>> genevieve sanders. >> isn't genevieve sanders your >> it was weird. you walked out of there going, oh, this is just a farce. this is a farce. >> reporter: the defense argues that the plaintiffs purchased the property "as-is" and should have inspected it more closely. the most shocking courtroom bombshell was that weilert admits to faking his wife's death. he said she was suffering from a debilitating medical condition and wanted, like garbo, to be left alone. was, he did it out of love. that was her desire, was to be dead. and so, he made it so. at least on paper. >> reporter: after eight weeks, cheryl and brian win their case. >> cheryl skigin shed a few tears after a multi-million dollar verdict in her favor. >> reporter: they're awarded more than $1.5 million in won everything. >> reporter: today, genevieve and michael are living in more modest digs in clovis, california. clovis, by the way, is also the name of a medieval king -- perhaps the closest she will now come to french royalty. genevieve and her husband turned down our requests for an on-ca

but he says this woman's real name is genevieve sanders. first impression. >> beautiful young lady, very smart. the kind of person that, hey, i'd like to get to know her. >> reporter: genevievede was an all-american girl from lindsay, california, the daughter of a farmer. she never earned a ph.d., and he says she didn't know much french. gary met her while she was a student at fresno state university and he was a teaching assistant. >> we got to know each other quite well. just hanging out here, going over to the library next door. >> reporter: after two years, the farmer's daughter and teacher tied the knot. they lived on a tight budget -- not quite in a shoe, but in a very modest home. bare. but that crown was real. just wasn't from france. check out her sash in this picture -- yes, genevieve sanders was the reigning national raisin queen. here she is arriving on a two-week trip to japan to bolster raisin sales around the pacific rim. she seemed to really enjoy the spotlight. >> yeah. she definitely enjoyed it. she enjoyed that little bit