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Serenasailor
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Username: Serenasailor
Post Number: 1128
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 10:03 pm: | 
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LOS ANGELES - The California Highway Patrol recommended Monday that actress-singer Brandy be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a freeway crash that killed a woman motorist last month, a city attorney's spokesman told The Associated Press.
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The CHP referred the matter to the city attorney's office for review, said spokesman Nick Velasquez.
"The office is currently reviewing the case and determining whether the evidence warrants the filing of a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter," Velasquez said.
A message seeking comment from Brandy's publicist, Courtney Barnes, was not immediately returned.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine, Velasquez said.
Prosecutors couldn't say when they would make a decision about whether to bring a case. If charged, Brandy wouldn't necessarily have to appear in court and could have her lawyer enter a plea, Velasquez said.
Brandy, whose real name is Brandy Norwood, has publicly expressed condolences to the victim's family, Barnes said last week. Barnes also has said Brandy wasn't under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.
Brandy, 27, was driving a Land Rover on Interstate 405 on Dec. 30 when traffic slowed and her vehicle struck the back of Honda driven by Awatef Aboudihaj, 38, according to a CHP report.
Aboudihaj's car hit another vehicle, slid sideways into the center divider and was then hit by another car, the report said. Aboudihaj died at a hospital from blunt-force injuries, according to the coroner's office.
Brandy, who earned a Grammy in 1999, has made five albums. She began her recording career at 14 and acted for film and television, starring on the sitcom "Moesha" from 1996-2001 and most recently as a judge for NBC's "America's Got Talent."
A message left with an attorney for Aboudihaj's family was not immediately returned.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3277
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 11:06 pm: |
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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3506
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 12:13 pm: |
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Hey, if she was wrong she should do the time just like anybody else. |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 8193
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 12:26 pm: |
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Chris,
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