. >> josh met his close friend nicholas gaetano's in acting class. >> josh was a really, really great and passionate guy. he was always there for his friends. and the girl who worked at the local bakery was smitten. so much so that shannon lutes fell in love and moved in with josh. >> we were very quickly, completely inseparable. our lives fuzed together. i moved out of the house, moved in with him, and we were together 24 seven. >> but there was something else that ignited josh's passions. josh became fast friends with a lightweight champion named don juan futrell. yes, that's his name. don juan. >> he came in and was a sort of mentor and helpful wing for josh, and was seemingly a really great influence from what josh thought of him. he saw someone who was like a big brother and was trying to help him, but it would never pan out. they would be supposed to have lunch. it's supposed to work out together, supposed to have a little meeting, talk about their goals, and don juan would cancel on him. >> one of those goals, shannon says, was to make bank selling t-shirts on the vegas strip.