Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo has quickly adapted to her new bucolic life in Montecito, California, near Harry, Meghan and Oprah Winfrey.
DailyMail.com spotted serene Dina, 52, and her husband of seven years, businessman and investment chief executive David Cantin, 44, taking a tour of their new adopted hometown on Tuesday.
The loved-up couple could be seen driving a light blue Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40 with their friends in the back.
After a scenic ride to the Santa Barbara Harbor area, Dina could be seen grabbing a cozy beige sweater which she paired with casual black pants and a ripped white tank top.
She accessorized her outfit with a $3,000 Louis Vuitton multi-pocket crossbody bag and shiny tan flip-flops.
DailyMail.com spotted serene and beautiful Dina Manzo, 52, strolling around her new hometown of Montecito, California on Tuesday.
Dina and her husband, businessman and chief investment officer David Cantin, 44, as they took friends for a joyride in a light blue Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40.
She accessorized her outfit with a $3,000 multi-pocket Louis Vuitton crossbody bag and bright tan flip-flops.
David stayed close to his wife as they walked towards the ocean and took a long stroll with their friends following behind.
The couple purchased their 6,000-square-foot mansion in May 2023 for $16 million.
The five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom home was originally built in 1994 and last sold in late 2020 for $4.8 million and has undergone major renovations.
The property was described as “Montecito’s most coveted offering.”
Its famous 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 2023. The property was described as “Montecito’s most coveted offering.”
David stayed close to his wife as they walked towards the ocean and took a long walk with their friends following them.
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 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 mall in New Jersey.
David was left battered and bruised in the incident.
The real ‘hitman,’ John Perna, 44, pleaded guilty to committing a violent crime in aid of organized crime activity and was released from prison in 2023 after serving three years.
Charges against Thomas Manzo for the 2015 assault were dismissed in March of this year after arguing that his rights under the “Speedy Trial Law” had been violated because prosecutors had taken too long to start the trial.
But just as quickly as they abandoned it, the feds took it back, and in June a grand jury found Manzo guilty of conspiracy, falsifying and concealing documents, and committing a violent crime in aid of organized crime activities.
He now faces up to 46 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 15.
Among their famous neighbors now are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Degeneres and many more. (Pictured: Dina, David and friends enjoying a sunny day in Montecito)
Thomas Manzo, 59, was convicted of conspiracy, forgery and concealment of documents and committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity in June after hiring a mobster to attack Cantin in 2015.
Dina responded to the justice she had finally obtained in a quick Instagram post on June 5: ‘I call upon my power to return to me. I call upon my energy to return to me. I call upon my magic to return to me.
‘I am clean and disconnected from anything that could drain me. I am protected 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 married Thomas Manzo, the brother-in-law of RHONJ star Caroline Manzo, 62. They divorced in 2016.
“Number 3 is the charm,” she wrote on her Instagram account after marrying David in 2017.
