A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story - The shocking true story behind the Lifetime film, explored

A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story is a television film that was released on Lifetime on September 13, 2025. It is directed by David Weaver and Colleen Rush, while Walter Klenhard is the writer. IMDb lists its official synopsis as:

A pregnant woman learns her husband is cheating and doesn't want to be a father, pushing him to consider extreme actions to escape his obligations.

The Lisa Aguilar Story explored

A Husband to Die For is based on a real-life incident around a woman named Lisa Aguilar. She was stabbed around 50 times and was hospitalized for days. Despite such a major attack, she managed to survive. However, the biggest shock came when she found out that the attacker was her husband. She was pregnant with his child.

Lifetime has announced three films under a series called “Ripped From the Headlines,” and The Lisa Aguilar Story is one of them. The other ones are The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story and I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story, which will release on September 20 and September 27, respectively.

The film focuses on a lady named Lisa who finds out that her husband Darren panicked after finding out that she is pregnant. He then started seeing a younger girl and realized that he did not want a child. This is where he plans to eliminate his wife.

The film's cast includes,

Keana Lyn Bastidas as Lisa Aguilar
Jon McLaren as Darren
Chris Violette as Dave
Cynthia Preston as Angela Backers
Mark Tremplin as Minister
Cassandra Potenza as Michelle Morris
Marilu Henner as Lisa's grandmother
Tristen Sky as a waiter
Jorge Molina as John Aguilar

In a US Weekly interview, Marilu Henner spoke about the film.

“We all need that person in our lives who will be honest with us. So I loved playing a character that was kind of the voice of reason. The world has to see this, because there are a lot of people out there who probably feel victimized in their relationships and don't even realize it.”

A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story was released on Lifetime on September 13.