Monica Sementilli was sentenced on Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for her role in the 2017 murder of her husband, celebrity hairstylist and Coty, Inc. executive Fabio Sementilli. Eight years ago, Fabio, then 49, was fatally stabbed in the backyard of his Los Angeles home by Robert Baker, a former porn star who was Monica’s racquetball coach and eventual lover. While Baker, 63, insisted he carried out the murder on his own out of love for Monica, 53, a judge questioned the viability of that story, ruling the former coach “did not have the intelligence to plan the brutal, well-thought-out slaughter.” Instead, prosecutors alleged Monica Sementilli planned the murder so she could access her husband’s $1.6 million life insurance payout. Both detectives and Baker’s accomplice testified that Sementilli had directed the murder, instructing her lover to stage a robbery. However, police quickly unraveled that theory after noticing the victim’s $8,000 Rolex watch was still on his wrist. Detectives also testified that the lovers sexted throughout Sementilli’s funeral service. Monica Sementilli was convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, while Baker pleaded no contest to murder and received the same sentence.
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