Most Awkward Question Ever To Gayheart

16. SHE IS NOT ONE TO BE PREACHING TO ANYONE. ITS BETTER THAN SHE KEEPS HER MOUTH SHUT. SHE IS A REMINDER THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK. SHE DESERVED TO DO TIME IN JAIL. I WISH SHE'D DROP OUT OF SIGHT. POOR PARENTS OF HER VICTIM.

Posted at 4:40PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Calvin

17. On 13 June 2001, Gayheart struck 9-year-old Jorge Cruz Jr. as he jaywalked across the street. According to the police report, the boy was walking home from school, and crossed the street about 160 feet from the nearest crosswalk. While several cars stopped to let him go, Gayheart allegedly swerved around the traffic and into a two-way left-turn lane, striking the boy; he died the next day at Los Angeles Children's Hospital. His parents, Jorge Cruz and Silvia Martinez, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on 6 August 2001 against her. Gayheart paid for Cruz's hospital and funeral expenses.

Posted at 4:42PM on Dec 12th 2007 by ME

18. More like McKILLER! I hope she doesn't kill anymore kids crossing the street this holiday season, that's my wish.

Posted at 4:50PM on Dec 12th 2007 by M.O.

19. in my book, if you killed someone and for some reason you are still walking free around time....it is everyone's duty to remind you what you did.

Posted at 4:56PM on Dec 12th 2007 by pimp

20. I'm sure the child would have preferred an awkward moment to DEAD. Poor her, NOT....shouldn't even be driving or breathing, for that matter.

Posted at 4:57PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Me

21. Y'all are so mean! This woman has to live with the fact that she made a mistake and took someone's life every single day. She has paid her dues, monetary or other, and she is trying to live her life once more. I have read through these comments and not one of you has the right to pass judgement on this woman. You are not God. How many of you have driven while talking on your cell phones? How many of you have taken a corner too fast? I'm sure most of you have. What if a child was jaywalking in the street when you took a corner too fast? The same thing would have happened to you. You could be in her same shoes. So before you smart off in a comment on some website, think of what you're saying so you don't sound like a bunch of ignorant, judgemental, and cruel people.

Posted at 5:25PM on Dec 12th 2007 by HCat

22. And she still drives around in a big old honkin' SUV which is more dangerous to others on the road. Hey Gayheart -- GET A SMART CAR!!!!!!

Posted at 5:28PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Dizzle

23. It was a FREAKING ACCIDENT, you morons. And, not to say the kid caused his own death, but he WAS jaywalking....I am sure that not a day goes by that she is not reminded of the tradgedy.

Posted at 5:32PM on Dec 12th 2007 by PantySniffer

24. I'm sorry, but I don't pass stopped cars using a turning lane to go around them. This is more than just a simple mistake. THERE WAS A REASON THEY WERE STOPPED!

Posted at 5:36PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Killer

25. To all the crap about Jaywalking. A pedestrian has the LEGAL rightaway no matter where they are on the street. She was at fault. I agree with #18.

Posted at 5:53PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Jack Schitt

26. #25 is absolutely correct - while jaywalking is a ticketable offense it does not preclude the fact that a pedestrian always has the right of way.

The bottom line is that she swerved around stopped traffic because she was too busy jabbering on her cell phone to pay attention and it cost a 9-year-old boy his life. If Rebecca Gayheart is any kind of human at all she will carry the guilt of this act with her for the rest of her life. But for anyone on this site or elsewhere to try to place the blame for this horrific accident on the victim is reprehensible.

Posted at 6:01PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Kitty

27. REBECCA AND I GO WAY BACK-MANY YEARS. I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT-AND HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN WITH HER THE NIGHT SHE KILLED THAT BOY. (NOT IN THE CAR, BUT WAS WAITING AT THE HOUSE FOR HER) SHE WAS HIGH ON CRACK COCAINE, AND ON HER WAY TO HER DEALER'S HOUSE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SHE HAD ALSO BEEN DRINKING CONSTANTLY FOR THE 2 DAYS BEFORE THAT. SHE WILL REMEMBER ME-HAVEN'T TALKED TO HER IN ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS. SHE KNOWS THAT I KNOW..... VICTORIA

Posted at 6:55PM on Dec 12th 2007 by VICTORIA

28. LOL @ #28.

Posted at 7:25PM on Dec 12th 2007 by Brooke

29. #25 no they dont. My grandmother was jaywalking to catch the mailman. Was hit and went into the drivers windshield. Who was at fault. My grandmother. She was sited.

Posted at 1:22PM on Dec 13th 2007 by mommyof4

30. i didnt squirm!!!! maybe her driving skills has improve,,,she wouldve blame this on the paps if it was a today event!!!!

Posted at 8:04PM on Dec 12th 2007 by roughdaddy