Jim Leyritz pleaded not guilty to his DUI manslaughter charge yesterday, but the judge clearly wasn't overly sympathetic. According to the New York Daily News, Leyritz was ordered not only to stay away from drugs and alcohol while waiting for his case to go to trial but also to blow into a machine to prove his sobriety three times a day. The New York Post reported a new wrinkle to the sad story when they revealed that the victim, 30-year-old mother Freida Ann Veitch, was also under the influence of alcohol, claiming that an autopsy revealed she had a .08 blood alcohol level, which is the legal limit in Florida.
The Post doesn't cite anyone on the record making that claim, though, and the Daily News was unable to confirm the veracity of that report. But even if that's the case, it doesn't really change anything: a young mother lost her life, and an ex-jock permanently ruined his. The rest is just details.
Previously on FanHouse:
Jim Leyritz Was Well Over the Legal Limit
Jim Leyritz Charged with DUI Homicide
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-01-2008 @ 3:48PM
J said...
Here we go again! A White Athlete does something horrific like this and the story doesn't even make front page news nowhere including AOL. The story is buried. But let OJ do something stupid and it's front page news everywhere especially AOL. The good old racist double standard again.
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2-02-2008 @ 9:30PM
ed the man said...
dude why does everything have to be about race.
grow up a crime is a crime no matter what color
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