Savannah Chrisley Reveals She’s Dating Robert Shiver _ E! News

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00:00 "This guy that I'm talking to, his wife just tried to kill him. It's fine."

00:04 Savannah Chrisley has a new man with a controversial past. The Chrisley's Knows

00:11 Best alum is dating Robert Shiver, the former Auburn University football player whose ex,

00:17 Lindsey Shiver, has been accused of conspiring with an alleged hitman to murder him.

00:23 The bombshell revelation comes during Savannah's September 14th appearance on The Vile Files.

00:29 "Is it the guy from Auburn?"

00:31 "No."

00:32 "Did he go to Auburn?"

00:33 "I don't know where he went to school."

00:35 "Bring up the Auburn guy."

00:36 "Oh god, I'm sweating."

00:39 Although Robert's estranged wife has been making headlines for her alleged murder-for-hire plot

00:45 against the athlete, Savannah insists he's completely normal.

00:49 "Have you defined the relationship yet?"

00:51 "I mean, it's not, we're like friends, like getting to know each other."

00:55 "First base, second base, third base, how many bases?"

00:59 "How many bases? We're getting to know each other. I mean, he's like a really sweet human being."

01:06 So, just how did Savannah and Robert cross paths? According to the 26-year-old,

01:12 who ended her engagement to hockey player Nick Cordiles in 2020,

01:16 she slid into his DMs after reading stories about him online.

01:20 "I like the DMs."

01:22 "I listen to them, that's how I met."

01:23 "Dude, he was too hot to die."

01:24 And while Savannah understands that her fans will be curious,

01:28 she vowed to never speak about the drama since Robert has three young children.

01:34 "I know how it feels as a kid, so like I just have so much respect for them

01:38 that I would never say like, 'this is what happened, that's what happened,' like,

01:43 that's for them to talk about when they're ready to talk about it."

01:46 Per NBC News, in early August, Lindsay was arrested and charged in the Bahamas

01:52 for conspiring to kill Robert several months after the two filed for divorce in the U.S.

01:58 In Robert's divorce filing obtained by NBC News, he alleged the 36-year-old engaged

02:04 in adulterous conduct and said their marriage was irretrievably broken.

02:08 Meanwhile, her filing reportedly claimed that Robert condoned the affair during a period of

02:14 separation. According to CNN, Lindsay, a former beauty pageant queen and Auburn University

02:20 cheerleader, has been accused of hatching a murder plot with two Bahamas natives to kill Robert.

02:26 While on the Abaco Islands, she was released on bail August 9.

02:30 E! News has reached out to Lindsay's attorney for comment on the accusation, but has not heard back.

02:36 We're also asking if Lindsay's attorney is willing to comment on the allegations.

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