and that it was gaiser who planned the shootings. gaiser pleaded guilty and was facing a life sentence when she cut a deal with the state. she agreed to testify against jeff stern in exchange for 25-year sentence. her story? jeff was the brains of the operation. and prosecutors buy it. you see him equally responsible as michelle gaiser? >> yes. we believe that the evidence shows that he is guilty of solicitation of capital murder. >> reporter: but the most unbelievable part of the story to many is the fact that the victim is supporting the man accused by prosecutors of trying to kill her. >> there is just no way. the affair, okay, i'll give you that one. but to plot my murder? absolutely not. it's ludicrous. >> reporter: that's right. after initially leaving him, yvonne decided to forgive jeff for the affair and take him back. it may be hard to believe, but yvonne says her marriage was even better after all the drama. we share more. we're closer. basically inseparable. >> reporter: as for the shocking new twist, stern's attorney says

>> michelle gaiser has solicited an inmate to murder jeffrey stern for $25,000. >> reporter: the allegation comes from the attorney for jeffrey stern, who is to stand trial next month. the prosecution says he plotted with his mistress to kill his wife, ion. allegedly hiring hitmen that tried not wasn't, but three times to kill ion stern. the socialite survived each attempt. she is now standing by her man. and looking at a note the mistress wrote to a hitman. >> however you do this, it needs to look like a robbery gone ban. >> reporter: the hit should happen near the sterns' vacation home near aspen. >> the f he dies there, people will think the wife did the planning to kill him as revenge. that would be good. >> reporter: stern's attorney says he turned the note over to

gaiser will be the star witness against her former lover. this alleged hit letter would be an attempt by stern's lawyers to discredit her before the trial next month. stern's defense is that all three murder-for-hire plots were hatched by the mistress. and he didn't know a thing. that's what his wife believes as she told "20/20" anchor, chris cuomo. >> the affair, okay. i'll give you that one. but to plot my murder, preposterous. >> reporter: stern's attorney would not give us a loser look at that jailhouse letter or provide us our own copy. so, we, along with any potential jurors out there, who might be watching, are left to take his word for what's in it. robin? >> all right, ryan. >>> let's bring in our legal team from atlanta. there's nancy grace, host of hnl's nancy grace. and dan abrams here. i'm going to start with you, dan. it's hard to keep up now. >> when you think about what happened, it's more bizarre, right. this is someone they tried to kill three times. someone that goes to the house, riddles the house with bullets. she surviv

. >> the fbi task force confronted miss gaiser last week. according to the task force she confessed that the note is, in fact, hers. >> reporter: the fbi says it can't comment, the case is pending. the same from the attorney's office prosecuting jeffrey stern. they told nbc news they have just been made aware of the allegations and they are investigating adding she, michelle, knows better than anyone that the entire scheme against yvonne was concocted by jeffrey stern. so far the district attorney has yet to charge her with any crime for aldly trying to put a hit out on jeffrey stern. for his part he goes on trial in the houston area next month for the three attempts on his wife's life. they live together in this home behind me. she will be at the trial in support of him next month. matt, this is a strange case at that. back to you. >> sounds like a fun bunch. thank you very much. >>> it's 34 after the hour. here is ann. >> a toddler in lubbock, texas, is lucky to be alive after being reject fredded from an suv in a dramatic crash. natalie w

gaiser last week and according to the fbi task force, she confessed. note is, in fact, hers. >> reporter: the fbi can't comment as the case is pending. statement from the district attorney's office who is prosecuting jeffrey stern. they have just been made aware of the allegations and investigating. adding she, michelle, knows better than anyone that entire scheme against yvonne was concocted by jeffrey stern. that letter was found last month, so far the district attorney here has yet to charge michelle gaisner with any crime for trying to put a hit out for jeffrey stern. stern goes on trial for the three attempts on his wife's life. they lived together here in this home behind me. she will be in support of him at trial. this is a strange case at best. >> sounds like a fun bunch. >>> a toddler in lubbock, texas, lucky to be alive after being ejected from a stolen suv. natalie morales here with this story. >> that accident came at the end of a police chase late saturday night, after a young woman robbed at gunpoint. police did not know at the time, ther