LOS ANGELES – A woman pleaded guilty to murder Michael Latt, a high-level entertainment industry consultant and social justice advocate.
Jameelah Elena Michl, 36, admitted to first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, court records show. Michl also admitted to using a firearm during the attack, which is a crime.
She faces a maximum penalty of life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years, at her sentencing scheduled for July 10, prosecutors said.
Latt mourned in Hollywood after the November 2023 murder. He was a consultant whose company focused on social impact in film and entertainment and worked with “Selma” director Ava DuVernay and “Pantera” director Negra”, Ryan Coogler, among many others.
When Latt’s mother Michelle Satter, founding director of the Sundance Institute, received an honorary Oscar for her humanitarian work just weeks after the murder, Coogler described her son as Satter’s “greatest gift to the world.” Satter told the audience that she wanted to share the award with Latt, who has always “led with love.”
Prosecutors alleged that Michl knocked on the door of Latt’s Los Angeles home, then forced entry and fatally shot him with a semiautomatic weapon. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Michl was stalking and threatening director AV Rockwell, and targeted Latt because he was friends with Rockwell, who had issued several restraining orders against her, according to court records and police.
Rockwell’s Last Film A thousand and one”, starring Teyana Taylor, earned him a Gotham Award for Innovative Director the same night, Latt was killed.
An email seeking comment from an attorney for Michl was not immediately returned.
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