Former Raiders huge receiver Henry Ruggs, on particular launch Tuesday 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 practically 4 years in the past.
Ruggs drove his sports activities automobile at speeds as much as 156 mph within the metropolis on Nov. 2, 2021, slamming right into a car that killed driver Tina Tintor and her canine, Max. Tintor was 23.
Ruggs was requested on the occasion what he would say to Tintor’s household.
“One, I want I may flip again the fingers of time,” he stated in a video taken by the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal. “I’d love for them to fulfill the true 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 reality my face is at all times within the information, it is at all times within the newspaper. In order that they should continuously be reminded of the scenario, be reminded of me.”
Ruggs, a former first-round draft decide, pleaded responsible in Could 2023 to felony DUI inflicting loss of life and misdemeanour vehicular manslaughter. He was sentenced in August 2023 to a 3- to 10-year jail sentence.
