Diane Hoyt (CSI)

Diane Hoyt (Lolita Davidovich) is the main villainess from "Unbearable," episode 5.14 of CSI (airdate February 10, 2005). She is the widowed stepmother of Lori Kyman.
Diane introduced herself as Lori's mother, but she was actually Lori's stepmother; having been married to Lori's father until his passing months before the episode's events. The introduction came during the investigation into Lori's disappearance, which later became a murder case once Lori's body was found. Her car was found with a flat tire, which was revealed to be intentionally caused by Brad Himmel, who unscrewed the cap from the tire after she turned down his advances at a bar late at night. 
As revealed later on, Brad's sabotage was committed so he could abduct Lori, but the tire remained inflated long enough for Lori to make it back home. While Lori was changing her baby son's diaper, Diane turned heel by strangling her stepdaughter to death with her bare hands, committing the murder in front of the baby. As it turned out, Diane was the villainous mastermind of the original abduction plot, and when that failed, the villainess resorted to killing Lori herself. After the murder, the evil Diane contacted Brad and ordered him to help dispose of the body, which they do in Diane's rented Bentley, where the conspirators made love.
Diane and Brad's sexual DNA inside the car led to them being revealed as collaborators in Lori's murder, with each one interviewed separately. The arrogant villaness laughed off the accusations and denied knowing Brad, while Brad was shown phone records of their conversation on the night of the murder. It was revealed that Diane paid Brad $4000 for his contributions: half for the abduction plot and the other half for disposing of the body. While Brad stated that he didn't know why Diane wanted Lori dead, Greg Sanders revealed Diane's motive: money. Lori's father was wealthy, and his entire wealth was willed to his infant grandson, with Lori as the trustee making a $2.5 million annually. If anything happened to Lori, Diane would replace her, and as for Diane, she was arrested (off-screen) for killing Lori.
==Trivia==
*Lolita Davidovich also appeared as the evil Natasia Lovara on Monk.
==Gallery==
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