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The former choice of first round Henry Ruggs was in special prison release Tuesday to attend the Hope for Prisoners event in Las Vegas, a few kilometers from the place where he killed a woman while driving in intoxication at 156 mi / h.
Ruggs was the 12th choice in total of the NFL 2020 draft, but only a few days after his 20th NFL match, he killed Tina Tintor and his dog in the fiery accident.
Ruggs was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison in August 2023, with the possibility of parole in August 2026.
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Former Raiders player Henry Ruggs, Center, is waiting in court for a hearing at the Las Vegas regional justice center on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Rugg lawyers announced an agreement on advocacy on the accusations of Crime Dui as part of a fatal accident in 2021. (Km Cannon / Las Vegas Review-Journal / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Almost four years after the fateful night, however, Ruggs offered apologies to the Tintor family during the event.
“First, I would like to be able to put the hands of time,” he said during the event, recorded in a video taken by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “I would like them to meet the real Henry Ruggs and not the one who escaped something. I sincerely apologize not only to be part of this situation, but the fact that my face is always in the news, is always in the newspaper. They must therefore constantly recall the situation, to remind me.”
Ruggs apologized for his condemnation audience, adding that his behavior was “not a real reflection” from whom he is.
The former Las Vegas raid player, Henry Ruggs, Middle, appears in court with his lawyers Michael Schonfeld, on the left, and David Chesnoff at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Km Cannon / Las Vegas Review-Journal / Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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He pleaded guilty to a crime of which causing death and manslaughter in terms of offense vehicles. One of his former Raiders teammates, Josh Jacobs, said that he was training for a potential return of the NFL – he will be 27 years old when he would be on parole.
Ruggs, which was the choice of raiders in the first round in the draft of the NFL 2020, led 156 MPH to his corvette, according to the police, when he crashed into the Toyota Rav4 of Tintor. His fuel tank broke up due to the accident, and that resulted in his death as well as the death of his Golden Retriever, Max.
When taken to hospital for his own injuries, the blood alcohol content measured at 0.161, which is double the legal limit in Nevada.
File – The receiver of Las Vegas Raiders Henry Ruggs III in action against the Broncos of Denver in a football match of the NFL, on October 17, 2021, in Denver. Las Vegas police said Ruggs faced a driving under the charge of influence after a fiery vehicle accident early on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, who left a dead and rugg woman and his injured woman injured. (AP photo / jack dempsey, file)
Kiara Je’Nai Kilgo-Washington, who was also in the Rugg Corvette at the time of the accident, also suffered injuries. The two had been spotted while drinking in a nearby topgolf, the accident occurring at 3:39 am local time.
