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Newport Beach Manslaughter Charges against Man in Ferrari Crash

By Walin & Klarich

According to an article in the Los Angeles times, a Coast Mesa man, Jeffery David Kirby, 51, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and vehicular manslaughter and DUI in California for his roll in the death of a well-known mixed-martial-arts figure who died after his Ferrari spun into a light pole in Newport Beach. Charles David Lewis Jr. ? who is best known in mixed martial arts fighting circles as ?Mask? was pronounced dead at the scene. Lewis was the owner of multimillion-dollar apparel company TapOuT. Kirby was speeding in his 1977 Porsche in Newport Beach when he lost control and crashed into Lewis? 2004 Ferrari. This caused Lewis? car to veer into a light pole. The two were driving rapidly before the collision, but it was not immediately clear whether they were racing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).