Woman who tried to have husband killed is sentenced
A former escort who tried to hire a hitman to murder her new husband was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Friday.
Dalia Dippolito thought she was dealing with a hitman in 2009 when she told him she was '5,000 per cent sure' she wanted her husband Michael Dippolito killed.
But Dippolito was speaking to an undercover detective who recorded the conversation, and she was found guilty of solicitation of first-degree murder in Palm Beach County, Florida, last month.
Michael, himself a convicted conman who said he fell in love after he first hired Dalia for sex, took a dig at his ex-wife when he said he was '5,000 per happy' with her conviction.
She was first convicted and sentenced to 20 years in 2011, before it was tossed o ut on an appeal. The retrial resulted in a 3-3 hung jury.Â
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Dalia Dippolito (pictured during her sentencing on Friday), who tried to hire a hitman to murder her newlywed husband, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Friday
Michael Dippolito, who divorced another woman and married Dalia after four months, said the ensuing case ruined his lifeÂ
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Prosecutors argued Friday that she should be sentenced to 30 years while her attorneys pushed for two years and probation.
Her lawyers chalked it up to a one-time mistake and said it was important for Dalia to raise her son, who is only 14 months old. Â Â
Circuit Judge Glenn Kelley said Dalia acted in a 'cold and calculated manner' and Michael said his life was ruined when his ex-wife plotted to have him killed.
Michael said Dalia and her attorneys falsely portrayed him as a wife beater and tried to make him look bad to somehow justify her actions.
But Michael, who divorced another woman and married Dalia af ter four months, told the judge, 'Listen, when I met her, it was very exciting,' ABC reported.
'We got along really well. Our sex life was amazing and that was part of the whole reason, you know, I was so into her and I thought she was into me.'
The prosecution presented a 23-minute video in which Dippolito agreed to pay undercover officer Widy Jean $7,000 to have her husband killed
The prosecution presented a 23-minute video in which Dippolito agreed to pay undercover officer Widy Jean $7,000 to have her husband killed.
She also discussed various plots before Jean said he would kill her husband at the couple's home, making it look like a botched burglary while she was at the gym.
Prosecutors also called Michael, who believes his wife twice planted drugs in his SUV before calling the police so he might land back in prison for violating his probation.
According to the Palm Beach Post, prosecutors also read for the jury X-rated text messages Dalia exchanged with a now-deceased lover, Mike Stanley, in 2009 after she got married.
She had Stanley impersonate a doctor to help her hide the $100,000 she stole from her husband. He then pretended to be a lawyer to trick her husband into thinking he had completed probation, prosecutors said.
In one text message, she rejoiced after persuading her husband to put their town house in her name only; in another, she complained after learning she still couldn't sell it without his signature.
Prosecutors also showed video of her interview with detectives at the police station after being made to believe her husband had been killed.Â
She volunteered potential killers, including her husband's former crime partners, and denied knowing Jean when he was brought before her in handcuffs as the killer.Â
Prosecutors also called Michael, who believes his wife twice planted drugs in his SUV before calling the police so he might land back in prison for violating his probation (pictured, Dalia on June 16)
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