American idol’ alum barred from late wife’s $100,000 life insurance

Banner Life Insurance has requested for a federal court in Ohio to decide who should get Ashley Flynn’s $100,000 life insurance policy.

Her husband, Caleb Flynn, former American idol contestant, who was the sole beneficiary is serving life in prison without parole for her murder.

In a suit filed Tuesday, November 10, Banner said Caleb was listed as owner and sole beneficiary when the policy was issued in March 2016, nearly a decade before Ashley was killed. No alternate beneficiary was named, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.

Banner says Ohio’s “slayer statute” bars Caleb from collecting because of his conviction.

With interest and premium refunds, the amount now exceeds $100,000. The company wants to deposit the money with the court for a judge to decide.

The suit also names Caleb’s parents and brother, Ashley’s parents, sister and brother-in-law, and the couple’s two daughters as defendants but Banner is not accusing the relatives of wrongdoing.

Caleb was sentenced in October after being convicted of fatally shooting Ashley and staging the scene to look like a break-in.