Bradley Cooper’s parents and friends swore that Cooper is emotionally stable and never threatened to kill himself. Bradley Cooper’s friends say Nancy Cooper exaggerated, and that her stories of receiving an insufficient allowance from her husband were blown out of proportion.

“Nancy often exaggerated the details of a story for dramatic effect,” said Scott Heider, a friend of Bradley Cooper. “She liked to tell people stories and liked the attention.”

Late this afternoon, Bradley Cooper's attorneys filed another affidavit for him in which he refutes all the claims his wife's friends made about his treatment of her. He insists he rarely traveled out of the country and never fell out of contact with her when he did. He also said he gave her plenty of money, including a weekly $300 and often filled up her car with gas. As part of his affidavit, he copied the pages of his passport and included pictures of him cuddling and playing with his daughters.

Nancy Cooper vanished July 12. Her body was found dumped in a nearby subdivision two days later. Cary police say the young mother was murdered. They continue searching for her killer and have named no suspects.

An attorney for Nancy Cooper’s family filed a motion Thursday asking a judge to order Bradley Cooper to submit to a psychological evaluation. They have alleged that Bradley Cooper attempted suicide as a teen and threatened suicide as recently as this winter.

Bradley Cooper’s father, Terry Cooper, said in an affidavit that his son “was never depressed or wanted to die.”

Terry Cooper did say that Bradley and Nancy Cooper were strapped by debt, a strain brought on by his daughter-in-law's expensive taste. He rattled through a list of receipts he has seen since her death: $200 for a pedicure and $200 for a pair of jeans.

He said his son had taken out an $80,000 equity line on their Lochmere subdivision home to pay off credit card debt brought on by Nancy Cooper's spending habits.

Heider, Bradley Cooper’s friend, admitted that the couple’s marriage had soured.

“Over the course of the past year, there may have been some emotional coolness between both Brad and Nancy, and possibly some hostility toward each other.”

Bradley Cooper’s friends bragged on his parenting skills and his daughters’ attachment to him. They also say that he has mustered through the trauma of his wife’s death with admirable strength.

“He was very sad, and he put a white ribbon on their mailbox, but he did not give any indication of suicidal tendencies," said Mike Hiller, Cooper's friend. "He merely seemed sad and subdued. I felt that he handled the situation better than I would have had I been going through the same thing.”

Bradley Cooper is on paid administrative leave from Cisco Systems, according to a spokeswoman.