# Roblox Widow Exposes Family Scandal

> NYC widow reveals father-in-law murdered wife and threatened her after scam claim.
- Title: Roblox Widow Exposes Family Scandal · New York Post | Shortify
- Summary: NYC widow reveals father-in-law murdered wife and threatened her after scam claim. Marianne Flippo, a Roblox widow, claims her father-in-law James Michael…
- Keywords: marianne flippo, james michael flippo, greggory star, roblox, nyc, life insurance fraud, west virginia, manhattan supreme court, news, entertainment, Widow, Exposes
- Source: New York Post — https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/us-news/nyc-roblox-widow-who-claimed-male-escort-scammed-her-out-of-6-million-reveals-disturbing-details-about-family
- Published: 2026-09-23T16:24:22+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: marianne flippo, james michael flippo, greggory star, roblox, nyc, life insurance fraud, west virginia, manhattan supreme court, news, entertainment
## Widow claims scam
Marianne Flippo, 49, says male escort Greggory Starr scammed her out of $6 million after her Roblox programmer husband died.

> My deceased husband, his father, who’s a pastor of a church… he was a murderer
## Father-in-law's crime
James Michael Flippo, 78, murdered his wife Cheryl in 1996 after she discovered his affair with a man.

> He’d already murdered his wife. I had to sleep under the same roof with him, and he had already threatened to murder me
## Legal battle
A West Virginia court convicted James Michael Flippo in 1999 for his wife’s murder after a life insurance fraud scheme.

> He’d already murdered his wife. I had to sleep under the same roof with him, and he had already threatened to murder me
## Current threat
Flippo says her father-in-law threatened to kill her and has manipulated her finances for years.

> I’m not afraid
## Legal action
Her lawyer plans emergency guardianship to protect her from Starr after he scammed her out of $6 million.

> There was no way I was gonna let her pay him an additional $4 million
## Key takeaway

Marianne Flippo, a Roblox widow, claims her father-in-law James Michael Flippo murdered his wife in 1996 and threatened her after being scammed out of $6 million.