Posted on 01/29/2007 11:35:04 AM PST by BurbankKarl
LOS ANGELES — The California Highway Patrol recommended Monday that actress-singer Brandy be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a freeway crash that killed a woman motorist last month, a city attorney's spokesman said.
The CHP referred the matter to the city attorney's office for review, said spokesman Nick Velasquez.
"The office is currently reviewing the case and determining whether the evidence warrants the filing of a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter," Velasquez said.
A message seeking comment from Brandy's publicist, Courtney Barnes, was not immediately returned.
Brandy, whose real name is Brandy Norwood, has publicly expressed condolences to the victim's family, Barnes said last week. Barnes also has said Brandy wasn't under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.
Brandy, 27, was driving a Land Rover on Interstate 405 on Dec. 30 when traffic slowed and her vehicle struck the back of Honda driven by Awatef Aboudihaj, 38, according to a CHP report.
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Someone died, someone needs to pay the price for that. Brandy needs to fry for this.
Was she yapping on her cell phone at the time?
No way this could have been Brandy's fault! It was that evil Land Rover vs. Honda thing.
My first thought:
CELL PHONE!
My guess would be 100% yes. I am sure they can pull her phone record to verify this.
I'm sure she said:"My Bad." Doesn't that make it all good?
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Do not bet on it. Rebecca Gayheart murdered a nine year old kid by driving around cars waiting for kids to cross. She got probation! |
She'll beat the manslaughter charge. She's too rich to be found guilty of such a thing... (think OJ).
The civil suit will be a much different matter. This is going to cost her some serious money.
She'll have to part with some of that "Moesha money".
It probably was that she was on the cell phone. Even if she wasn't on the phone, she was inattentive while speeding down the highway. Being crushed to seath is a horrible way to die.
Charges should have been filed immediately. Why was this story kept under wraps so long? I didn't hear about the accident until about 3 weeks after the fact!
"She got upset, talking about how it was all her fault ... she didn't stop, kept saying how she hit the lady," says the witness.
He added, "Brandy walked in front of traffic, crossing the lanes of speeding cars, then she did it again. People were honking at her to get out of the road. She was obviously disoriented and highly upset."
The witness also claims he tried to calm the hysterical singer, and even dished out some legal advice, saying he advised her to stop admitting guilt. He also consoled her by repeatedly saying "It was an accident."
The witness also claims he went over to check on the woman in the Toyota, but couldn't find a pulse.
[Matthew] Broderick met actress Jennifer Grey on the set of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. On August 5, 1987, she was with him as he drove on a rain-soaked road on the outskirts of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. Broderick drove his rented BMW 316 head-on into another car carrying 63-year-old Margaret Doherty and her 30-year-old daughter Anna Gallagher; both women were killed. Broderick had to be cut out of the car; he suffered facial lacerations and a broken thigh. Grey escaped with minor injuries. Broderick had no memory of the event, whilst Grey was distracted at the moment of the accident in the process of changing audio tapes and also remembered seeing nothing. The lack of witnesses, skid marks or other evidence led Broderick to plead guilty in absentia on February 15, 1988 to the lesser charge of careless driving. He was fined £100.
I know the source is Wikipedia, but I remember reading about this back in the early 90s as well.
I never heard of her, but she's certainly got a set of teeth.
"misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter
Misdemeanor manslaughter?"
Exact same reaction I had, kinoxi. Manslaughter as a misdemeanor?
...and don't forget Matthew Broderick......
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