Son of Virginia Madsen and Antonio Sabàto Jr. arrested after allegedly fleeing scene of fatal hit-and-run
Son of Virginia Madsen and Antonio Sabàto Jr. arrested after allegedly fleeing scene of fatal hit-and-run
Ryan ColemanThu, November 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC
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Jack Sabato in court in AlaskaCredit: KTUUKey Points -
Jack Antonio Sabàto was arrested in Alaska after allegedly fleeing the scene of a fatal hit-and-run crash.
The son of actors Virginia Madsen and Antonio Sabàto Jr. has been charged with leaving the scene and failing to assist after a deadly accident.
Sabàto’s first court appearance in custody is set for Thursday.
Jack Antonio Sabàto, the son of Hollywood stars Virginia Madsen and Antonio Sabàto Jr., has been arrested in Alaska on suspicion of fleeing the scene of a fatal hit-and-run crash.
Sabàto, 32, has been charged with one felony, failure to assist after leaving the scene of a fatal accident, and one misdemeanor, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, according to court records obtained by Entertainment Weekly.
The crash occurred early Monday morning, and Sabàto was arrested that afternoon. He was arraigned Tuesday and is currently being held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. His first court appearance in custody is scheduled for Thursday. Local NBC affiliate KTUU-TV 2 Alaska first reported the news.
Antonio Sabato Jr., Virginia Madsen, and Jack Sabato in Los Angeles in 2012Credit: David Livingston/Getty
EW has reached out to the Alaska Public Defender Agency, which assigned an attorney to Sabàto, for comment. Representatives for his parents didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.
The Anchorage Police Department described the crash and Sabàto’s alleged involvement in a statement released Monday. Per the statement, officers and medics with the Anchorage Fire Department responded to a call reporting an unresponsive man near Airport Heights Drive and Debarr Road at 5:48 a.m. The victim, 42-year-old Carl Simmonds, was pronounced dead at the scene. A preliminary investigation concluded that Simmonds had been struck by a vehicle, which fled the scene.
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KTUU reported that police were able to access video of the collision from the Blood Bank of Alaska, which sits at the northeast corner of Airport Heights and Debarr. From that footage they reportedly identified the vehicle in question as a white Chevrolet Tahoe and traced its registration to Sabàto’s home, where a neighbor pointed to his place of work. The vehicle was then located, and Sabàto was taken into custody.
Police are still seeking surveillance footage of the area and any information that might be relevant to the investigation.
Citing a police report summary, the Anchorage Daily News stated that Sabàto works at an Amazon delivery station in South Anchorage but was driving for DoorDash at the time of the collision. “He said ‘something’ suddenly appeared in the road and that (his) headlight went out on impact,” per the summary. Sabàto reportedly claimed he didn’t know that he hit a person and “hoped for the best.”
Sabàto is the only child shared by his actor parents, who met in 1993 and separated in 1998. His father went on to have a daughter with Kristin Rossetti and a son with Cheryl Nunes. Madsen went on to marry Nick Holmes in 2020.
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