Robert "Master Bob" Bashara, who's serving life sentence, had his laundry list of appeals rejected by the Michigan Court of Appeals Thursday.

Fifty-nine-year-old Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder after being convicted in December 2014 of first-degree murder and other crimes related to the strangulation death of his wife, 56-year-old Jane Bashara.

Among his numerous arguments for a new trial, Bashara said he had ineffective attorneys who failed to present key evidence, was denied computer access to help with the defense of his case, and should have had his trial moved to another county because of the intense media coverage that he believes tainted jurors.

Full 34-page appeals court ruling:

Bashara Appeals Court Opinion by Fergus Burns on Scribd

Bashara's learning-disabled handyman, Joseph Gentz, admitted to strangling Bay City native Jane Bashara, claiming Bashara hired him to commit the killing. Gentz said Bob Bashara pulled a gun and forced him to beat and strangle Jane Bashara in the garage of the Grosse Pointe Park couple's home in January 2012.

Gentz claimed Bob Bashara helped load his dead wife's body into the back of her SUV, which was found in a Detroit alley the following morning on Jan. 25, 2012.

Bashara then attempted to hire a hit man -- who turned out to be an undercover police officer -- to kill Gentz while he was awaiting his murder trial in a Wayne County jail. Bashara, claiming his goal was vengeance and not to silence Gentz, pleaded guilty and received a 6-year-plus prison sentence.

The investigation revealed Bashara, though on the surface a benevolent family man with a wife and two adult children, lived a sordid life.

Testimony revealed Bashara had a secret sex life that included bondage, domination and sadomasochism (BDSM).

He intended to close on a house with his mistress, whom he identified as his "slave," days after Jane Bashara was killed.

Bashara, who suffers from diabetes -- and has had his right ring finger amputated, according to Department of Corrections records -- is housed in the Ryan Correctional Facility in Detroit.