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Pulp Fiction, Beowulf Screenwriter Charged with DUI

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

The Los Angeles Times reports that on December 13, 2008, Ventura County prosecutors charged screenwriter Roger Avary with gross vehicular manslaughter. Avary pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and other charges which arose from a January 2008 single-car collision on a rural Ojai road. According to the prosecution, late on January 13, 2008, Avary missed a turn and crashed his vehicle into a telephone pole. The impact killed one passenger, Andreas Zini, a family friend; and injured another passenger, Avary?s wife Maria. Avary has been charged with manslaughter and two felony counts of causing bodily injury while intoxicated. Gross vehicular manslaughter carries a potential prison term of 2 to 6 years, depending on the relevant circumstances of the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).