Dan Serafini’s mistress received a lenient sentence after admitting to concealing his deadly 2021 attack on his in-laws. Samantha Scott, who was a nanny for Serafini and his wife Erin Spohr’s family, was given two years’ probation on Monday for assisting the former baseball star after he shot Spohr’s parents in an effort to gain her inheritance.
Scott, 35, was a crucial witness for the prosecution against Serafini, testifying about how she drove him from Nevada to the Lake Tahoe area on the day he shot his in-laws at their home.
Following the shooting, Scott drove Serafini back to Nevada and later lied to investigators about the incident, as reported by KCRA. She pled guilty to an accessory charge in February 2025.
During her sentencing on Monday, Scott expressed that “fear and misplaced loyalty” had clouded her judgment. “My heart goes out to the victims and their family,” Scott said in court in Placerville. “I cannot undo what happened, but I truly wish that I had acted differently.”
Last month, Serafini, 52, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, and for shooting his mother-in-law, Wendy Wood, in the head. Wood survived the shooting but later took her own life.
Adrienne Spohr, the victims’ daughter, condemned Serafini at his sentencing, describing him as “a monster who knows no moral boundaries and has zero reservations about taking the lives of others to benefit himself,” according to a news station report.
Adrienne Spohr voiced her concerns again during Scott’s sentencing, highlighting the devastating impact of her father’s murder and her mother’s death. “House arrest with the ability to travel within 150 miles is not accountability,” she said, criticizing Scott’s punishment. “That radius allows vacation, leisure, and freedom. My parents have none of that,” she added.
Prosecutors argued at Serafini’s six-week trial last year that the deadly attack was motivated by a $1.3 million loan for his wife’s horse ranch business. They claimed Serafini killed his in-laws to secure their $23 million fortune through his wife’s inheritance.
Serafini, who was arrested alongside Scott in 2023, was convicted in July of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and first-degree burglary.
At his sentencing, Serafini rejected the charges against him, criticizing the justice system. “Justice is fragile. I am just a man,” he said, according to KCRA. “I am far from perfect, but I am no murderer. We live in a society that lacks compassion and empathy. A society that sadly thrives on hearing the misfortunes of others. I sit before you today, a broken man, humiliated, embarrassed, angry, and sad. But I am not a murderer. I am a survivor, but I am no murderer.”
Serafini was a No. 26 draft pick by the Twins in 1992 and concluded his MLB career with the Rockies in 2007, where he was suspended for 50 games due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. He also revealed losing $14 million through poor investments and a divorce settlement during a “Bar Rescue” episode that showcased the Nevada bar he opened in 2013.
