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Billy Strings Distanced From Brother's Murder Conviction | Huntsville News
Billy Strings’ half-brother, Patrick Apostol, has been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2020 killing of guitarist Zackary Smith—allegedly over an affair with Apostol’s then-girlfriend. Despite Apostol’s claims of a lavish lifestyle funded by Billy, Strings firmly denied any closeness, recalling only one childhood meeting and fifty total encounters. He emphasized his own working-class reality, battling addiction and hardship, and dismissed the self-defense narrative, as evidence like gunshot residue on his robe sealed the jury’s verdict. Now facing up to 48 years, Apostol’s sentencing…
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