Former Raiders vast receiver Henry Ruggs, on particular launch on Monday evening, spoke at a Hope for Prisoners occasion in Las Vegas and apologized to the household of a lady he killed in a automobile crash in 2021.
Ruggs drove his sports activities automobile at speeds as much as 156 mph in Las Vegas on 2 November 2021, slamming right into a car that killed driver Tina Tintor and her canine. Tintor was 23. Blood samples taken after the crash confirmed that Ruggs had a blood-alcohol stage of 0.16% — twice the authorized restrict in Nevada. The velocity restrict within the space of the crash was 45 mph. The Raiders lower the vast receiver the day after the crash, by which he suffered minor accidents.
Ruggs was requested at Monday’s occasion what he would say to Tintor’s household.
“One, I want I may flip again the arms of time,” he mentioned in a video taken by the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal. “I’d love for them to satisfy the true Henry Ruggs and never the one which was escaping from one thing. I sincerely apologize for not solely being part of that state of affairs, however the reality my face is all the time within the information, it’s all the time within the newspaper. So that they must consistently be reminded of the state of affairs, be reminded of me.”
Ruggs, a former first-round draft choose, pleaded responsible in Might 2023 to felony DUI inflicting demise and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. He was sentenced in August 2023 to a three- to 10-year jail sentence. He might be eligible for parole in August 2026, and his former teammate, Josh Jacobs, has mentioned the 26-year-old has hopes of returning to the NFL upon his launch.
Tintor’s mom issued an announcement when Ruggs was sentenced in 2023.
“We pray that Henry Ruggs is blessed with the chance to find a way watch his lovely daughter develop into the wonderful lady she will be,” Mirjana Komazec, Tintor’s mom, mentioned in an announcement learn by a member of the family in courtroom. “And we pray that this horrible accident evokes optimistic change on the earth. We pray that all of us take away the significance of searching for each other, remembering everybody we meet is one other human’s cherished one.”
Ruggs additionally issued an apology on the sentencing, saying: “I sincerely apologize for the ache and struggling.”
