Friday, March 11, 2011

RYAN BOWMAN: Aussie "GIRLS GONE WILD" given 364 days in Seal Beach Jail, and ordered to nine months of drug and alcohol treatment program in hit and run death of Lauren Ann Freeman

By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
Friday, March 11, 2011
2:51 p.m.




BEVERLY HILLS

Ryan Bowman, the 34-year-old Australian businessman who runs the "Girls Gone Wild" series in Australia, has pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a collision that killed 21-year-old Lauren Ann Freeman last November.

The accident sparked world wide media attention. 

The hit and run incident took place on the famed Sunset Strip has been sentenced today in the Los Angeles court room.

I was one of the first journalists to break this story back in November, and today I wanted to follow up on the sentencing.


I just got off the phone with the Media Division at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, and they told me that Bowman was sentenced to 364 days of jail time, nine months of alcohol and drug treatment, the installation of the alcohol detection device in his future automobiles, four years probation and restitution to the Freeman family that still needs to be determined.

Bowman will serve his "hard time" in the tony Seal Beach city jail.  Surf's up, dude?  Give me a break.

Bowman pleaded guilty on March 2 before Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Elden Fox.

Prosecutors said Bowman admitted being the driver of a Bentley that struck and killed the beautiful blond aspiring Lauren Ann Freeman as she was crossing Sunset Boulevard at Hammond Street in West Hollywood.
 A Sunset Boulevard sign, in Los Angeles, Calif...Image via Wikipedia
The accident occurred about 11:50 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2010.  Sheriff's investigators said the driver fled in the car.  I covered this case extensively on my blog.

So, is this JUSTICE?  Did Bowman get off easy?  Is Seal Beach Police Jail "ratty" enough for him to serve his time?  Sound off.  Hit my comment section below!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i live close to the sunset strip and having heard the verdict, i am as OUTRAGED as this victim's family and friends must be....1 year in a 5 star private jail????....we should all be ashamed of our legal system this very day....i know i am!!...shame on judge fox in beverly hills....shame on his high-profile attorney blair berk....and shame on HIM especially....best get rid of all of the mirrors in your life buddy, cause it "should" be hard to look at yourself after what you've done...your life, and that of your family, is still in tact

Paid OFF? said...

If this guy would have been RYAN JOHNSON, AFRICAN AMERICAN CRACK DEALER, he would have gotten 15 years in Federal Prison. RYAN BOWMAN, WHITE MILLIONAIRE PORN DISTRIBUTOR BOUGHT HIS FREEDOM and this SILLY SLAP ON THE WRIST!

Seal Beach? What the FUCK? Are you kidding me? I hope that this ASSHOLE JUDGE IS RECALLED FROM THE BENCH.

SOMEONE GOT PAID OFF ON THIS ONE.