Son of Virginia Madsen and Antonio Sabàto Jr. arrested for allegedly fleeing fatal crash

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 accident.

Sabàto, 32, was charged with a felony, failure to render assistance after leaving the scene of a fatal accident, and a misdemeanor, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, according to court records obtained by Weekly Entertainment.

The accident happened early Monday morning and Sabàto was arrested in the afternoon. He was arraigned Tuesday and is currently being held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. His first appearance in custody is scheduled for Thursday. Local NBC affiliate KTUU-TV 2 Alaska was first to report the news.

EW has contacted the Alaska Public Defender Agency, which has assigned an attorney to Sabàto, for comment. Representatives for his parents did not immediately respond to request for comment.

The Anchorage Police Department described the crash and Sabàto’s alleged involvement in a statement released Monday. According to the release, Anchorage Fire Department officers and medics responded to a call reporting an unresponsive man near Airport Heights Drive and Debarr Road at 5:48 a.m. The victim, Carl Simmonds, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene. A preliminary investigation concluded that Simmonds was 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, located on the northeast corner of Airport Heights and Debarr. From these images, they allegedly identified the vehicle in question as a white Chevrolet Tahoe and traced its registration to Sabàto’s home, where a neighbor told him where he worked. The vehicle was then located and Sabàto was taken into custody.

Police are still seeking surveillance footage from the area and any information that may be relevant to the investigation.

Citing a summary of the police report, the Anchorage Daily News said Sabàto worked 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 (his) headlights went out upon impact,” according to the summary. Sabàto allegedly claimed that he did not know he had hit anyone and that he “hoped for the best.”

Sabàto is the only child shared by his actor parents, who met in 1993 and separated in 1998. His father later had a daughter with Kristin Rossetti. and a son with Cheryl Nunes. Madsen then married Nick Holmes in 2020.