Lane Garrison’s Letter From Prison

Prison Break actor Lane Garrison, who was sent to prison for a motor vehicle accident resulting in the accidental death of another driver, has sent Access Hollywood a letter from his Donovan State Prison cell.

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Lane Garrison To Serve 40 Months In Jail

I’d thought the Prison Break star had received his sentencing a few months back, but apparently not, as he was told in a court room yesterday that he will serve 40 months in a state prison for the charge of vehicular manslaughter.

His lawyer, Harlan Braun, said after the trial that he “thought it was a fair sentence.”

As well as his significant stint in prison, the television actor was ordered to pay more than US $280,000 to the victim’s families.

Before his sentencing, Garrison read out a statement to the court and to the victim’s family: “I think of you guys [the victim's family] every night. I felt what it’s like to be in prison. I want to show that my walk with sobriety will be very easy. I want to help other kids not make the same mistake I did. I just want to say how sorry I am to the Setian family. I am sickened by my behavior on that night. My thoughts keep coming back to that night.”

Let’s hope he doesn’t make the same mistake again, and that this trip to jail will do the trick and sober him up.

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Lane Garrison’s Lucky Break

Yet another celeb has slipped through the cracks of the U.S. legal system, with Prison Break star Lane Garrison shockingly sentenced to just 90 days in jail for vehicular manslaughter!

Judge Elden Fox stunned everyone when he announced that Garrison would not be serving the 4-year term as first thought, but would instead be a free man in a mere 3 months, after undergoing psychiatric evaluations to determine whether the star is a “suitable candidate for straight probation.”

No doubt, the family of the boy killed in the car accident Garrison caused after driving drunk was outraged that he was given such a lenient sentence, with the father calling the actor a “selfish” person who lacked “responsibility.”

The victim’s father continued with his personal attack on Garrison, claiming that the celeb’s apparent remorse had little to do with the fact that he was actually sorry, and everything to do with his career as an actor.

“He is an actor. He is acting. He killed a human being and he killed our son,” Vahagn’s father said.

“Yesterday was one of the hardest days. It was Vahagn’s birthday. He would have been 18.”

Garrison’s lawyers did little to help the young man’s distraught family, putting partial blame for the accident on Vahagn himself. “The young man died because he was sitting in a car with a drunk driver,” said one attorney.

No doubt we haven’t heard the last of this.

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Lane Garrison Pleads Guilty

Prison Break star Lane Garrison has entered a guilty plea in his vehicular manslaughter case this morning, accepting the fact that he will do serious time for driving over the legal alcohol limit and killing a young college student.

The court session today was very emotional, as Garrison rose in front of the judge and muttered: “I am guilty.”

Sentencing will take place on August 2nd, and the expected prison time Garrison will do is approximately 5 years and 8 months.

TMZ has obtained video footage of Lane’s guilty plea, so if you’d like to watch it, click here.

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Lane Garrison To Plead Guilty To Manslaughter

TMZ is reporting that Prison Break actor Lane Garrison will plead guilty to manslaughter charges next month, after being involved in a terrible accident last December, which claimed the life of a Beverly Hills high school student.

Lane’s lawyer, Harland Braun, confirmed today that the actor will plead guilty to the charges on May 21. “There is no sentencing bargaining going on,” he said.

Braun added: “Lane is very sad about the accident.”

If convicted, Lane faces up to six years in prison.

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Lane Garrison Charged With Manslaughter

It’s lucky Lane Garrison got some experience inside a prison during the shooting of his hit show, Prison Break, because he could be heading back there very soon…

TMZ is reporting that the Los Angeles County District Attorney will be charging the star today with vehicular manslaughter, as well as driving under the influence.

Last December, Garrison plowed his car into a tree, killing his teenage passenger. His blood alcohol level at the time of the accident was more than twice the legal limit.

If convicted of the felonies, Garrison faces a maximum of 6 years behind bars.

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Lane Garrison Was Drunk And On Drugs During Fatal Crash

People reports that Prison Break actor Lane Garrison was stoned to the eyeballs on cocaine and with more than twice the legal blood alcohol level in his system after a fatal car crash last month and should be charged with felony vehicular manslaughter, police said Wednesday.

Garrison, 26, was involved in an accident that killed a 17-year-old male passenger. Two 15-year-old girls, who were also in the car, were both injured – one critically.

Beverly Hills police turned over the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, but no decision has been made about whether Garrison will be prosecuted.

At a press conference Wednesday, Beverly Hills police said Garrison’s blood alcohol level was .20 percent – more than two times California’s .08 percent limit. He also had an undisclosed amount of cocaine his system, according to a blood test.

Police recommended that he be charged with gross vehicular manslaughter with an enhancement for causing injury or death to more than one victim. Police also recommended he be charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

If convicted of the most serious charge – gross vehicular manslaughter – he faces 10 years in state prison. The other charges would add additional years to the term.

Lets see if he can escape from that.

On Dec. 2, Garrison, who plays “Tweener” on the FOX jailhouse drama, was driving his Land Rover SUV with three teen-aged passengers when the vehicle struck a tree at 11:52 p.m.

Garrison’s attorney, Harland Braun, denounced police for announcing the drug and alcohol test results before showing them to him and before the DA made a decision on charges.

“It’s a perversion of the system,” he says. “It’s a police trial.”

After the accident, the attorney had said the actor had a margarita with dinner but was not driving under the influence and was knocked unconscious in the crash. Braun also had pointed to a possible problem with the brakes.

Yeah, you get those kind of problems when you are pissed and stoned.

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Lane Garrison Involved In Accident – Teenager Killed

A SUV registered to Prison Break’s (Tweener), Lane Garrison and carrying him and three teenagers struck a tree on Saturday night, killing a 17 year old boy.

Two 15-year-old girls inside the vehicle were also injured, one critically, Garrison, 26, had minor injuries.

The vehicle jumped a curb before hitting a tree. No word yet on whether Garrison was driving the vehicle at the time. [Source]
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