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<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#261c1c;font-size:14px"><strong>Former NFL and Raiders star Henry Ruggs apologized to Tina Tintor&#8217;s family at his sentencing for vehicular manslaughte</strong>r,<strong> in a Vegas courtroom Wednesday<strong> </strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#261c1c;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Ruggs was sentenced to three-to-10 years in prison for DUI crash that killed the 23-year-old woman who the<strong> c<strong>oroner ruled burned to death in the accident </strong></strong></strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#261c1c;font-size:14px"><span style=""><b>He&#8217;s </b></span><strong><strong><strong><strong>eligible for parole after serving the first three years of his sentence</strong></strong></strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#261c1c;font-size:14px"><strong>Ruggs who reportedly, was driving at speeds of 156mph seconds before the accident, slammed his Corvette into the back of Tintor&#8217;s Toyota Rav-4, at 127mph in a 45mph zone, on Nov 2, 2021</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#261c1c;font-size:14px"><strong>The then NFL player who was filmed partying at a TopGolf in Vegas, hours before the crash, <strong>had a blood-alcohol level twice legal limit when he crashed at around 3:30am</strong> </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#261c1c;font-size:14px"><strong>He posted $150K bail to be freed from jail after leaving the hospital following the crash, but he has remained on house arrest for 18 months </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Former NFL player Henry Ruggs III [right], has been sentenced to three-to-10 years in prison following his conviction for a DUI that killed a 23-year-old woman in Vegas 18 months ago</strong></p>



<p>Former NFL player Henry Ruggs has been sentenced to three-to-10 years in prison for his role in crash that killed a 23-year-old woman and her dog in November 2021.<br>The 24-year-old Ruggs was sentenced in Las Vegas courtroom on Wednesday. <br>Ruggs after authorities accused him of drunkenly slamming his Corvette into the back of Tintor&#8217;s Rav-4 in Vegas, initially faced more than 50 years behind bars if convicted, <br>However, after reaching a deal with prosecutors back in May, Ruggs pled guilty to a single count of felony count of DUI resulting in death and one misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter in exchange for a prison sentence that would not exceed 3-to-10 years &#8211; he will be eligible for parole following his third year in prison.<br>Apologizing to the family of Tina Tintor, the woman who died in the accident along with her dog Max Ruggs said: &#8216;To the parents and family of Ms. Tintor, I sincerely apologize for the pain and suffering my actions the morning of Nov. 2, 2021 have caused you, your family and those who knew Ms. Tina and Max,&#8217; he said in the courtroom, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/09/henry-ruggs-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-dui-crash/?adid=social-tws" target="_blank">TMZ.</a> reports.<br>&#8216;I let my family, my teammates and those who believed in me down with my actions and hurt so many.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Tina Tintor died from thermal injuries due to a motor vehicle collision, along with her dog Max, after Henry Ruggs slammed into the back of her Toyota at 127mph, in a 45mph zone, on November 2, 2021 </strong></p>



<p>A coroner ruled that Tintor burned to death in the accident. Ruggs was apparently driving at 156mph seconds before the accident and slammed his Corvette into Tintor&#8217;s Toyota Rav-4 on the Vegas strip, at 127mph, on November 2, 2021. <br>The speed limit in the area was 45mph and Ruggs had a blood-alcohol level twice legal limit when he crashed at around 3:30am. His girlfriend, Je&#8217;nai Kilgo-Washington, was injured in the crash. <br>Hours before the crash, Ruggs was filmed partying at a TopGolf in Vegas.<br>Ruggs posted $150K bail to be freed from jail after leaving the hospital following the crash and has remained on house arrest for 18 months with strict conditions including alcohol checks. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Ruggs had been seen partying hours earlier. Tested after the crash, his blood-alcohol level twice legal limit before the fatal crash. He posted $150K bail to be freed from jail after leaving the hospital . He has remained on house arrest for 18 months with strict conditions </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>A Chevrolet Corvette owned by then-Raiders wide receiver Ruggs III is shown on a flatbed truck after a fatal crash on South Rainbow Boulevard on November 2, 2021</strong></p>



<p>Ruggs, who played as a wide receiver for the Raiders, could conceivably play in the NFL again after Wednesday&#8217;s sentencing. <br>The Raiders released him after the collision on November. Ruggs was the first-round Draft pick for the team in 2020, from Alabama. <br>He grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, and won an NCAA championship with the Crimson Tide before he was drafted by the Raiders in 2020. <br>He signed a four-year rookie contract reported to be worth more than $16million and had been emerging as a star NFL player before the crash. Records show he bought a $1.1million home in April 2021, not far from the scene of the crash. <br>Ruggs who shares a three-year-old daughter with Kilgo-Washington, addressing the court said, &#8216;I pledge to be the father and the man God intended me to be,&#8217; before being led away in handcuffs to begin his sentence. <br>Ruggs was picked by the Raiders in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft &#8230; and had started 19 games in his two seasons with the team. The ball club released him following the accident.</p>

Former Raiders star sentenced three-to-ten years in prison for DUI crash that killed a 23-year-old woman – Henry Ruggs III has been on house arrest for 18 months ago
