Celebrity Justice
Cops: Garrison Drunk & Coked Up During Crash

Lane GarrisonBlood tests have revealed that Lane Garrison had "more than twice the legal limit" of alcohol in his system and was under the influence of cocaine during the fatal crash that killed a 17-year-old boy in December, this according to police.

A spokesman for the Beverly Hills Police Department announced today that his department has recommend that the L.A. County District Attorney file a felony charge of gross vehicular manslaughter against the "Prison Break" star.

The D.A. received the police file today and the case is under review. If charges are filed and Garrison is convicted, he faces a maximum of ten years in prison.

According to cops, Garrison's blood alcohol level was at least .16. He could also be prosecuted for driving under the influence. A DUI could be prosecuted based on alcohol, cocaine or both. Since there was bodily injury, a DUI could be prosecuted as a felony.

Cops also recommended that Garrison be prosecuted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

As TMZ first reported, Garrison met Vahagn Setian and two 15-year-old girls hours before the crash. The teens invited the actor to a party, where people who attended tell TMZ they saw Garrison drink between four and seven shots of Grey Goose vodka in a short period of time. Garrison's high-powered celebrity defense lawyer, Harland Braun, tells TMZ his client was heading back to his apartment when the crash occurred. Setian was killed and the two girls were injured.



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61. WHERE IS CAROLE NOW? PROBABLY SLITTING HER WRISTS BECAUSE HER BOYFRIEND IS GUILTY.

What about the kids at the party? Why didn't they try to stop their good friends from getting inside a car w/ a drunk? I guess Lane was okay when he was going to buy booze for their asses. The dead kid was an immigrant with an expired visa anyway. GOOD RIDDANCE. Get that trash out of the USA.

Posted at 10:47AM on Feb 3rd 2007 by I Love Nasty Boil

62. Heading back to his apartment with a 17 yr. old boy and two 15 yr. old girls? Wonder what he had in mind?

Posted at 3:57PM on Feb 3rd 2007 by Rocknstv

63. all you people who keep calling him cute make me sick. he killed one of my best friends and is only getting 10 years maximum! this boy was an only child, by killing this boy he also ruined the lives of his innocent parents. lane deserves the f***ing death penalty. hes a PEDOFILE and a MURDERER. we all saw him drink and hit on many of my teenage female friends. the only reason my friend vahagn went into the car with that idiot was cause vahagn was scared lane would end up raping the other girls. Lane convinced the 2 girls to come with him on a trip back to pavillions market, where they all met at first, to buy more alcohol since lane bought them the grey goose at first to begin with. and this is cause he was too snobby to drink some absolute. MY FRIEND DIED SO THESE 2 GIRLS WOULDNT END UP BEING RAPE VICTIMS!! so tell me now ladies, whats cute about a PEDOFILE and MURDERER?!?!?!?

Posted at 5:38PM on Feb 4th 2007 by Vahagn's friend

64. NUMBER 61....WOW
I CANT BELIEV YOU SAID: "What about the kids at the party? Why didn't they try to stop their good friends from getting inside a car w/ a drunk? I guess Lane was okay when he was going to buy booze for their asses. The dead kid was an immigrant with an expired visa anyway. GOOD RIDDANCE. Get that trash out of the USA."
first of all, my friend only got into the car so that the two 15 year old girls wouldnt have to be alone with that pedofile. second of all, lane wanted to still drink, and refused to have any absolute, so he convinced the 2 girls to come with him on a trip back to the supermarket where he first bought the minors alcohol to get some grey goose.
second of all, why would you want to defend a pedofile, its his fault, im only 17 and many of the people at the party were 16 and some even 15, we handle our liqour a lot differently than a grown man. he's 28, and the rest of us werent even old enough to drink, most of the people there werent even old enough to drive, he should be more responsible and think about the risks hes taking, and not just think about sleeping with 15 year old girls!!
now, whoever posted comment number 61, you're probably just some white trailer trash idiot. why would you disrespect someone who has passed away like that. HE WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS! and he lived in BEVERLY HILLS, one of the most exspensive cities to live in, meaning even though he was an immigrant HE STILL MADE MORE MONEY THAN YOUR PATHETIC A$$!!! SO GET THE F*CK BACK INTO YOUR TRAILOR AND SLEEP WITH YOUR COUSIN YOU PIECE OF WHITE TRAILOR TRASH!!!

Posted at 5:56PM on Feb 4th 2007 by vahagn's friend

65. Shut up Vaun's friend. If you were really his friend, you'd know he was here w/ his mom ONLY. Sitting next to him in lit class doesn't make him your best friend, f***ing moron. Write a godd*mn book, cry me a riva, build a bridge and get the f*** over it.

Posted at 5:10PM on Feb 6th 2007 by lmfao

66. You cannont POSSIBLY be implying that Lane was the only person there drunk off his ass. You all were doing coke and drinking too. He was a good guy when he was going to get you idiots booze, but now that sh*t has went down, you make him the scapegoat. You f***ing kids should be charged with manslaughter, as you did nothing to help ANY of the people in the car.

You weren't old enough to drink? Thanks for admitting you were also boozing it up illegally. Kids like you are so f***ed up. Both you and your parents need to rot in hell.

And sweetie, I live in NYC. A hell of a nicer place than Beverly Hills. NYC has money AND class and enough sense to TAKE A F***ING CAB.

Posted at 7:17PM on Feb 6th 2007 by Olivia

67. Sounds like someone is jealous that he's not the eye of every bitch's affections. (Vagina's friend or w/e)

Posted at 5:19PM on Feb 6th 2007 by bobby

68. garrison your ass should be nailed to the wall.F***ing with 15yr.girls,alcohol & drugs,all lead to murder

Posted at 10:40AM on Feb 7th 2007 by james long

69. are you f***ing kidding me people?
oliva from NYC you HAVE to take a cab cause NYC is so disgusting and crowded you cant travel any other way.
i was his good friend and i do live in beverly hills- trust me were a thousand times nicer and have so much more class than you could ever have. you cant tell me when you were our age you NEVER drank. you deny it then your just a f***ing liar.
and lmfao- he was not here was his mom only. are you f***ing retarded? he was the only kid of his parents. both of them! they were here just so he could get a great education, because bhhs is a really good f***ing school.
so f*** you all.
how dare you disrespect a good person like that.
if V was here he'd probably just laugh and be like 'you all are so funny, whatever' and not give it a second thought.

Posted at 7:03PM on Feb 7th 2007 by someone

70. #70

Yes, I can definitely see what a truly outstanding school BHHS must be.

The articulate and eloquent way you express yourself is testament to the high standard of education you've obviously attained.

Your English teacher must be very proud of you :-)

btw, there are several other useful adjectives in the english language apart than f***ng. You should try using them sometime! LOL

Posted at 7:17AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Carole

71. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! I DONT KNOW WHO IS MORE INSANE THESE DRUNKEN DRUG ADDICT CELEBS OR YOU HORNY CORNDOGS THAT WANT TO RIDE HIS NOODLE OR HAVE HIM LICK YOU BEFORE HE IS SENT TO PRISON. HUH? HE A DAM MURDER. HELLO!!!

Posted at 1:50PM on Feb 8th 2007 by KIM G.

72. Erm, instead of talking about this 'Lane Garrison'(wich I didn't even know about before the accident) think about the kid that past away and what his family is going through.

Posted at 12:36PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Sarah.

73. I do not agree with all of your comments to V's buddy Olivia & Carole, as I was born and raised in Southern California too, but this person who is arguing with you of all the virtues' of his friend who was killed by Lane, just throw him a bone. He is obviously distraught over the death of his friend. Hopefully when he/she calms down, they will see that the death of their friend is not the cause of only Garrison Lane, but of the choices VAUGHN made by getting into the car with a wasted Celebrity. It was HIS choice. I do not believe all the crap about rape, they invited Lane to the party and he was going to go back out and score more booze it sounds like. Two little chickies wanted to go because they probably thought he was hot like all the crazies on here and Vaughn wanted to go too since he was "His Celebrity", I mean, he brought him to the party, correct?
Then the unfortunate happened. I saw many of my friends die in similar drunk driving accidents in my younger years (I'm 36 now), celebrities were not involved so we did not have a public forum to which we could discuss them as we do here. But regardless of the pain and anger that V's friends are feeling, he is as responsible for his death as Garrison Lane is. Those are the straight up true facts.
You kids should use this as a wake up call to quit snorting coke and quit underage drinking and thinking because your parents are wealthy, that you are too. You need to start carving out your own footprints in the sand, so if you are to pass early like your friend, there will be something more to remember you by then you dying in a car high on cocaine and alcohol with a celebrity!

Posted at 1:08PM on Feb 9th 2007 by A FAN OF ANNA NICOLE

74. I read all 75 comments so far. In my opinion, the last one (#75) tells it like it is. I hope all TEENS (AND ADULTS) reading this take a little time to think about what COULD happen by getting in a vehicle with an impaired person driving. It's dangerous enough being on the roadways, and ALOT more dangerous in a situation like what happened here.

Should he be punished? In my opinion YES. For how long, I really don't know. He IS responsible for a death. Yet, there are many factors to consider. As an adult, he should have never been with these teens. at the same time, as a teen you are old enough to make choices. You choose boyfriends/girlfriends, hobbies, sports, etc...
Make a good choice and don't put yourself at risk. I used to party alot as a teen, and now at 44 I consider myself lucky to be alive after some of the nights I had as a teen.
Take care of yourselves. There are plenty of ways to have FUN in life without drugs and alcohol!

John

Posted at 2:07AM on Feb 12th 2007 by John H

75. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmWqPUpFUY

Posted at 12:25PM on Feb 13th 2007 by Kyle Coppola

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