Jacqueline Avant Murder Suspect Pleads Guilty
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAariel Maynor, the man accused in the fatal shooting of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant at her home in December, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of murder.Maynor, 30, also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Avant’s security guard and to carrying a firearm as a felon.
Maynor is scheduled to be sentenced on March 30.Avant, 81, was the wife of music industry legend Clarence Avant and the mother of Nicole Avant, a former ambassador and prominent political fundraiser who is married to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos.The Avants were at their home in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood of Beverly Hills when Jacqueline was shot after 2 a.m.
on Dec. 1. The security guard was unhurt. Jacqueline Avant was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she died. Maynor was arrested about an hour later after shooting himself in the foot during an alleged burglary in the Hollywood Hills.
Police seized an AR-15 rifle, which they alleged was used in both crimes.Maynor had been released on parole three months earlier, and his criminal record included charges of grand theft, robbery and domestic violence.
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