Boyfriend Held on $1 Million Bail in Death of Reality TV Lawyer

A Redondo Beach man was charged today with murder in the stabbing death of his live-in girlfriend, a onetime Los Angeles police officer-turned-attorney and reality TV personality.

Robert Reagan, 51, faces up to 26 years to life in prison if convicted of killing 47-year-old Loredana Nesci, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

He made his initial court appearance this morning, but his arraignment was postponed until Aug. 20. He is being held on $1 million bail.

Officers were sent to the residence the couple shared in the 1900 block of Nelson Avenue about 7:20 a.m. Wednesday on an emergency call “from a distraught male,” later identified as Reagan, and discovered the victim dead inside.

Nesci was the star of “Loredana, Esq.,” a 2014 reality show on Sundance TV that documented her home life and career as an attorney. Reagan appeared on the six-episode series.

The show documented the couple’s struggle with mounting bills and arguments over the care of their young son while Reagan was traveling to develop a beverage business.

Nesci became an LAPD officer in 1996, according to her website, and left two years later to attend law school. She opened her own law practice in 2004.

--City News Service; Image via Sundance TV