Rianne Theriault-Odom, who was convicted February 11 of torture and mayhem for setting an exotic dancer on fire outside a Tarzana bikini bar was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. The jury had acquitted the 28-year-old defendant of attempted murder. Theriault-Odom had argued with the victim, Roberta Busby outside Babes & Beer on Feb. 5, 2009, and then doused the mother of two with an accelerant and set her on fire.
Busby who worked as a dancer at the time of the attack was left severely scarred and has undergone more than two dozen operations.
Busby who spoke at the sentencing hearing asked that the judge “hand down a punishment that will keep her [Theriault-Odom ] away from society for the rest of her natural born life."
Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Susan Speer imposed the life term on Rianne Theriault-Odom.
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