Robert Carradine’s Wife Says He Confessed to Trying to Kill Them Both in Car Crash

“Revenge of the Nerds” star’s spouse says in divorce papers that he became depressed and was diagnosed as bipolar after his brother David’s death

<> at Jacob Javitz Center on October 9, 2014 in New York City.
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“Revenge of the Nerds” star Robert Carradine’s wife has made an explosive allegation about the actor, saying in divorce papers that Carradine admitted to trying to kill them both in a 2015 car crash in Colorado.

In the papers, filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court, Edith Carradine said that Carradine became depressed after the 2009 death of his brother David.

“The episodes just continued to get out of control. He destroyed a plaster wall at a rental in Woodstock, NY by attacking it with a hammer and knife,” Edith said of her estranged husband, who she added has been diagnosed as bipolar.

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