dr. sonnier. and they are appealing the verdict. up next, from "magic mike" to lip sync battles, channing tatum took the stage and beyonce

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it's basically hollywood's finest facing off. beyonce versus channing tatum. thanks to "magic mike," we knew channing could dance, but how do his moves hold up when he's strutting next to sasha fierce? here's abc's rachel smith. >> reporter: channing tatum is no stranger to dancing in tight leather. but on this week's episode of spike tv's lip sync battle, he

dress with beyonce's "run the world." even borrowing her signature hair-blowing bit. and in a moment no one saw coming, beyonce herself takes the stage showing him how it's done. channing has no choice but to bow down to queen b. her cameo lasted less than a minute, but already has up to 300,000 likes to her facebook page. all part of the season 2 premiere of "lip sync battle." hosted by l.l. cool j and christie teaguen. >> break it down for us. what exactly is "lip sync battle"? >> it's very simple. two celebrities perform two different songs and lip sync to the best of their ability, and the audience decides who did it best. >> it's exciting and i think people just love to be somebody else for a few minutes. my husband john was on it. he's not a rapper, he was so excited to rap. he was working that m.c. hammer. >> he was working it. >> my favorite part, we taped it before, it was oscar winner john

winner john legend in hammer pants and glasses. told you home boys can't touch this >> the lip sync craze has taken over social media too, with over 75 million users and counting dub smash has become one of the most popular apps. people upload videos of them doing the most popular songs, like whitney houston's "i will always love you." >> naturally, i had to get in on the fun too, with my go-to karaoke song, lionel richie's "all night long." what were once hair brush embarrassing moments in front of the bathroom mirror, are now online for the world to enjoy. for "nightline," i'm rachel smith in hollywood. >> outstanding. thanks for watching. tune in to "gma" tomorrow and as always, we're online on our "nightline" facebook page and at abc news.com.

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