Robert Reagan, 53, will have the option for parole after he serves 16 years in prison for killing Loredana Nesci, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday.
Reagan broke down in tears during last month's court hearing after the guilty verdict was announced for the July 2015 stabbing of the 47-year-old 'Loredana, Esq.' actress. According to People, prosecutors suspect that Reagan killed Nesci because they were on the verge of breaking up and 'he wanted to avoid an expensive and bitter custody battle' over their son Rocco, who was five at the time.
Los Angeles County prosecutor Allyson Ostrowski said Reagan had an expensive divorce from his first wife and wanted to avoid a similar tussle in the courts. During the trial Ostrowski said that Reagan 'gutted' Nesci with a 'Rambo-style' hunting knife and according to the Daily Breeze her injuries were so severe that her insides looked like 'Swiss cheese'. An abdominal wound was 7 inches long.
Nesci's distraught father revealed in Torrance Superior Court Tuesday that his daughter's killing 'destroyed' the family - who will 'never' be the same.
'All of a sudden, in the dark of the night, everything was stolen from her and from all of us,' John Nesci said in the statement.
It is believed Reagan killed Nesci around 3am on July 22 and called 911 around five hours later.
During that time he went to his sister's home in San Diego to pick up his son and took a shower. Blood evidence was found in the shower drain.
Reagan's attorney, Shephard Kopp, claimed his client acted in self-defense during the attack in the couple's California home.
Kopp said that Nesci, a bodybuilder and former fitness competitor, attacked Reagan with a hunting knife during a heated argument.
'She was an avid bodybuilder, and was exceptionally strong. She attacked Robert with a hunting knife in the midst of a domestic dispute,' he said.
'While defending himself against her assault with a deadly weapon, [Reagan] tried to disarm her, and in the intense struggle that ensued she tragically suffered a fatal wound,' Kopp said, according to Variety.
'[Reagan] is not guilty of committing any criminal offense, he is devastated by this horrible event.'
A friend of the prominent pair and real estate broker, Todd Bernstein, told the Daily Mail Reagan was 'a sweet guy' who was 'intimidated by Loredana,' which surprised him the most.
'While it's sad she's not with us any more, she was bossy, bitchy, dangerous, a real piece of work,' Bernstein said in the shocking interview.
'She was also a tactical fighter, she trained, she kick boxed, she used to be a cop ... Yes they were in love, but he was afraid of her, he told me as much.
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