Prosecutors Split in Brandy Case

Posted Aug 6th 2007 1:11PM by TMZ Staff

Brandy Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that officials in the Los Angeles City Attorney's office are split over whether to prosecute Brandy for a fatal car accident last December.

Brandy's Range Rover rear-ended a car, triggering a multi-car accident, which resulted in the death of a 38-year-old woman. One source says there was a "conflict" in the City Attorney's office over whether Brandy should be prosecuted at all. The charge on the table, we're told, is misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.

We're told prosecutors are waiting on technical data that will measure the speed of Brandy's vehicle on impact. The data will help prosecutors determine if the singer tried to brake before impact. The tests are being conducted by a London based firm.

When the results are returned, the City Attorney will make a decision. One source says, "At this point it could go either way."

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46. I'd rear end Amy Sedaris... Or David... either way.

Posted at 2:18PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Dang

47. Brandy needs to accept her actions that day. She killed someone! That makes her worse than Nicole, Brit, Paris and LiLo. Talking on a cell phone can ve just as dangerous as driving drunk. She was distracted.

Posted at 2:20PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Cocoa Bean

48. umm...i dont get it...people don't realize that this was a very tragic accident....but it could happen at anytime, to any one of us! and don't we know that every time we get in a car? are we going to start charging people with attempted murder or manslaughter everytime someone rearends someone? she wasn't drunk or on drugs, she should not be charged. of course she is going to get sued but this shouldn't go on her record and she shouldn't go to jail.

Posted at 2:25PM on Aug 6th 2007 by jesssss

49. Brandy wasn't using drugs or alcohol, and she wasn't using her cell phone during the accident. The police have officially rules any of these allegations out.

Posted at 2:27PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Mandy

50. Mandy, were you there? Cell phone or not, she wasn't paying attention to her driving duh!

Posted at 2:32PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Cocoa Bean

51. This is a very sad case. What's even sadder is the people are making racial comments related to this incident. Celebrities get breaks all the time, It doesn't matter what their race is. Stick to the facts. There is good and bad in ALL races, not just blacks! Pretty interesting how the average serial killer is white and while the average black gets thrown in jail for petty theft, the whites get a slap on the wrist for embezzelment. So in esscence they play their race card too. Crime is crime and has nothing to do with race.

Posted at 2:42PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Fact Finder

52. That camel-toed Ho Brandy need to pay for her carelessness. She drove a car that caused an accident that caused a death. Murder it isn't, but she has to have some kind of punisment. And I don't mean just a fine and community service.

Posted at 2:43PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Jack Hoff

53. I have read several news articles on the case, and yes, I am very knowledgeable about it. If you would have read any veritable articles maybe you would know the facts. Grow up.

Posted at 2:48PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Mandy

54. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16793294/

Drugs, alcohol, and yes, the dreaded cell phone have all been ruled out as cause of the accident. Poor driving is definitely the culprit in this case.

Posted at 2:52PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Mandy

55. NEGLIEGENCE = YES
MANSLAUGHTER OR MURDER= NO

We all have done stupid things on the road, we just so far got away with it.
She needs more driving lesson's and education about driving, NOT jail
NOBODY goes out with total intension's to kill, her distraction's unfortunatly did.

Posted at 2:54PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Ronald

56. Mandy, Bite me please. Do you have a dictionary on your desk? Do you even have a clue what veritable means? I doubt it. What news do you read? Weekly reader?

Posted at 2:59PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Cocoa Bean

57. Here is a dictionary bean brain:

veritable \VER-ih-tuh-bul\, adjective:
Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.

Posted at 3:04PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Mandy

58. Oh Mand, you came and you gave without takin. Guess your a big manilow fan huh?

Posted at 3:09PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Cocoa Bean

59. Me thinks that Mandy and Bean got something going on.

Posted at 3:11PM on Aug 6th 2007 by One mans opinion

60. Why does everything that happens to a certain section of our country have to turn out to be a race issue? It gets annoying when ignorant people say things like..."most black people don't want to be here...go back to AFRICA!" I mean, can't you come up with something original.

How often do you actually hear real people go around saying " I don't want to be here because I'm black.." seriously, get a clue. This is a case of if the punishment should fit the crime. I think 95% of people who have a license speed at some point.

We all have moments when our attention is not 100% on the road. In those moments, we too could kill someone. Just because it hasnt happened yet, does not mean that it can't. I do believe that she should pay some penalty, however I she will probably suffer more because she is in the public eye.

Not because she is black. But because she is a celebrity

Posted at 3:12PM on Aug 6th 2007 by Annoyed in GA

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