LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a wink and smile at his wife, former "Calorie Commando" TV chef Juan-Carlos Cruz was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday for trying to hire two homeless men to murder her.
Looking considerably grayer than he did during his arrest in May, Cruz turned to catch one more glimpse of his wife Jennifer Campbell as he was led from the brief hearing. She was seated in the front row of the courtroom with her attorney.
In a plea agreement reached shortly before a pretrial hearing was to begin in October, Cruz, 48, pleaded no contest to a charge of solicitation of murder, and prosecutors dropped a more serious count of attempted murder.
The agreement …
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