The mistress of killer pitcher Dan Serafini escaped with a slap on the wrist after admitting she lined up his 2021 lethal assault on his in-laws.
Samantha Scott, who labored as a nanny for Serafini and his spouse Erin Spohr’s household, was sentenced to 2 years’ probation Monday for serving to the baseball star after he shot Spohr’s mother and father in a twisted bid to win her inheritance.
Scott, 35, was the prosecution’s key witness in opposition to Serafini and advised the jury how she drove Serafini from Nevada to the Lake Tahoe space on the day he shot his in-laws at their Lake Tahoe residence.
Scott additionally drove Serafini again to Nevada after the taking pictures and lied to investigators about it afterward, in accordance with KCRA. She pled responsible to an adjunct cost in February 2025.
The previous pitcher’s mistress at her sentencing Monday mentioned “worry and misplaced loyalty” clouded her judgment.
“My coronary heart goes out to the victims and their household,” mentioned Scott in her look earlier than a decide at a Placerville courtroom. “I can’t undo what occurred, however I really want that I had acted in a different way.”
Serafini, 52, final month was sentenced to life in jail with out parole for murdering his father-in-law, Gary Spohr and taking pictures his mother-in-law, Wendy Wooden, within the head. Wooden recovered after Serafini shot her however subsequently took her personal life.
“[Serafini] is a monster who is aware of no ethical boundaries and has zero reservations about taking the lives of others to profit himself,” the victims’ daughter, Adrienne Spohr, mentioned of Serafini his sentencing, in accordance with the information station.
Spohr spoke out once more concerning the horrible impression of her father’s homicide and her mom’s loss of life at Scott’s sentencing this week.
“Home arrest with the flexibility to journey inside 150 miles just isn’t accountability,” mentioned Spohr of Scott’s punishment.
“That radius permits trip, leisure and freedom. My mother and father have none of that,” she added.
The lethal ambush stemmed from a $1.3 million mortgage supposed for his spouse’s horse ranch enterprise, prosecutors argued at his six-week trial final 12 months, prosecutors mentioned.
They alleged Serafini murdered his in-laws to say their $23 million fortune via his spouse’s inheritance.
Serafini, who was arrested with Scott in 2023, was convicted in July of first-degree homicide, tried homicide, and first-degree housebreaking.
The previous baseball participant at his sentencing rejected the costs in opposition to him and railed in opposition to the justice system.
“Justice is fragile. I’m only a man,” he whined, in accordance with KCRA.
“I’m removed from good, however I’m no assassin. We stay in a society that lacks compassion and empathy. A society that sadly thrives on listening to the misfortunes of others. I sit earlier than you right now, a damaged man, humiliated, embarrassed, indignant, and unhappy. However I’m not a assassin. I’m a survivor, however I’m no assassin.”
Serafini was a No. 26 draft choose by the Twins in 1992 who completed his MLB profession with the Rockies in 2007, when he was suspended 50 video games for utilizing performance-enhancing medicine.
Serafini revealed he had misplaced $14 million via unhealthy investments and a divorce settlement throughout a “Bar Rescue” episode showcasing the Nevada bar he opened in 2013.
