A day after the California Highway Patrol recommended Brandy be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, the parents of the woman killed in the car accident announced they’re suing her for $50 million, with the wrongful-death suit claiming Brandy drove recklessly when she caused the accident.
This just isn’t Brandy’s week. Later today she’s probably gonna find out she has AIDS and then when she sees her doctor she’s gonna get her arm bitten off because turns out her doctor is really just an alligator disguised in a long white coat.
Danner | January 31, 2007 at 8:10 am
Damn she is scary ugly!
Jedi Kevin | January 31, 2007 at 8:11 am
“Sucks to be you!”
Jason The Barbarian | January 31, 2007 at 8:12 am
That photo just killed my morning wood.
llllllllll | January 31, 2007 at 8:14 am
Must you force feed us Hammer head shark so early in the morning?
Jenster | January 31, 2007 at 8:15 am
thats the worst face in hollywood. period.
soimmageeksueme | January 31, 2007 at 8:15 am
If she offers to settle using gold-pressed latinum all the rumors will be confirmed.
helena handbasket | January 31, 2007 at 8:16 am
i can’t help but think she’s being sued just because she’s Brandy and has a lot of money. litigiousness like this is so trashy. will owning Brandy bring your child back? put this on the (short) list of annoyances of being rich and famous: everyone’s after your benjamins.
chrystina | January 31, 2007 at 8:16 am
She’s being sued for 50 million because she sucks at driving…
Damn.
BarbadoSlim | January 31, 2007 at 8:18 am
Ha, back to food stamps.
AWWWWWWWW, come get me.
gimmeimmi | January 31, 2007 at 8:18 am
Sad, accidents happen. Interesting how the parents decide to sue AFTER the story reaches the media. “Hey, a celebrity caused the death of our daughter, what luck!”
the_stone | January 31, 2007 at 8:20 am
wtf is wrong with her eyelashes??
I don’t get it.
bedbugsandballyhoo | January 31, 2007 at 8:21 am
Is Brandy the long lost daughter of Oprah? The eyes are a dead give away. Especially if you have seen pictures of Oprah without makeup.
Baron Von Pap Smear | January 31, 2007 at 8:22 am
Sorry, since when does slammming your car into head-on traffic at 60 mph, killing someone, and causing untold emotional trauma and damage constitute being a ‘misdemeanor’? I’m speechless.
combustion8 | January 31, 2007 at 8:24 am
not suprised, the woman that was killed looked like a super jew.
hellcat1983 | January 31, 2007 at 8:24 am
#11, maybe she applies her mascara while driving!
danielle | January 31, 2007 at 8:26 am
Just another cheap way to extort money out of a celebrity.
NipsyHustle | January 31, 2007 at 8:27 am
that family must be ignorant immigrants or they would know it’s OBVIOUS brandy is a “where are they now?” has been who has never earned $50 mill even when she was at the height of her fame.
i’m convinced if she had a dime she would have had her entire face reconstructed so she didn’t look like she had escaped a fish bowl.
PapaHotNuts | January 31, 2007 at 8:28 am
It’s not her fault, traffic was murder that morning.
chickiee2002 | January 31, 2007 at 8:29 am
50 million is a bit much. But what she got was also not enough.
The parents need to realize that no amount of money will take the pain away. Wont even help with it.
Giggles | January 31, 2007 at 8:30 am
I think it’s a misdemeanor because there is an assumed risk we all take when we drive. That she was reckless, i.e., text messaging at the time or whatever, is negligence. Alcohol and/or drugs raise it to a felony. Where’s a lawyer to explain it all?
jc7676 | January 31, 2007 at 8:30 am
Good one Papa.
She is not being sued because she is a celebrity she is being sued because she killed someone.
If you or I did it the woman’s family would probably sue us too.
Juliabella | January 31, 2007 at 8:31 am
How do the parents know how she was driving? Were they there? It’s very sad to loose a child but WTF is it with suing back for 50 million freaking dollars??? What’s your point? Wanna make money on you dead daughter’s grave? Low.
BarbadoSlim | January 31, 2007 at 8:31 am
I read the person was driving a fucking Toyota Corolla. What I know about death due to negligence compensation, at least in my jurisdiction, is that, in terms of money for the loss you are paid according to what the person would have earned in his/her productive lifetime.
So if you worked in Burger King all your life, you are not worth that much (even though you might be better off dead). The family will get some money for pain and suffering. If they decide to grant punitive damages THAT might bring in some dough but that’s up to the jury. That’s about it they’re not gonna get anywhere near 1 million, this person was not a neurosurgeon or person of similar value.
magickal | January 31, 2007 at 8:34 am
Seriously – I highly doubt she has 50 mill. However, she probably has other assets they can sieze, or she’ll be forced to sell whatever mansion she bought during the critically acclaimed, raging success that was “Moesha” not to mention those two songs she sang once. Not to defend her, and I’m all for treating celebs like “regular people” when they violate the law, but here in NY if you kill someone while driving, even speeding, unless you are not drunk or on drugs you would NEVER be charged criminally. I feel for the family of the deceased, but cashing in on this tragedy really doesn’t give them loads of credibility. And Brandy is a worthless, talentless piece of black crap in my opinion, but, sheesh, jail time? For rearending someone while you’re sober?
Alex | January 31, 2007 at 8:35 am
I think some of you are missing the point. It’s not like she is going to pay $50M and then just be out $50M. She will do time AND pay $50M. That is how the parents will sleep at night. Well, I wouldn’t sleep with $50M, but whatever they do at night. You get the picture.
Futhermore, it will probably go for like $1-2M, and some jailtime. I still wouldn’t sleep at night, though. I’d be too busy making fun of poor people.
AreYouSerious?!?! | January 31, 2007 at 8:36 am
#6- gold-pressed latinum?!? I actually googled that one- What a waste of my time! I think I was more disappointed to discover it had to do with Star Trek than I was with this story…
magickal | January 31, 2007 at 8:36 am
*unless you ARE drunk or on drugs, uh duh!!!
tits_on_snack | January 31, 2007 at 8:38 am
Was she a singer or something?
JoniB | January 31, 2007 at 8:38 am
Yes, she should have gotten more of a punishment. But 50 mil is ridiculous. Are they putting a price tag on her life? So sad…
PapaHotNuts | January 31, 2007 at 8:39 am
I will throw one of my kids under a cement truck for 50 million.
BarbadoSlim | January 31, 2007 at 8:41 am
@28 and therein lies the problem she should have been sent to prison for her, ahem “hit” The Boy is Mine, along with all those people who bought it.
no one you know | January 31, 2007 at 8:41 am
@21…of course. However, even if they sued someone like you or I for a paltry 1 million, you or I would declare bankruptcy before liens could be put against property we own or our wages could be garnished. In that case, the victim’s family doesn’t get a dime.
Just because Brandy is worth millions doesn’t entitle the victim’s family to a significant sum. Sure, damages should be awarded, and they are very much deserved in this case, but they should not be awarded directly in proportion to the amount of money the person who caused the accident has or makes. In all reality, these people are simply lucky that Brandy can afford to pay ANYTHING and won’t be able to sidestep the suit due to declaring bankruptcy.
Juliabella | January 31, 2007 at 8:41 am
15- funny one!
she is weird and obviously not careful. If making a phone call is illegal in some States, (which takes about 5 seconds dialing and then on hand away from the steering) could you imagine how stupid you could be thinking texting is fine?!?!
Praz | January 31, 2007 at 8:42 am
#13- She didn’t drive head-on into traffic, she caused a four-car pile-up. Significant difference.
#26- I think the joke there is that she looks like one of the alien races (Ferengi) from Star Trek. But yea, I could honestly see how having to look that up would not be worth your time.
misanthrope | January 31, 2007 at 8:43 am
The parents are suing her to punish her. If I did what Brandy did, was only going to get a up to a year in county (which means probation), I’d get sued as punishment for killing their kid too. They’d only sue for like $10,000 because that is a HUGE amount of money for me and they’d only get like $100. She was texting while driving, crashed into some cars and killed someone. She’s going to get off and the parents want her to know that that’s not okay. They aren’t grubbing for money.
wedgeone | January 31, 2007 at 8:45 am
Thanks for finally catching up to the news today, Mr. Fish.
You must have seen my post in yesterday’s Brandy blog (posted about 45 minutes before this article came up). At least you haven’t deleted that post as obnoxious or promotional. You do have some testicles.
But the least you can do is say THANK YOU. Being K_A_R_L’s reporter is a tiring, endless job.
NipsyHustle | January 31, 2007 at 8:45 am
wrongful death suits cost money and can take years of time, resources, and emotional drama before a check is ever cut. it’s not something the average pauper can afford to pursue.
but in their case, the family obviously is thinking “daughter killed by celebrity. we hit the lotto”. $50 million? come on and with a name like “Awatef Aboudihaj” how do we know al-qeada isn’t behind this?
86 | January 31, 2007 at 8:45 am
50 Million? Boy, someone really does think of their loved one as a meal ticket. They’re probably glad she died.
86 | January 31, 2007 at 8:47 am
And people seriously…cell phones might be a hazard, but some people have televisions in their cars so until the cars can drive themselves lets not nail anyone to a cross.
jesseeca | January 31, 2007 at 8:48 am
People can sue for however much they want. Doesn’t mean they will get even close to that, which they probably won’t. Either way, her insurance carrier will probably drop her ass real quick!
LoneWolf | January 31, 2007 at 8:49 am
I heard that the last thing that passed through the victim’s mind was her windshield.
Anyone can sue anybody for anything. Collecting is another story.
This will be settled out of court for an undisclosed sum (that will be a shit-load less than $50mm).
That said, sounds like Miss Thang’s gettin’ off easy. Fuckin celebs get away with murder – ask OJ.
misanthrope | January 31, 2007 at 8:50 am
I doubt they’ll get $50 million and I’m sure they know that. Or not.
misanthrope | January 31, 2007 at 8:54 am
@11 & 15…. Exactly! I keep wanting to do the spit finger. That and knee her in the groin.
wedgeone | January 31, 2007 at 8:54 am
#32 – don’t forget that as a performer, she’ll receive residual income for the rest of her life. Her future royalties will get garnished, bankruptcy or no bankruptcy. Who knows how much that would be, but she’ll never see any of it.
#33 – not as stupid as you talking about what is illegal in “some states”, when you live in QUEBEC, CANADA!!
I just realized what Brandy’s major facial malfunction is … not only does she have that “Hammerhead Shark” look, but her right eye is crooked! Notice in the photo how the left eye is centered, but the right eye is up against the nose?!
She looks like something from the movie “Deliverance”, only she has all of her teeth.
BarbadoSlim | January 31, 2007 at 8:56 am
Ah, the Aboudihaj family, here for less than one generation and already carving themselves up a piece of the American pie through the use of our legal system. It doesn’t get more American than that folks.
I’m sure the terrorist cell that ends up with the money will appreciate the irony in all this.
grateful | January 31, 2007 at 8:56 am
she needs to pay, but 50 mill?????????
NipsyHustle | January 31, 2007 at 9:00 am
#45
“I’m sure the terrorist cell that ends up with the money will appreciate the irony in all this.”
strange, i had a dream about you being on television last night and now you’re quoting my ideas(see post #37)…….what’s really going on?
misanthrope | January 31, 2007 at 9:02 am
@45… So, was the gal a suicide driver or did the terrorists just hear the news and pounce? Maybe Brandy is part of it too… I knew there were thousands of reasons not to like that girl.
86 | January 31, 2007 at 9:02 am
I think the real question in all of this is What the fuck is up with Brandy’s eyelashes?
misanthrope | January 31, 2007 at 9:04 am
Sorry Nipsy… #48 goes to you too.