Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo has swiftly adapted to her new bucolic life in Montecito, California near Harry and Meghan and Oprah Winfrey.
DailyMail.com spotted the serene Dina, 52, and her husband of seven years, entrepreneur and investment CEO David Cantin, 44, giving a tour of their newly adopted hometown on Tuesday.
The loved-up couple could be seen driving in a light blue FJ-40 Toyota Land Cruiser with their friends in the back.
After a scenic ride down to the Harbor area of Santa Barbara, Dina could be seen grabbing a cozy beige sweater that she paired with casual black pants and a ripped white tank top.
She accessorized her outfit with a $3,000 Louis Vuitton multi-pochette crossbody bag and shiny tan flip-flops.
DailyMail.com spotted the serene and beautiful Dina Manzo, 52, strolling about in her new home town of Montecito, California on Tuesday
Dina and her husband, entrepreneur and investment CEO David Cantin, 44, as they drove friends around in a light blue FJ-40 Toyota Land Cruiser
She accessorized her outfit with a $3,000 Louis Vuitton multi-pochette crossbody bag and shiny tan flip-flops
David stayed close to his wife as they walked down to the ocean and took a long stroll with their friends trailing behind.
The couple purchased their 6,000 square-foot mansion in May 2023 for $16million.
Their five bedroom, five and a half bathroom house was originally built in 1994, and was last sold in late 2020 for $4.8 million and underwent significant renovations.
The listing was described as ‘Montecito’s most coveted offering.’
Her celebrity neighbors now include the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Degeneres, and more.
Before moving to Montecito, the couple lived in San Juan Capistrano in Orange County.
It’s not hard to understand why she and her husband fled the East Coast for the relative tranquility of the West Coast.
The couple purchased the 6,000 square foot mansion (pictured) in May of 2023. The listing was described as ‘Montecito’s most coveted offering’
David stayed close to his wife as they walked down to the ocean and took a long stroll with their friends trailing behind
In 2020, Dina’s jealous ex-husband Thomas Manzo, 59, was charged with hiring a mobster to attack her then boyfriend David in 2015 outside a strip mall in New Jersey.
In 2020, Dina’s jealous ex-husband Thomas Manzo, 59, was charged with hiring a mobster to attack her then boyfriend David in 2015 outside a strip mall in New Jersey
David was left battered and bruised in the incident.
The actual ‘hit man’ John Perna, 44, pleaded guilty to committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity and was released from prison in 2023 after serving three years.
Thomas Manzo got his charges from the 2015 assault tossed this March after arguing his rights under the ‘Speedy Trial Act’ had been violated since prosecutors had taken too long to start the trial.
But just as quickly as it was dropped, the Feds picked it back up, and in June, a grand jury found Manzo guilty of conspiracy, falsifying and concealing documents and committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity.
He now faces up to 46-years in prison and a $500k fine. His sentencing hearing is set for October 15.
Her celebrity neighbors now include the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Degeneres, and more. (pictured: Dina, David and friends enjoying a sunny day in Montecito)
Thomas Manzo, 59, was found guilty of conspiracy, falsifying and concealing documents and committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity in June after he hired a mobster to attack Cantin in 2015
Dina responded to finally getting justice in a swift Instagram post on June 5: ‘I call my power back to me. I call my energy back to me. I call my magic back to me.
‘I am cleansed and disconnected from anything that may drain me. I am shielded from any energy that does not serve me. I am safe. I am protected. I am whole. And so it is.’
Dina was an original cast member of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, and even had her own series Dina’s Party on HGTV.
She has been married three times, the first, to George Hadjiapostoli, the father of her daughter Lexi, now 28.
In 2007 she wed Thomas Manzo, the brother-in-law of RHONJ star Caroline Manzo, 62. They got divorced in 2016.
‘Number 3 is the charm’ she wrote on her Instagram account after marrying David in 2017.
