WWE Hall Of Famer Tammy Sytch Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison Over 2022 Fatal Car Accident
By Favour Adegoke on November 27, 2023 at 5:30 PM EST
WWE Star Tammy Sytch has been ordered to spend the next 17 years behind bars following a fatal accident in 2022 that led to the death of a person.
Sytch's fate was revealed to her at a Volusia County courtroom three days after she reportedly pled no contest to one felony count of DUI causing death, among other charges.
Tammy Sytch Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison
Breaking News: Tammy Sytch aka Sunny has been sentenced to 17 years in prison with 8 years probation afterwards. She will have to serve at least 85 percent of sentence for early release consideration. So she could get out in 10 years around the age of 63. Banned from driving for… pic.twitter.com/3EHhMNbuVn
— Lee Sanders (@TheRCWRShow) November 27, 2023
According to reports, on early Monday morning, Sytch was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the part she played in a gruesome car accident that took the life of a 75-year-old man.
The 50-year-old WWE Hall of Famer, who previously pled no contest to the charges brought up against her, which included one felony count of DUI causing death, appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit with her hands handcuffed.
In the shocking incident that took place in March 2022, Sytch was reportedly driving a Sedan when she crashed into another vehicle that Julian Lasseter was driving. Lasseter's car had stopped at a red light near Ormond Beach in Florida.
According to law enforcement officers, Sytch's blood alcohol level was over three times the legal limit. The former wrestler had been behind bars since last year, awaiting her sentence.
Sytch will now have to serve ten and a half years for driving with a suspended license causing death and also seven years for DUI manslaughter.
Sytch's driver's license was revoked forever, adding to the punishment for her crimes, and she would be on an 8-year probation.
Tammy Sytch Sympathizes With The Victim's Family
Happening Now: former WWE star & Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch is in court for sentencing. She pleaded no contest for a 2022 fatal crash where police say she was driving drunk. She faces up to 25 years in prison. @news6wkmg pic.twitter.com/lat4ZuSUZ8
— Molly Reed (@Mollyreednews) November 27, 2023
During the court hearing, Sytch spoke to the family of the deceased, sharing her sympathy and regret for her actions that fateful night.
She said, "'I know my words are not enough, but please know that I think about you every day. I have done something horrible, but I am so much more than the worst that I have done."
"I try and think about the good I have done because when I sit alone and think about what I did to the Lasser family that tragic day, from a stupid decision, I feel the regret and remorse deep inside my soul," the former wrestler continued.
Sytch added tearfully, "I know they don't get to rest knowing he is gone. When I was 20, I lost my father as well to heart disease and just last August, my 87-year-old mother passed away while I have been incarcerated. I never got to say goodbye to her, just as they didn't get to say goodbye to their beloved family member."
