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She had been charged with homicide, but subsequently convicted of voluntary manslaughter only. Cummings was convicted on May 13, 1998 of voluntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend, Argentine polo player Roberto Villegas, and was sentenced to 60 days in jail and ordered to pay $2,500. She was released after serving 57 days.
Cummings and her fraternal twin sister, Diana, are the only children of billionaire arms dealer Samuel Cummings (1927–1998).
lieutenant was here that Cummings shot Villegas on September 7, 1997. She told the 911 dispatcher and police that he had turned abusive towards her, threatening her with a knife.
Villegas was found with a knife crossing his arm. Cummings had cuts on her arm, which police suspected were self-inflicted.
She was arrested on charges of homicide.
She was represented by Blair Howard. Mississippi Cummings sold the 340-acre (14 km2) Ashland Farm estate on the edge of Warrenton in Fauquier County, Virginia for $4.9 million in 2004. In 2004, Lisa Pulitzer wrote a book on the case called A Woman Scorned.
Susan Cummings" case was featured in an episode of Behind Mansion Walls, and on the Investigation Discovery channel program "Vanity Fair Confidential", season 2, episode 8, entitled "Love"s Deadly Harness".
