Celebrity Justice
Lane's Lawyer -- The Dead Kid is Partly to Blame

Posted Aug 2nd 2007 1:22PM by TMZ Staff

lane garrisonGarrison's lawyer Harland Braun just said, "Mr. Garrison should be sentenced based on the facts. He has a version in which he was approached to buy the alcohol and he inadvertently did it. He criminally caused the accident because he was a drunk driver. Suggesting Vahagn was partially at fault, Braun said, "The young man died because he was sitting in a car with a drunk driver."

As for the PSA, Braun said, "It was designed to be a depiction of how horrific this accident can be. It wasn't designed to be a recreation of this accident."

Braun continued, "This was a minor mistake in driving. Any drunk driver could have done it."

Braun then said, "The point we are trying to make is this is a tough case. Good people are drunk drivers."

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1. first

Posted at 1:30PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by blah

2. "Good people are drunk drivers"? How absurd!!!!!!

Posted at 1:30PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Outraged

3. sad blaming the victim

Posted at 1:31PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Shari

4. his lawyer is making everything worse than it was before. close your mouth buddy!

Posted at 1:31PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by wow

5. I hate lawyers. Until I need one.

Posted at 1:31PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by brbjr666

6. OH MY GOD !!! This lawyer is a total sleaze! EVEN by Hollywood standards. And Lane, YOU NEED TO BE LOCKED UP! For a very very very long time. YOU were driving and dead people can't defend themselves, you slime.

Posted at 1:31PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by not buying his schtick

7. TMZ - Can I get a story that doesn't involve this man. All we have left is chickens, PETA and David Hasselhoff. What's Gummy & Greasy Bear up to?

Posted at 1:32PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by More News PLZ

8. Maybe the victim wouldn't be a victim if he had not gotten in a car with a drunk driver. Maybe people should think about their actions and the consequences that become of them.

Posted at 1:33PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by betsy

9. What a crock of poo. I thought Lane was going to accept blame for this. 10 will get you 20 that he appeals until he gets the Hollywood Rich Person (no jail) sentence.

Posted at 1:33PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by ajk2821

10. This is a minor mistake in driving? Are you kidding me?!?! His attorney is just making it worse for him.

Posted at 1:33PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Me

11. That is ridiculous! It may have been a bad decisions for him to ride with Garrision but it is in no way his fault! Garrision chose to drink and Garrision then chose to drive and a kid ended up dead.

Posted at 1:34PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Cross

12. he is just stating the fact people. if the victim didn't want to get drunk, he may be alive today! He should be on trial for serving alcohol to minors, not murder

Posted at 1:35PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by crystal

13. I am so glad that all of you have NEVER EVER made a terrible mistake in your lives. I feel honored to be in your presence........

Posted at 1:35PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Kleigha

14. AS terrible as it sounded for the attorney to say- it's the truth...

(the truth is, a ton of stupid ass people drink and drive, they just don't get caught) .

Should have it been stated in the hearing, I'm not sure, but it's the truth!

Posted at 1:38PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by DANI

15. #13: No one here has never claimed to make a terrible mistake. But the man killed someone - accident or not. If I did it, I would take the blame and the responsibility for having done it. I feel bad that he made a terrible mistake, but the point its, he he made that terrible mistake.

Posted at 1:39PM on Aug 2nd 2007 by Me

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