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Friend of slain stuntwoman Cheryl Sanders skeptical of ex’s story

A friend of Hollywood stuntwoman Cheryl Sanders and her husband — who were shot dead by her ex in Ohio over the weekend — said he’s not buying the explanation of what went down, according to a report.

Sanders, 59 — who appeared in “Back to the Future II” and had been a stunt double for Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman and Jessica Alba — died alongside her husband, Reed Sanders, 56, on Wednesday.

The stunt woman’s ex-husband, Lindsey Duncan, and his wife, Molly, say the couple confronted them with a gun outside their home in Yellow Springs and they ended up in a wild shootout — with the Sanders ultimately gunned down, reports have said.

Authorities are considering the case a “justifiable homicide.”

But long-time friend and business partner to the Sanders told ABC 13 Sunday that the story doesn’t sound right to him.

“I’m still reeling from it,” Adrian King said. “I can’t even conceive that they would do something like that even if they were desperate.”

King said he knew the stunt woman and her husband were headed to Ohio to settle a dispute over a trust fund for the two adult daughters Cheryl shared with Lindsey Duncan.

“Ever since their divorce, there has been contention between Cheryl and him,” King told the station.

King described the Sanders as a Christian couple who moved to the Asheville, North Carolina area four years ago.

“If they had been in certain circumstances, you would have called them a power couple,” he said.

Greene County prosecutor Suzanne Schmidt told WDTN that the complex case will require a lengthy investigation before being presented to a grand jury for review.

County Sheriff Gene Fischer told the outlet that Duncan claimed his ex-wife had plotted against him in the past.

“About five years ago, the resident …notified us that he had received information that the ex-wife was trying to hire somebody to murder him,” Fischer said.

Duncan told reporters last week that he and Molly were returning from a normal morning run for coffee and “and our eggs and our kale” when the other couple ambushed them.

Duncan, who called himself a naturopathic doctor, founded a supplement and juice company called Genesis Today, according to The Washington Post.

Back in 2012, Duncan appeared on “The Dr. Oz Show” to promote the company’s green bean extract as an “amazing” way to burn fat, the paper reported.

But he only had a degree from a now-defunct, unaccredited “distance-learning” natural health college, the outlet reported, citing the Federal Trade Commission.

Three years later, he agreed to pay a $9 million to settle with the commission over his claims.