SCREENWRITER AVARY PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER

Last updated: Saturday, August 22, 2009

SCREENWRITER AVARY PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER

Oscar winner ROGER AVARY faces jail time after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and driving drunk.

Roger Avary at Spike TV's second annual 'Scream 2007' held at the Greek Theater.
Los Angeles, California - 19.10.07

The Pulp Fiction screenwriter is accused of causing the death of a passenger in his Mercedes, while driving under the influence.

Avary, who shares his Best Screenplay Oscar with Quentin Tarantino, will be sentenced in California next month (Sep09).

The 43-year-old writer's wife was injured when the Mercedes he was driving hit a telephone pole in Ojai, California in January, 2008. A friend, Andreas Zini, was killed. Avary has previously apologised for the accident.

Related News:

- HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER SUES OVER ALLEGED PONZI SCHEME
- GIBSON ORDERED TO ATTEND DISPOSITION FOR SCREENWRITER SUIT
- BESSON'S COMPANY FINED FOR MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
- BRANDY CLOSE TO ESCAPING CRASH CHARGES?
- SINGLETON IN FATAL CAR CRASH
- GARRISON LEADS QUIET LIFE AFTER MANSLAUGHTER GUILTY PLEA
- OSBOURNE TO REPLACE BRANDY?
- GARRISON TO 'ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY' OVER FATAL CRASH
- CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SUPPORTS BRANDY
- RIMES QUESTIONED AND RELEASED BY POLICE

Source: WENN

| Saturday, August 22, 2009

E-mail this to a friend

Printable version