Shot by girlfriend
Claudine Longet after he allegedly told her that he wanted her and her three children to move out of his house because they were "cramping" his lifestyle; she claimed the gun discharged accidentally as Sabich was showing her how it worked. However, ballistics showed that the gun's trigger had been pulled more than once. She was convicted of criminal negligence and sentenced to 30 days in jail, which she served following a vacation with her defense attorney, Ron Austin, whom she later married. In 1978, she signed a confidentiality agreement with Sabich's parents after they agreed to drop a $1.3-million civil suit against her. Longet settled in Aspen.
