Jennifer Crumbley takes the stand in manslaughter trial tied to son's school shooting

Jennifer Crumbley took the stand in her manslaughter trial in connection with the 2021 Oxford High School shooting carried out by Ethan Crumbley.

Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, testified she and her husband often argued with their son about missing school assignments and said her husband struggled to keep a job as her manslaughter trial continued Thursday with her taking the stand in her own defense.

Jennifer Crumbley and her husband, James Crumbley, are each facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the school shooting, which was carried out by their then-15-year-old son Ethan. James Crumbley is being tried in a separate trial in March.

Ethan Crumbley has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing four students and injuring seven others in November 2021.

One day after Brian Meloche, the man with whom Jennifer was having an affair, took the stand, she admitted to the relationship in her own testimony.