California woman brought guns and 'down payment' to meet 'hitman,' have husband killed in bitter divorce
San Diego's Tatyana Remley to receive less than 4 years in plot to kill husband Mark
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A California equestrian whose bitter divorce threatened to end her lavish West Coast lifestyle pleaded guilty to a failed murder-for-hire plot targeting her wealthy, estranged husband in a surprise plea deal, according to local media.
San Diego police arrested Tatyana Remley, 42, in August after she brought three guns and a stack of money as a "down payment" to meet a man she allegedly thought she could hire to kill her husband, Mark, 58, prosecutors alleged in the criminal complaint over the summer.
That man was an undercover detective.
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CALIFORNIA EQUESTRIAN SADDLED WITH MURDER-FOR-HIRE CHARGES IN ALLEGED PLOT TO TAKE OUT HUSBAND
She pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of solicitation to commit murder and carrying an unregistered gun in exchange for a sentence of less than four years in prison, a spokesperson for the San Diego County District Attorney's Office told Fox News Digital Tuesday.
Another gun-related charge was dismissed as part of the deal, and the judge immediately sentenced Remley to three years and eight months in state prison.
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Tatyana Remley had been held without bail in the Las Colinas Detention Facility since Aug. 2.
The couple maintained a glamorous online presence – with Remley's Facebook profile packed with images of her posing on horseback, lounging in designer shoes and swimwear at the side of a pool, and beaming next to high-end sports cars.
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Some images show a tattoo of her estranged husband's name and a heart on her hip.
But the couple filed for divorce on July 11.
Her husband previously claimed to local media that the equestrian had offered his own friend $2 million to kill him – and separately lit their house on fire.
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And the local paper The Coast news, citing court documents in the divorce case, reported that she had been seeking payments of $15,000 a month, down from her marital allowance of $50,000, to cover her expenses of $12,000.
The divorce filing also reportedly alleged Mark Remley once held a gun to his wife's head and chased her around their $5 million California home with a knife on another occasion.
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Before the couple's marriage soured, they reportedly took part in a pair of expensive business ventures that failed.
First was "Valinar," a $10 million series of horse shows at the Del Mar Fairgrounds that flubbed after its first four performances in 2013, according to FOX 5. The second was a luxury Solana Beach cycling studio that abruptly shut down in 2016, surprising its members.