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Son of L.A. millionaire sentenced to 7 to 9 months in fatal high-speed Lamborghini crash
Hat tip, commenter ZombieSushi666 on May 7, 2021, in The Drive
CALIFORNIA
Son of L.A. millionaire sentenced to 7 to 9 months in fatal high-speed Lamborghini crash
BY JAMES QUEALLY STAFF WRITER
OCT. 21, 2021 UPDATED 7:07 PM PT
A judge ordered the son of an L.A. millionaire to spend several months in a juvenile camp for slamming his father’s Lamborghini into a woman’s car earlier this year, causing a fatal wreck that sparked protests from the victim’s family, who alleged the defendant was given soft treatment by authorities.
The driver — whose full name is being withheld because he was 17 at the time of the crash — was racing in the high-end car with his then-girlfriend at speeds of more than 100 mph when he collided with a vehicle driven by Monique Munoz, 32, near Olympic Boulevard and Overland Avenue on Feb. 17, prosecutors said. The force of the crash nearly split Munoz’s car in half, and she died at the scene.
The driver pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter in April, but his sentencing hearing still drew demonstrations outside the Inglewood Juvenile Court building from Munoz’s friends and family. Munoz’s loved ones said the teen should at least spend some time in a county juvenile camp and argued that his request for probation would be an injustice.
“House arrest in a mansion is not punishment,” Cynthia Crespin, Munoz’s cousin, said in court last week. “He took an innocent life in a careless and senseless way.”
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Son of L.A. millionaire sentenced to 7 to 9 months in fatal high-speed Lamborghini crash
BY JAMES QUEALLY STAFF WRITER
OCT. 21, 2021 UPDATED 7:07 PM PT
A judge ordered the son of an L.A. millionaire to spend several months in a juvenile camp for slamming his father’s Lamborghini into a woman’s car earlier this year, causing a fatal wreck that sparked protests from the victim’s family, who alleged the defendant was given soft treatment by authorities.
The driver — whose full name is being withheld because he was 17 at the time of the crash — was racing in the high-end car with his then-girlfriend at speeds of more than 100 mph when he collided with a vehicle driven by Monique Munoz, 32, near Olympic Boulevard and Overland Avenue on Feb. 17, prosecutors said. The force of the crash nearly split Munoz’s car in half, and she died at the scene.
The driver pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter in April, but his sentencing hearing still drew demonstrations outside the Inglewood Juvenile Court building from Munoz’s friends and family. Munoz’s loved ones said the teen should at least spend some time in a county juvenile camp and argued that his request for probation would be an injustice.
“House arrest in a mansion is not punishment,” Cynthia Crespin, Munoz’s cousin, said in court last week. “He took an innocent life in a careless and senseless way.”
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