Former horse show producer Tatyana Remley entered a guilty plea this week for solicitation to commit murder.
Remley, 43, appeared in the Vista Superior Court Monday, where she received a sentence of three years and eight months in state prison, as part of a plea agreement. She was convicted of solicitation to murder after hiring a hitman in an unsuccessful attempt to have her husband, Mark Remley, killed.
Remley also admitted to carrying a loaded, unregistered concealed gun, according to the District Attorney’s Office. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop a second charge related to another weapon.
This change of plea occurred a few weeks before Remley’s upcoming preliminary hearing by a few weeks, according to The San Diego Tribune.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, the San Diego County County Sheriff’s Department arrested Remley on August 2, at a Starbucks on Loma Santa Fe in Solana Beach. She was charged with soliciting someone to kill her husband at some point between July 1 and August 2.
According to court documents, the couple was in the midst of a divorce, initiated by Tatyana Remley in May. In court filings submitted in La Jolla, Remley’s lawyer stated that Remley was in fear for her life.
“(Mark) held a gun to petitioner’s head, threatening to kill her, in front of an employee. (Mark) has also chased petitioner around the house with a knife, trying to kill her,” a court document read.
Remley asked the court to make Mark pay $15,000 in spousal support a month, to help her uphold a luxurious lifestyle she has grown accustomed to. She indicated that she’s under “extreme financial strain” while having to pay $12,000 in monthly expenses.
Court documents indicate that Remley’s monthly expenses include personal assistants, drivers, and bodyguards. She argued that Mark, who reportedly has over $8 million in assets, should help her pay.
In 2012, the Remley couple gained attention for orchestrating a mobile equestrian event named “Valitar in Del Mar.” The show was quickly canceled, however, plunging the couple into lawsuit battles with vendors who claimed they didn’t get paid.
The pair later launched the Rhythm and Power cycling studio in 2015, but by 2016, the business shut down.
[Feature Photo: Tatyana Remley/Facebook]
