Theodore Maher was born on June 9,1958 and is a former Green Beret turned registered nurse who was convicted of arson in a 1999 fire that killed Edmond Safra and another nurse, Vivian Torrente, at Safra's Monaco penthouse apartment.
20 Facts About Ted Maher
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In October 2007, Maher was released after serving eight years in jail.
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Ted Maher was born in Maine and lived there and in California before his family settled in Upstate New York when he was 12 years old.
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On December 3,1999, Ted Maher was scheduled at the last minute to work the overnight shift caring for Safra with Vivian Torrente at Safra's Monaco penthouse at La Belle Epoque, a four-story bank and two-story flat at 17 Avenue D'Ostende.
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Immediately after his arrest Ted Maher claimed two intruders had gained access to the apartment and that he had fought them off, receiving stab wounds.
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Ted Maher had informed the other nurse, Vivian Torrente, of the assailants and had given her his cell phone to call for help.
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Ted Maher ordered her to take Edmond Safra into the secure dressing room while he went to the nearby nursing station, where he lit toilet paper in a trash basket to set off a smoke alarm, with the intention of alerting outside people that there was a problem.
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Ted Maher made his way, bleeding and feeling faint, downstairs to the lobby of the building to get help.
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The prosecution described how Ted Maher cut himself with a knife and then set a fire in a wastepaper basket.
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Ted Maher called for rescue and told authorities that two masked intruders were in the apartment.
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Griffith based the defense on the notion that while Ted Maher did set the fire, he never intended to harm anyone.
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Ted Maher just wanted Mr Safra to appreciate him more.
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Lawyers for Safra's widow, Lily, argued that Ted Maher should be judged for his actions, not his intentions.
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In December 2002 Maher was convicted in the arson deaths of Edmond Safra and Vivian Torrente and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Ted Maher was imprisoned in Monaco for over two years before his trial began, resulting in a considerable amount of controversy and speculation surrounding the case.
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Ted Maher's business made him some potent enemies as well.
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Once the trial was underway Maher claimed that he had acted alone, motivated by self-interest and paranoia and specifically out of fear of losing his highly rewarding job.
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Ted Maher made it 15 miles to Nice, where he holed up in a hotel and made telephone contact with people in the US, including his wife, his lawyer and a priest.
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In 2023, Maher was incarcerated after police say he conspired with and paid another inmate, Greg Markham, to kill his wife Kim Lark via a fentanyl overdose.
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Ted Maher was found guilty of murder for hire in March 2025.