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"Prison Break" Star's Snobbiness Triggered Crash

Posted Dec 10th 2006 3:00AM by TMZ Staff

"Prison Break" star Lane Garrison may have averted tragedy last week had he settled for a lesser vodka.

Garrison was behind the wheel last weekend when his Land Rover crashed into a tree in Beverly Hills, killing 17-year-old Vahagn Setian. As TMZ first reported, Garrison met Setian and two 15-year-old girls hours before the crash. The teens invited the actor to a party. People who attended the party tell TMZ they saw Garrison drink between four and seven shots of Grey Goose vodka in a short period of time.

Now other sources say seven was the unlucky number of shots. And we're told, Garrison was not drinking out of a shot glass -- the receptacle was much larger.

People who attended the party say Garrison finished off the Grey Goose and was offered Absolut vodka, but insisted on his drink of choice. The sources say Garrison was making a liquor run for more Grey Goose with Setian and the two girls when the accident occurred.

Garrison's high-powered celebrity defense lawyer Harland Braun tells TMZ his client was heading back to his apartment when the crash occurred. Garrison's blood was tested the night of the crash to determine his blood alcohol level. Results are pending.

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121. There's a difference between sticking up for someone, and sticking up for the law. Which most of you seem to have forgotten. INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

Posted at 11:48AM on Dec 11th 2006 by lol

122. None of you know the whole story. What TMZ and a bunch of drunk teenagers say means f*** all in the real world.

Posted at 11:51AM on Dec 11th 2006 by kimber

123. "HOT KARL" I imagine with your spelling and lack of sentence structure you had a few before you wrote your dumbsh*t comment. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE, FRAT BOY!

Posted at 11:52AM on Dec 11th 2006 by l.a. loves teen sluts

124. They took his blood at the hospital. It takes less than an hour to get an alchohol reading. Don't you think if he had really drank what those kids at the party say he drank that he would have been arrested that night? That's California law. If they detect that you are over the legal limit, especially when there's a death involved he would have been put in jail that night. The reason they haven't announced his alchohol level? It was less than the legal limit. Is TMZ going to run that story when it becomes public. They love to tear celebrities down but will they admit when they're wrong?

Posted at 11:54AM on Dec 11th 2006 by Wayne K.

125. Exactly #114. They must be testing for drugs now.

Posted at 11:56AM on Dec 11th 2006 by lala

126. People need to start taking responsibility for their own actions!! It is nobodies fault but this snotty kid who thought that he was above the law. A person is dead becasue this guy got behind a wheel. Yes it would have been great if the partygoers would have stopped him, but has anyone tried to stop a determined drunk driver from driving before? It is useless, and I am sure that most of the people at the party were drunk also. Come one, seriously, when does it end with the blame game in this country? You do the crime, you do the time. That is why there are so many ridiculous lawsuits that people are actually winning. Adults don't have to act like adults!!!

Posted at 12:09PM on Dec 11th 2006 by sick

127. @ "my 2 cents"

Though I do not necessarily agree with everything some of the other posters who are bashing you are saying, I do feel that you are being unrealistic about what "YOU" feel a parent should be doing with their children... You do not know if the parents of the person throwing the party were even aware that a party was being thrown without their presence... Kids/teens are not stupid, they can come up with a plan and execute, and get away with it sucessfully. That being said, while you are claiming you know your childrens whereabouts at all times, this may be true based on their ages... If you have teenagers then you must realize there are ways around your "smothering". They can ditch a class or two while they are supposed to be at school, to do the things "YOU" forbid them to do... Yeah you may find out about it at a later date and time, but the deed has already been done.

Everyone is basically to blame... Lane and the teens, though I don't blame the parents of any of the teens at the party or in the car. WHY do you ask, because maybe they trusted their kids to go to a party and behave in a manner that is acceptible to their moral standards.

The parents probably didn't say hey go have fun getting sh*t faced and having unprotected/protected sex... Don't call me if you need a ride cause you're drunk... Give me and the rest of us posters who don't agree with you a much needed break (rolls eyes)

Posted at 12:39PM on Dec 11th 2006 by L.A. Dime

128. This is a blatant lie posted by TMZ. It will come out when the blood tests are confirmed. I understand the students and friends of the kid are mad, but it's no reason to make up flat out lies. Believe me lying like this in court is perjury, and I doubt all the kids brave enough to pass malicious rumors here will do it there..

Posted at 6:58PM on Dec 12th 2006 by AD

129. lane should take driving lessons from nichole richie.at least sheknows when to pull over

Posted at 6:15PM on Dec 11th 2006 by joe

130. Uh, Nicole Ritchie only pulled over because the police were after her. Plus she was going down the wrong lane. At least Lane knows the right direction to drive in, you tard.

Posted at 3:30PM on Dec 11th 2006 by lala

131. Uh, Nicole Ritchie only pulled over because the police were after her. Plus she was going down the wrong lane. At least Lane knows the right direction to drive in, you tard.

Posted at 3:28PM on Dec 11th 2006 by lala

132. I JUST wanted to WRITE a post that had a BUNCH of capital LETTERS in it to SHOW my outrage and PASSION for the commenting ON the LIVES of celebrties.
THANKS.

Posted at 4:24PM on Dec 11th 2006 by AndreTheGray8

133. I would be more inclined to take your response seriously if you could string a sentence together that was grammatically correctly but your atrocious spelling makes it apparent that you're either some trailer trash trollop or ignorant retard.

Whatever, you are clearly not educated enough to pass any worthwhile opinion.

You don't know me and you don't know Lane Garrison so you haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

Lane has not been charged with anything and even charges are forthcoming he deserves his day in court the same as every other citizen. He is INNOCENT until proven guilty.

Don't bother trying to take me on Miapocca because I will seriously wipe the floor with you.

And when Lane's side of the story comes out and his name is cleared.........you can go eat sh*t!!!!!!!

Posted at 4:19PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Carole

134. whats with the trailer trash nonsense?people usually own thier trailer-what do you do-rent?or sponge off mumsy and popsy?

Posted at 6:21PM on Dec 11th 2006 by joe

135. Blame should be divided between all involved, the driver, the kids and the parents of these kids. It easily could have been anyone else behind the wheel. We won't hear how drunk these kids could have possibly been because they are underage. We won't hear how they willingly got into a car with someone drunk which is just plain stupid. We won't hear how maybe they were responsible for their own actions, because it's easier to blame the famous person instead. Everyone shares the blame, including the parents who didn't know where or what their kids were doing. I should hope that werever this party was held, some charges are being brought against those who supplied to all the minors attending. But we won't hear about all that, if or when it happens, because someone famous was behind the wheel. If this kid had been driving himself and had the same accident with the same ending, we would be obliviously unaware, because it wouldn't have gained national attention!

Posted at 3:48PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Delia

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