Rebecca Gayheart Has "Car Issues" ... Again!

16. wow...REALLY bad taste, TMZ!

Posted at 11:59AM on Jan 28th 2008 by kristen

17. Wow. I am truly sickened at what you consider funny. Someone lost their life and you make a pathetic joke about it? That is sick, low and disgusting.

Posted at 12:07PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Michelle

18. 6. She made a horrible mistake that will probably haunt her for the rest of her life. Why do you have to turn it into a joke?

There's enough to make fun of in Hollywood without resorting to cruelty. You don't need to stoop so low, TMZ.

Posted at 11:25AM on Jan 28th 2008 by Jenna
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I had not heard of the vehicular manslaughter charge before, found this on wiki for anyone else like me...sad very sad.

Vehicular manslaughter
On June 13, 2001, Gayheart struck and fatally injured nine-year-old Jorge Cruz Jr. as he crossed a Los Angeles-area street. According to the police report, the child was walking home from school and crossed the street. While several cars stopped to let him go, Gayheart swerved around them and into a two-way left-turn lane, striking the boy. Her attorney, Steven Lerman, subsequently admitted Gayheart had been using a cell phone during impact.[8]

Cruz died the next day at Los Angeles Children's Hospital. His parents, Jorge Cruz and Silvia Martinez, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on August 6, 2001, against her, seeking coverage of medical and funeral expenses, and compensation for loss of future earnings. The lawsuit was settled out of court, and settlement terms were not disclosed.[8] On November 27, 2001, she pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter. She was sentenced to three years probation, a one-year suspension of her license, a $2,800 fine, and 750 hours of community service. She was also ordered to make a public-service announcement. Gayheart was represented in the criminal proceeding by Harland Braun.

Later that year, she flipped a rental car into two parked cars with her father commenting that, "I've told my wife not to let her drive any more".[9]

Posted at 12:03PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Adrienne

19. Wow. Just when you thought TMZ couldn't make a more tasteless comment, they surprise you. That last line was completely out of line and the jackass who typed it should be reprimanded (yeah right). It's clear that noone in your offices has experienced the unimaginable loss of a dear child and that you have no empathy whatsoever.

Posted at 12:04PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Jessica

20. Are you guys at TMZ ever going to stop the car-cracks towards Rebecca Gayheart? It was an accident, and it's really distasteful the way you keep making the same obnoxious "jokes". She's going to be haunted by it the rest of her life, and it really is something that can happen to even the best drivers - someone runs out in the street.

Posted at 12:07PM on Jan 28th 2008 by jcc

21. That was a terrible accident that she will remember for the rest of her life. TMZ, some things are funny and some are not. That was uncalled for!

Posted at 12:08PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Shanell

22. Rebecca should steer away from telling any kind of car story. Outrageous!

Posted at 12:11PM on Jan 28th 2008 by gayheart=noheart

23. Rebecca, Steer away from the car stories, you wackjob!

Posted at 12:16PM on Jan 28th 2008 by gayheart=noheart

24. That's a low blow even for TMZ standards....You feel ashamed. Your words are not funny at all, just hateful and coldhearted

Posted at 2:53PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Jennifer

25. pffft. so where's the story?

Posted at 12:17PM on Jan 28th 2008 by cochino

26. Wow, that was tacky.

Posted at 12:39PM on Jan 28th 2008 by B

27. That's low TMZ...even for you! Leave her alone, it was an accident and the parents were mostly to blame for letting their small child cross a very busy road (not even at an intersection) without any supervision. Accidents happen all the time and unfortunately for her, her accident had a horrible outcome. But you would never catch me letting one of my children cross a street like that without me helping them.

Posted at 12:24PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Mel

28. What's funnier than dead kids? Apparently nothing if you work at TMZ. Yeah, you're so clever. Why don't you write jokes for Dane Cook or some other comedic genius?

Posted at 12:25PM on Jan 28th 2008 by usuk

29. Sweet couple! Hope their parents taught them enough about marriage and relationships and how to deal with things that occur in relationships. Life is a series of tests and problems. It's not the probs, rather, how to solve them. I hope they stay together.

Posted at 12:30PM on Jan 28th 2008 by bunnie blondie

30. Nice job TMZ!! I'm sure the parents of the kid who died from her accident appreciate it when people make jokes about people dying when she drives. They must love that.

What a bunch of mornos you people are!!

Posted at 12:35PM on Jan 28th 2008 by Larry