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"Prison Break" Star Will Be Charged With Manslaughter

Posted Mar 8th 2007 10:30AM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned that Lane Garrison will be charged today with vehicular manslaughter, a felony.

Garrison was at the wheel last December when he plowed into a tree in Beverly Hills. Vahagn Setian, a 17-year-old high school student who was a passenger in the car, was killed.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney will also charge Garrison with driving under the influence. He will also be charged with providing alcohol to a minor.

Garrison's lawyer, Harland Braun, tells TMZ his client has arranged with the D.A. to voluntarily surrender to the court at 1:30 PM. We're told the D.A. will ask for $200,000 bail.

We're told Garrison's blood-alcohol level was .20, more than twice the legal limit.

Significantly, the D.A. is not alleging Garrison acted with "gross negligence." That's important because the enhancement of gross negligence would increase the maximum prison time.

If convicted, Garrison faces a maximum of 6 years in prison.

Tags: Harland Braun, HarlandBraun, Lane Garrison, LaneGarrison, Prison break, PrisonBreak, Vahagn Setian, VahagnSetian

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31. 19 -- he didn't just have one drink, he went to a party with high school kids and brought 15 year old girls with him in the car. I knew the boy who was killed, and from what almost every Beverly student who was at the part has said, Vahag went only to protect the girls. And he was killed. 6 years is not enough. I don't give a damn if he goes to church, I don't give a damn that he's a celebrity. He killed a teenage boy. End of story.

Posted at 5:05PM on Mar 8th 2007 by rachel

32. Sure he made a mistake, we all make mistakes. I have made plenty of them!! Fortuately for most of us, our mistakes and bad judgement don't result in the injury or death of someone else.

You drink (lots of witnesses), you drive, and someone dies there are consequences.

Posted at 5:50PM on Mar 8th 2007 by rm

33. He'll never see the inside of a jail. It doesn't work that way, only for us not celebrity peons who would already be behind bars. He is just one more example of the lack of talent and good behaviours by Hollywood "celebrities". it makes me sick to see the crap that these people do and then expect our kids to behave with some sense of proper decorum. Sex drugs and rock n' roll and no one seems to care that they are the role models of a whole generation. SAD!

Posted at 4:49PM on Mar 9th 2007 by David

34. Cheryl, what the hell. Don't you blame this on the kids. They were at a party minding their own business until Lane offered to go get them more alcohol. So he took a girl, she didnt want to go alone, so she took the other girl, and that girl took V. Its the actors fault for being a stupid P.O.S and he never shouldve even gone to the aprty. He's 26 years old hanging out with 15 and 17 yr olds. Its disgusting, he should be put in for WAY more than 6 years. He should burn in hell for killing V. R.I.P V

Posted at 8:50PM on Mar 11th 2007 by BHHS STUDENT

35. Man, the irony....

Posted at 6:51AM on Mar 17th 2007 by Sarah

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