Ex-Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs apologizes to automotive crash sufferer’s household
Former Las Vegas Raiders huge receiver Henry Ruggs III stated he needs he may “flip again the arms of time” whereas talking at an occasion Tuesday about his function in a 2021 automotive crash that left a girl lifeless.
Ruggs, 26, was granted particular launch from jail to talk at a Hope For Prisoners occasion, the group stated in a Fb submit.
He was sentenced to a few to 10 years after he pleaded responsible in 2023 to a felony rely of DUI leading to demise and misdemeanor manslaughter. The crash was the results of drunk driving and dashing and killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor.
“It’s an unlucky scenario that I’m positive all of us want we will make some decisions once more and switch again the arms of time,” he stated in a livestream of the occasion. “I by no means noticed myself in that kind of scenario.”
Ruggs stated he by no means deliberate on driving that evening.
Police stated Ruggs was driving his Corvette at 156 mph whereas drunk when he crashed into Tintor’s automobile on Nov. 2, 2021. She died of thermal accidents after the automotive caught hearth, the health worker’s workplace stated. Her canine additionally died within the crash.
When requested what he would say to Tintor’s household, Ruggs responded: “I might love for them to fulfill the actual Henry Ruggs and never the one which was escaping from one thing.”
“I sincerely apologize for not solely being part of that scenario, however the truth that my face is at all times within the information, my face is at all times within the newspaper, in order that they should continuously be reminded of the scenario,” he continued.
The previous NFL athlete, who attended the College of Alabama, was drafted by the Raiders in 2020, however was dropped from the staff hours after the crash. Ruggs stated he would love the chance to play soccer once more and can be open to returning to the Raiders.
“I might love to return and exit gracefully,” he stated. “I don’t really feel like I ended on the phrases which are significant to me and that I worth.”