Los Angeles Baker testified in her trial that the mother of two had nothing to do with the plot to murder her husband. “I murdered him because I wanted her,” Baker said in court.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen denied a defence request to sentence Sementilli to 25 years to life, describing her as the “mastermind in this conspiracy to commit murder,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Coen claimed that Baker, who carried out the attack, “did not have the intelligence to plan the brutal, well-thought-out slaughter.”

Fabio Sementilli, who was born in Canada, spent decades as a trendsetting hair stylist and vice president of education for beauty products giant Coty Inc.

A woman who planned the murder of her husband, an internationally known hairdresser and beauty company executive, at their Los Angeles home eight years ago was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Monica Sementilli, 53, was found guilty in April of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the 2017 stabbing death of Fabio Sementilli in their upscale Woodlands Hills neighbourhood backyard. His daughter discovered him in a pool of blood, with multiple wounds on his face, jawline, neck, chest, and thigh.

Prosecutors claimed Monica Sementilli conspired with her lover and former racquetball coach, Robert Baker, to kill her 49-year-old husband in exchange for a $1.6 million insurance policy.

Baker, 63, pleaded no contest in July 2023 to murder and conspiracy charges. He is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

Baker testified in her trial that the mother of two had nothing to do with the plot to murder her husband. “I murdered him because I wanted her,” Baker said in court.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen denied a defence request to sentence Sementilli to 25 years to life, describing her as the “mastermind in this conspiracy to commit murder,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Coen claimed that Baker, who carried out the attack, “did not have the intelligence to plan the brutal, well-thought-out slaughter.”

Fabio Sementilli, who was born in Canada, spent decades as a trendsetting hair stylist and vice president of education for beauty products giant Coty Inc.