<p>Beauty queen Sharron Nicole Redmond, who was acquitted of murder earlier this year in the death of her boyfriend, has filed a countersuit against the man's family.</p><p>Responding to a $10 million lawsuit filed last month against her by Kevin Darnell Shorter's parents, Redmond is seeking more than $2 million in damages from the victim's estate.</p><p>She says in the lawsuit that Shorter lied to her, hit and kicked her, threatened her with violence and followed her around throughout their relationship.</p><p>Jeffrey Laskey, the Shorter family's attorney, said he's confident a jury will see through Redmond's claims.</p><p>"Regardless of what Nikki Redmond has filed or claims, nothing in her counterclaim will justify her taking another life," Laskey said. "It will not change the fact that in a fit of rage over another woman, she pointed her gun, pulled the trigger and fired the bullet that killed Kevin Shorter."</p><p>Redmond claimed she was acting in self-defense when she shot Shorter on Dec. 16, 2003, just four months after she was crowned Miss Savannah. She also said Shorter had been abusive.</p><p>The parents had said the lawsuit was not about money but because they want justice.</p><p>But Redmond's attorney, Mike Schiavone, disagreed.</p><p>"This lawsuit is about money, period," Schiavone had said.</p><p>The shooting occurred outside the Savannah home of Rachel Hall, another woman Shorter had been dating. Redmond came to her house wanting to discuss their rivaling relationships with Shorter.</p><p>Redmond and Hall had both dated Shorter for about three years and he had given both women engagement rings.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x1cdc210)</p>
