Former major league pitcher Dan Serafini was allegedly having an affair with his family nanny before the pair were arrested over a deadly 2021 ambush involving his in-laws.
Details of the apparent tryst were laid bare in court documents as the 51-year-old faces trial for allegedly murdering his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, and attempting to kill Spohr’s wife, Wendy Wood, in their Lake Tahoe, California, home, the Daily Mail reported.
The nanny, Samantha Scott, 35, is slated to be among the prosecution witnesses who will testify against Serafini during the trial.
Serafini and his alleged mistress were arrested at the same time after Scott was accused of driving the pitcher to his in-laws’ home the night of the fatal shooting.
Scott took a plea deal earlier this year.
Prosecutors have alleged the motive behind the slaying was a decades-old family feud over money.
While Wood initially survived the shooting, she ended up killing herself in 2023.
Serafini, who pitched for six different teams between 1996-2007, is married to the couple’s daughter, Erin Spohr.
His wife is set to testify in his defense.