Wrestler’s Widow Sues Du Pont For Wrongful Death

The wife of slain Olympic wrestler David Schultz filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against multimillionaire John E. du Pont, saying he “must be held responsible for the murder of my husband.”

Nancy Schultz’s lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages from du Pont, who was found guilty of third-degree murder but mentally ill last week.

Schultz is also seeking damages for assault, saying du Pont pointed a gun at her after shooting Schultz to death at the chemical heir’s Newtown Square estate on Jan. 26, 1996.

“Our family was devastated by Dave’s brutal murder and I am pursuing the civil case in an effort to provide for the security of my children’s future,” she said in a statement.

Jurors acquitted du Pont of assaulting Schultz, but convicted him on one count of assault for pointing the gun at his own security consultant.