Paul Fremont was a record company executive working with Gordon Wiggins. Their company distributed recordings for Caitlin Davies among others, working closely with manager/producer Tommy Lowe. After Lowe's arrest on payola charges, Fremont and Wiggins devised a plan to eliminate Lowe to prevent him talking and causing the Payola Subcommittee to reconvene. After Lowe's death, Fremont and Wiggins then set their sights on Caitlin, planning to shutter her revitalized recording career by first digging all dirt on her new husband, Sonny Burnett, then promoting her album heavily and preventing Caitlin from touring, forfeiting a large payout. After dragging Burnett's name through the mud and finding out he is a drug dealer, Fremont (along with Wiggins) work out a drug deal with Burnett/Crockett, a