Loredana Nesci, a 47-year-old reality TV lawyer known as the “Legal Diva,” was found dead Wednesday after her “distraught” boyfriend called 911. Cops say he murdered her.

Nesci, the eponymous star of SundanceTV’s reality show Loredana, Esq. was either stabbed or shot to death, the Daily Breeze reports. Cops found her body in the Redondo Beach, CA home she shared with her long-term boyfriend, 51-year-old Robert Reagan.

The couple’s five-year-old son, Rocco, was reportedly not in the home when cops arrived.

Friends tell the Daily Breeze Reagan could be “controlling and jealous” with Nesci.

Riffel and another of Nesci’s close friends said Reagan, who was a former model and avid environmentalist, was controlling and jealous. Nesci was the breadwinner of the pair while he stayed home to work on the house and care for Rocco.

In 2011, Reagan founded Vlixir Beverage Co., which specializes in “organic distilled spirits,” including super-fruit juice sparkling vodka cocktails, according to a website about the company. Nesci worked as the company’s attorney, though the venture wasn’t very successful.

A neighbor also tells the paper Reagan could be difficult to get along with.

Their neighbor, Ranj Khindri, said Wednesday that Reagan was often home overseeing renovations to their home.

“Since they moved in, they’ve been doing renovations on the house and disturbing the neighbors,” Khindri said. “(Reagan) was always very combative with a (next-door) neighbor but not with us, since we lived up the street. He’s at home all the time, always working on the house.”

Reagan is currently in jail in lieu of a $1 million bail. He’s still apparently awaiting a court date.


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