Celebrity Justice
Lane Garrison Faces the Judge

Posted Mar 8th 2007 5:10PM by TMZ Staff

"Prison Break" star Lane Garrison just went front and center in a Beverly Hills court on charges of vehicular manslaughter, but the actor neither copped to the charges nor said the charges were bogus -- Garrison did not enter a plea.

Judge Eldon Fox pushed the formal arraignment to April 11.

Garrison faces one felony charge of vehicular manslaughter, along with three other charges stemming from a tragic Beverly Hills car crash last December that left one of his three teenage passengers dead.

If convicted, Garrison faces six years in prison.

The D.A. had asked that Garrison be released on $200,000 bail, but that amount was reduced to $100K.

Judge Fox ordered that Garrison refrain from driving a vehicle. Garrison was also told he couldn't drink alcoholic beverages and he couldn't have contact with any victims or witnesses in the case.

Moments after he left court, Garrison surrendered to authorities at the Beverly Hills Police Station, where he was fingerprinted and photographed.

The 26-year-old actor was behind the wheel when his Land Rover crashed into a tree on December 2, killing 17-year-old Vahagn Setian. He met Setian and two 15-year-old girls hours before the crash, and the teens invited the actor to a party. TMZ was the first to report that witnesses at the party saw Garrison drink between four and seven shots of Grey Goose vodka in a short period of time, and that they saw him snort cocaine at the same party.

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1. So what he went before the judge. Tell us something when something of value happens,like uh, what did the judge say or impose? Quit milking every metion of a person, you already posted him twice since yesterday. Whats next, he reached for a glass of water and drank it?

Posted at 5:29PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Elsie the Cow

2. time to go to jail you punk.

Posted at 5:32PM on Mar 8th 2007 by d

3. I love the show but I feel really bad for the guy, Actually the one that should be behind bars is that slut Paris Hilton.

Posted at 5:48PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Texan

4. He'll probably get a huge fine and probation.

Posted at 5:49PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Lily

5. ANOTHER gone bad......NEXT !!!!

Posted at 5:54PM on Mar 8th 2007 by bigt

6. Nice going man...picking up young chicks and then kill people, you're an idiot.

Posted at 5:57PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Hey Cool

7. Awww he's soooo cute, I feel bad for him, look at the tears inhis eyes. I wonder if he was mean in High School, anyone know? he's such a cutie. Farah Ford

Posted at 6:05PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Farah Ford

8. this clown's going down.He should do at least 2 yrs behind bars. jim b

Posted at 6:10PM on Mar 8th 2007 by jim boy

9. You can tell by the expression on his face how upset he is. I can't even imagine killing someone.....poor guy. Even if he serves 25 years, it will not bring that boy back. So very sad....

Posted at 6:14PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Karen

10. if he was "so sorry" why didn't he think about it before he jumped into the car with vodka under his belt and cocaine up his nose and KIDS in the car??? all i can say is you deserve jail! don't drop the soap pal.

Posted at 6:31PM on Mar 8th 2007 by smellyvapour

11. His situation is very sad and i am sure he feels horrible but he should still pay for what he did. He definetly should not get the "star treatment". If the guy next door did he still would not have seen the light of day, all I see is Lane Garrison out in the streets instead behind bars!

Posted at 6:43PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Lena

12. I love the show Prison Break *AND* i was disappointed when Lane's character was killed off the show BUT who the hell knew in real life he'd be in serious trouble too!!
He's a good actor but he should get what he deserves becuz he took an underage kids life. In my opinion he should get way longer than 6 years...he was drivin while intoxicated and he was "supposedly high on cocaine" AND he was with underage girls..*AND* he killed someone...Come on if this wasnt a celebrity his ass would be sentenced to death BUT bcuz he'sa "CELEBRITY" hes only gonna get 6 years??? Once again the JUSTICE SYSTEM FAILS!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 6:48PM on Mar 8th 2007 by *Love Prison Break*

13. What a way to blow your career and your one time to shine. It's over rover. So sorry, I swear. But that poor kid that died. It's all wrong.

Posted at 6:54PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Lily

14. Wait a minute - #4 feels BAD for this guy? This jerk kills a teenager because he CHOSE to do coke and get behind the wheel drunk and HE should get sympathy? I wonder how much sympathy #4 would have if it had been his/her mother/father/sibling/friend/child who was killed because of this moron!

And PS, why does LA even have cops and courts and judges and the like? If you're a celebrity, you just get a little slap - no wonder no one takes LA seriously. I'm a prosecutor and I turned down a position in LA because of this reason. New York is where the justice is - just ask Boy George and Naomi.

Posted at 7:10PM on Mar 8th 2007 by Lawyer Dude

15. I think it was a tragic stupid mistake that he made. No matter what sentence he gets- no matter what a judge can do to him- I think that the jail hes in within his own mind and conscience will be worse than any sentence handed down to him. I cant say that I have never driven after Ive drank too much- cuz I have- and thank god I never hurt myself or anyone else- but I grew up and learned and now I always make sure I have a driver if I drink- but it couldve happened to me. I feel bad for all those involved- just an all around crappy situation! Everyone makes mistakes- and most of you who are saying hes a jerk or whatever- well I would be willing to bet that the majority have driven after have one too many on occasion. Unfortunately, his mistake and bad judgement cost this boy his life. I hope he is given the opportunity to educate others about drunk driving and the consequences that can come from this and maybe save some lives in the process. Throwing him in jail really wont do anything- but if he can prevent even one person from drunk driving and harming someone- then there could be something good that came out of this tragedy. Its so easy to be judgemental and be mean and hateful- yes this boy died- but if it was your child that caused this accident- would you be so quick to just throw him/her away????

Posted at 8:04PM on Mar 8th 2007 by tara

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