GUILTY CA - Fabio Sementilli, 49, renowned hairdresser, murdered in LA, 23 Jan 2017 *Arrests, 1 guilty*

[geevee]

Does anyone know what happened to today's stream? I was dubious that yesterday's link would remain the same but it's gone now and I can't find anything on YT.

 

[dotr]

'Jan 28, 2025
Monica Sementilli is charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of her husband, celebrity stylist Fabio Sementilli. Prosecutors say Monica plotted Fabio's death with her lover, Robert Baker.'

Celebrity Stylist Murder Trial: Trial Delayed by Traffic Accident

A prosecutor's morning traffic accident has forced Monica Sementilli's murder trial to be delayed for one day.

www.courttv.com

''Celebrity Stylist Murder Trial: Trial Delayed by Traffic Accident​

A prosecutor in Monica Sementilli's murder trial was involved in a crash, forcing proceedings to pause for the day. Sementilli is charged with the murder of her husband, celebrity hairstylist Fabio Sementilli. (1/28/25)''

streamed live on Jan 27, 2025
Monica Sementilli is accused of murdering her husband, Fabio Sementilli, because she allegedly wanted to continue her affair with a new man and collect a $1.6 million life insurance policy. Fabio Sementilli was found stabbed to death inside their Woodland Hills home back in January of 2017. Monica Sementilli and her lover, Robert Baker, were arrested six months after the crime. Monica Sementilli is charged with murder and conspiracy. Baker pleaded no contest to the charges against him and was sentenced to life in prison.

 

[nodamselindistress]

Does anyone know what happened to today's stream? I was dubious that yesterday's link would remain the same but it's gone now and I can't find anything on YT.

According to what I heard on CourtTV, one of the attorneys was involved in a car accident this morning and was being taken to the hospital, so they delayed proceedings for a day. Injuries were not thought to be serious.

 

[geevee]

Thanks for the updates DotR and NoDamsel, hope the prosecutor is alright and things get back on track tomorrow.

 

[Niner]

Date Time Type Result Location Department
01/29/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

Past Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
01/28/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Held - Proceedings Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

link: LA Court

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, January 29th:
*Trial continues (Day 2) (@ 8:30am PT) – CA – Fabio Sementilli (49) (Jan. 23, 2017, Los Angeles) – *Monica Sonia Crescentini Sementilli (45/now 53) (wife) arrested (8/18/17), indicted (8/31/17), charged (8/18/17) & arraigned (8/31/17) with capital murder with special circumstances of murder for financial gain & conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will not seek DP. LA County
Jury Selection began on 1/21/25 & ended 1/22/25. No info on jurors.
Trial began on 1/24/25.
Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen. Deputy DA Heather Steggell. Defense attorney Leonard Levine.
Court hearings from 6/5/18 thru 12/9/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-2 (1/21-1/22/25) & Trial Day 1 (1/24/25) reference post #360 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...a-23-jan-2017-arrests-1-guilty.327994/page-18
1/28/25 Tuesday, Trial Day x: A prosecutor in murder trial was involved in a crash, forcing proceedings to pause for the day. Trial continues on Wednesday, 1/29/25.
*Christopher Austin (38/now 39) – Plead guilty on 1/17/25. Sentencing hearing on 4/30/25.
*Robert Louis Baker (55/now 61) (wife’s BF) plead no contest/guilty on 7/7/23 & sentenced to life without parole.

 

[Niner]

Future Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
01/30/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

Past Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
01/29/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Held - Proceedings Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

link: LA Court

 

[Niner]

Thursday, January 30th:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 8:30am PT) – CA – Fabio Sementilli (49) (Jan. 23, 2017, Los Angeles) – *Monica Sonia Crescentini Sementilli (45/now 53) (wife) arrested (8/18/17), indicted (8/31/17), charged (8/18/17) & arraigned (8/31/17) with capital murder with special circumstances of murder for financial gain & conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will not seek DP. LA County
Jury Selection began on 1/21/25 & ended 1/22/25. No info on jurors.
Trial began on 1/24/25.
Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen. Deputy DA Heather Steggell. Defense attorney Leonard Levine.
Court hearings from 6/5/18 thru 1/28/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-2 (1/21-1/22/25) & Trial Day 1 (1/24/25) reference post #360 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...a-23-jan-2017-arrests-1-guilty.327994/page-18
1/29/25 Wednesday, Trial Day 2: Opening statements by prosecutor Beth Silverman continued. Defense attorney Blair Berk did opening statements. Fabio Sementilli's daughter's chilling 911 call was played in court. Trial continues on Thursday, 1/30/25.
*Christopher Austin (38/now 39) – Plead guilty on 1/17/25. Sentencing hearing on 4/30/25.
*Robert Louis Baker (55/now 61) (wife’s BF) plead no contest/guilty on 7/7/23 & sentenced to life without parole.

 

[Niner]

Here's an article I found - doesn't give much info on the witnesses... And I do not have time to listen to the whole court day... maybe someone who has can give me some names of witness & who they are? TIA if you do!

CA v. Monica Sementilli: Celebrity Stylist Murder Trial

Monica Sementilli and her lover, Robert Baker, killed Fabio Sementilli to continue their affair and cash in a $1.6 million insurance policy.

www.courttv.com

 

[Niner]

Future Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
01/31/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

Past Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
01/30/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Held - Proceedings Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

link: LA Court

 

[Niner]

Friday, January 31st:
*Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 8:30am PT) – CA – Fabio Sementilli (49) (Jan. 23, 2017, Los Angeles) – *Monica Sonia Crescentini Sementilli (45/now 53) (wife) arrested (8/18/17), indicted (8/31/17), charged (8/18/17) & arraigned (8/31/17) with capital murder with special circumstances of murder for financial gain & conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will not seek DP. LA County
Jury Selection began on 1/21/25 & ended 1/22/25. No info on jurors.
Trial began on 1/24/25.
Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen. Deputy DA Heather Steggell & Deputy DA Beth Silveran. Defense attorneys Leonard Levine & Blair Berk.
Court hearings from 6/5/18 thru 1/28/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-2 (1/21-1/22/25) & Trial Day 1-2 (1/24 & 1/29/25) reference post #368 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...a-23-jan-2017-arrests-1-guilty.327994/page-18
1/30/25 Thursday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: Sementilli’s housekeeper, Delia Riviera Pacheco. One of the first responders [no names given]. Jurors saw crime scene photos focusing on how the perpetrators entered the home & brutally assaulted Fabio in the backyard of his home. The assailants left blood evidence in the garage, kitchen, main bedroom & hallway.
Trial continues on Friday, 1/31/25.
*Christopher Austin (38/now 39) – Plead guilty on 1/17/25. Sentencing hearing on 4/30/25.
*Robert Louis Baker (55/now 61) (wife’s BF) plead no contest/guilty on 7/7/23 & sentenced to life without parole.

 

[cujenn81]

Fabio Sementilli murder: Wife of Woodland Hills hair stylist didn't plot his killing, attorney says | abc7.com

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abc7.com

Sementilli's attorney told jurors early on in her opening statement that her client was having a sexual relationship with Baker without the knowledge of her husband, a prominent hairdresser.

But the defense attorney said Baker decided to take things into his own hands and kill Sementilli's husband without any involvement from her after she made it clear that she had no interest in leaving her husband.

In her opening statement last Friday, the prosecutor told jurors that Sementilli was the "mastermind" behind her husband's killing and was the only one who knew the narrow time frame when he would be alone at the family's home.

Sementilli subsequently behaved as if there was no danger after the killing of her husband, a Canadian celebrity hairstylist-turned-Wella company executive, and left her teenage daughters home alone while she went out with Baker, according to the prosecutor.

The prosecutor showed the jury a photo of Sementilli's "own words written in lipstick" on a mirror - "Mrs. Baker," and said the defendant also used "Mrs. Baker" in several jailhouse letters she subsequently wrote to her co-defendant while behind bars.

 

[cujenn81]

CA v. Monica Sementilli: Celebrity Stylist Murder Trial

Monica Sementilli and her lover, Robert Baker, killed Fabio Sementilli to continue their affair and cash in a $1.6 million insurance policy.

www.courttv.com

Day 2 - 1/29/2025
The state called their first witness, Daryl Yoshihashi, Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighter and Paramedic

On the day that Monica Sementilli and Robert Baker’s arrest, the two were together in Monica’s brand-new black Mustang GT. Baker was driving. Police placed them in the back of a patrol car, together, and a video recording captured them talking, sometimes whispering. At one point Monica allegedly tells Baker, “Deny everything and don’t talk.”

Day 3 - 1/30/2025
Prosecutors presented crime scene photos of the Sementilli home

Officer Gabriel Rebolledo, the first officer to arrive on scene, said that one of Fabio’s daughters, Isabella, told him that “she felt guilty she had gotten her new car stolen,” and thought that led the people responsible for the theft to her home

More at the link… including video of the daughter’s 911 call.

 

[Niner]

Future Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
02/03/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

Past Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
01/31/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Held - Proceedings Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

link: LA Court

 

[dotr]

'Streamed live on Jan 31, 2025
Monica Sementilli is accused of murdering her husband, Fabio Sementilli, because she allegedly wanted to continue her affair with a new man and collect a $1.6 million life insurance policy. Fabio Sementilli was found stabbed to death inside their Woodland Hills home back in January of 2017. Monica Sementilli and her lover, Robert Baker, were arrested six months after the crime. Monica Sementilli is charged with murder and conspiracy. Baker pleaded no contest to the charges against him and was sentenced to life in prison'

'Jan 31, 2025 #LawAndCrime #FabioSementilli #MonicaSementilli
A detective returned to the stand on Friday and went through the investigation into the fatal stabbing of renowned stylist and hair care executive Fabio Sementilli in 2017. The detective testified about his interview with alleged killer Monica Sementilli and her daughters. He also mentioned that red blood stains were found leading from the patio area into the house.'

 

[Niner]

Monday, February 3rd:
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 8:30am PT) – CA – Fabio Sementilli (49) (Jan. 23, 2017, Los Angeles) – *Monica Sonia Crescentini Sementilli (45/now 53) (wife) arrested (8/18/17), indicted (8/31/17), charged (8/18/17) & arraigned (8/31/17) with capital murder with special circumstances of murder for financial gain & conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will not seek DP. LA County
Jury Selection began on 1/21/25 & ended 1/22/25. No info on jurors.
Trial began on 1/24/25.
Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen. Deputy DA Heather Steggell & Deputy DA Beth Silveran. Defense attorneys Leonard Levine & Blair Berk.
Court hearings from 6/5/18 thru 1/28/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-2 (1/21-1/22/25) & Trial Day 1-3 (1/24 & 1/29-1/30/25) reference post #371 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...a-23-jan-2017-arrests-1-guilty.327994/page-18
1/31/25 Friday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: LAPD Detetive Ryan Verna. [The jury heard several audio recordings, including Monica Sementilli’s first interview with police on the day of the murder & several phone calls that she made to detectives to see if there were updates in the case. Detectives Ryan Verna & Gene Parshall were able to put together a timeline for the day of the murder using surveillance video from a neighborhood security camera].
For more info here: https://www.courttv.com/news/ca-v-monica-sementilli-celebrity-stylist-murder-trial/
Trial continues on Monday, 2/3/25.
*Christopher Austin (38/now 39) – Plead guilty on 1/17/25. Sentencing hearing on 4/30/25.
*Robert Louis Baker (55/now 61) (wife’s BF) plead no contest/guilty on 7/7/23 & sentenced to life without parole.

 

[Niner]

Not finding anything about yesterday....

Tuesday, February 4th:
*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 8:30am PT) – CA – Fabio Sementilli (49) (Jan. 23, 2017, Los Angeles) – *Monica Sonia Crescentini Sementilli (45/now 53) (wife) arrested (8/18/17), indicted (8/31/17), charged (8/18/17) & arraigned (8/31/17) with capital murder with special circumstances of murder for financial gain & conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. DA will not seek DP. LA County
Jury Selection began on 1/21/25 & ended 1/22/25. No info on jurors.
Trial began on 1/24/25.
Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen. Deputy DA Heather Steggell & Deputy DA Beth Silverman. Defense attorneys Leonard Levine & Blair Berk.
Court hearings from 6/5/18 thru 1/28/25 & Jury Selection Days 1-2 (1/21-1/22/25) & Trial Day 1-4 (1/24 & 1/29-1/31/25) reference post #376 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...a-23-jan-2017-arrests-1-guilty.327994/page-19
2/3/25 Monday, Trial Day 5: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 2/4/25.
*Christopher Austin (38/now 39) – Plead guilty on 1/17/25. Sentencing hearing on 4/30/25.
*Robert Louis Baker (55/now 61) (wife’s BF) plead no contest/guilty on 7/7/23 & sentenced to life without parole.

 

[Niner]

Future Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
02/04/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

Past Proceedings
Date Time Type Result Location Department
02/03/2025 08:30AM Jury Trial in Progress
Held - Proceedings Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center Dept. - 101

link: LA Court

 

[Curious Me]

I'm just catching a bit of this trial. Wish I could settle in and watch it today, but I have prior obligations.

His son came from Canada after father's death. He says Monica 75% of time talked about the life insurance money, and lack of money then after his father wasn't around. She was expressing frustration that the son had received some money as a beneficiary, and Monica had not.
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CA v. Monica Sementilli: Celebrity Stylist Murder Trial

Monica Sementilli and her lover, Robert Baker, killed Fabio Sementilli to continue their affair and cash in a $1.6 million insurance policy.

www.courttv.com

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[nodamselindistress]

I have been watching some of this trial today and it certainly sounds like she had been cheating on him for many years and he suspected it. She had everything she wanted, so why she would put an end to that is beyond me.