Talan Renner's millionaire dad bragged about 'buying' his kids out of trouble ... trends now

The millionaire father of an Arizona teen accused of beating Preston Lord to death had a habit of bragging about paying to get his kids out of trouble, his ex-girlfriend told police.

Talan Renner, 17, is one of seven young men accused of beating Lord, 16, to death outside a Halloween party last year in Queen Creek, a suburb of Phoenix. 

He and the other suspects are believed to have ties to the so-called Gilbert Goons - a group of mostly wealthy white kids who have been terrorizing the area for years. 

Talan's former stepmom Lauri Spiker told police his dad, businessman Travis Renner, often stepped in to save his problematic sons from trouble. 

As cited in a police report, Spiker told detectives said 'Travis talks down on police and brags about how he can 'buy' their kids out of trouble.' 

Spiker described Travis as an 'alcoholic' who 'abuses marijuana.' She said the businessman gets drugs from his son Kyler, who is also currently in jail accused of Gilbert Goons assaults. 

'Kyler sells cocaine, marijuana, mushrooms', LSD, ecstacy, Percocet and Xanax,' detectives noted of their interview with Spiker. 

The report added: 'As young as 5th grade, Talan took acid that he obtained from his older brother Kyler...  Laurie suspects Travis provides Talan with drugs but only knows for sure that Travis has provided Talan with marijuana and alcohol. For Talan's 14th birthday, Travis gave Talan marijuana candies.'

Spiker also told police Travis 'once made a $10,000 to American Leadership Academy [Talan's high school] and sponsored sports programs through his business, One Stop Nutrition, to prevent them expelling Talan.' 

On Thursday, the school denied the claims in a statement to DailyMail.com, saying 'there have been a number of unfounded and irrational allegations associating ALA with the tragic death of Preston Lord.'

'We can say unequivocally that ALA has never received or accepted a $10,000 donation, or any donation, from the Renner family or anyone indicted in Preston lord's death, nor from any of their family businesses.'

The school also defended its choice to allow Talan to play a football game on November 17, just weeks after Preston's murder, saying police had not named any persons of interests or suspects. They said they now regret the choice.

Head football coach and athletic director Randy Ricedorff was fired in January after the scandal broke.

ALA initially told 12News they allowed Talan him to star in the football game because at the time there was no evidence or arrests against any of their students.

But it has since emerged that in the week before the game police served a search warrant for his phone and DNA while he was on the school campus.

This week the Queen Creek police department said they recommended charges against the owners of the home where the fatal Halloween party took place. 

A police report reveals that Talan's parents, who have been accused of trying to help cover up his involvement in the murder, pulled him out of school early on October 31.

Talan's parents told the school he was being called a murderer on social media and he did not return to school for the rest of the week.

On November 2, the

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