Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs was sentenced Wednesday to at least three years in a Nevada prison for killing a woman in a fiery crash while driving his sports car.
Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs was sentenced Wednesday to at least three years in a Nevada prison for killing a woman in a fiery crash while driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156mph. He pleaded guilty in May to felony DUI causing death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a charge carrying a six-month jail sentence that will be folded in with his three-to-10-year prison term, the AP reports. Ruggs, 24, was cut by the Raiders after the predawn crash on Nov. 2, 2021. The collision killed Tina Tintor and her dog, Max, and injured Ruggs‘ passenger, Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington, his fiancee and mother of their daughter. „I have no excuses,“ Ruggs said, citing pain the case has caused his family, teammates, and Tintor’s family. Ruggs said that after prison, he intends to counsel others „about the dangers of driving at unsafe speed and driving and drinking.
