Even though Sunny has a nice resume in WWE, her personal life has been a complete disaster. She has battled addiction and has been arrested several times for various offenses such as DUI, domestic violence, and probation violation.
Following the March 2022 death of 75-year-old Julian Lasseter during a traffic incident in Ormond Beach, Florida, the 50-year-old has been charged with one count of DUI causing death (DUI Manslaughter, a felony in the third degree), one count of causing death while operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked driver’s license, four counts of DUI causing injury to a person, and three counts of DUI causing damage to property. At the request of Sytch’s counsel, her most recent pre-trial hearing in Florida has been formally postponed until 13th April 2023.
Last Summer, Sytch agreed to waive her right to a speedy trial “arising out of the criminal episode made the subject of this prosecution specifically, the right to be tried within 175 days of her being taken into custody as provided by law and Rule 3.191, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.” At the time, Sytch was given “criminal indigent status”, meaning that since she was without adequate income.
The original belief when the lawsuit was first filed was that Pente owned the car, which apparently arose from Sytch’s arrest report, which listed him as the owner of the vehicle. How that connection (or error) was made, if the car wasn’t his, remains to be explained. It seems pretty clear that if Pente didn’t have actual ownership of the car, he can’t be held responsible for allowing Sytch to get behind the wheel, because he was never in control of that car. The obvious next question is how the dealership let Sytch leave with the car when she didn’t have an actual driver’s license at the time she took possession of the vehicle. The court has yet to rule on the dismissal motion
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