 Brandy Norwood: Would Not Be Charged In Fatal Car Crash
Brandy Norwood, Grammy Award-winning singer and actress will not face charges against a car crash in a December 2006 that killed a 38-year-old woman, prosecutors said on Friday, citing insufficient evidence.
After conducting a thorough investigation, Police had recommended that the former star of the TV comedy "Moesha," whose real name is Brandy Norwood, face vehicular manslaughter charges in the four-vehicle crash, which began when her Land Rover struck another car from behind on a Los Angeles freeway.
Los Angeles City Attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan said "city prosecutors concluded that there was insufficient evidence from which a jury could find Brandy Norwood guilty of such a charge beyond a reasonable doubt."
Brandy Norwood, 28, had been facing up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine if charged and convicted of vehicular manslaughter in the December 30, 2006, crash.
Relatives of Awatef Aboudihaj, who was killed in the crash, have filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Brandy Norwood. Aboudihaj was killed when her vehicle slammed into a third car, careened into the freeway's center divider and was hit broadside by a fourth automobile.
Investigators ruled out alcohol and drugs as factors in the crash and say there was no evidence that Brandy Norwood, who was alone in her car, was using a cell phone or otherwise distracted.
A lawyer for Brandy Norwood said she was "extremely pleased" the performer would not be charged.
Attorney Blair Berk said, "These past twelve months have been extraordinarily hard for Brandy Norwood and her family, who were unfairly forced to live under a cloud of suspicion initially caused by an ill-advised and premature press release sent out by the California Highway Patrol accusing Brandy Norwood of wrongdoing before the police investigation was even finished." |
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