- Associated Press - Tuesday, October 26, 2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The former “Calorie Commando” TV chef has pleaded no contest to charges in California that he hired homeless men to kill his wife.

Los Angeles County prosecutors say 48-year-old Juan Carlos Cruz entered the plea Tuesday to solicitation of murder.

He faces up to nine years in state prison when he is sentenced in December.



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