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The former first -round draft selection, Henry Ruggs, was in a special release of the prison on Tuesday to attend the Hope for Prisoners event in Las Vegas, a few miles from where he killed a woman while drunk drunk at 156 mph.
Ruggs was the twelfth general selection of the NFL 2020 Draft, but a few days after its twentieth NFL game, it killed Tina Tintor and her dog in the burning accident.
Ruggs was sentenced to 3-10 years in prison in August 2023, with the possibility of probation in August 2026.
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The former Raiders player, Henry Ruggs, Center, awaits in court a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. RUGGS lawyers announced a guilt agreement on positions of DUI serious crimes in relation to a fatal accident in 2021. (Km Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service through Getty Images)
However, almost four years after the fateful night, Ruggs offered an apology to Tintor’s family in the event.
“One would like to be able to go back to time,” he said at the event, recorded in a video taken by Las Vegas Review-Journal. “I would love to meet the real Henry Ruggs and not the one who escaped something. I sincerely apologize for not only being part of that situation, but the fact that my face is always in the news, is always in the newspaper. Therefore, they have to constantly remember the situation, they remind me of me.”
Ruggs apologized for his sentence hearing, adding that his behavior “was not a true reflection” of who he is.
The former Vegas Raiders player, Henry Ruggs, Middle, appears in the Court with his lawyers Michael Schonfeld, on the left, and David Chesnoff at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Km Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service through Getty Images)
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He declared himself guilty of serious crime that caused death and the minor crime of vehicular murder. Josh Jacobs, one of his former teammates of the Raiders, said he has been training for a possible return of the NFL: he will be 27 years old when he has the opportunity to be on probation.
Ruggs, who was the first round of the Raiders in the NFL 2020 Draft, drove 156 MPH in his Corvette, according to the Police, when he crashed into Toyota Rav4 of Tintor. His gas tank broke due to the accident, and resulted in his death and the death of his Golden Retriever, Max.
When he takes to the hospital for his own injuries, Ruggs blood alcohol content was measured to 0.161, which is twice the legal limit In Nevada.
Archive: The open receiver of Los Vegas Raiders Henry Ruggs III in Action against Denver’s Broncos during an NFL football match on October 17, 2021, in Denver. Las Vegas police said Ruggs faces a driving under the position of influence after a burning vehicle accident on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, which left a dead woman and Ruggs and her injured passenger. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, Archive)
Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington, who was also at Corvette de Ruggs at the time of the accident, also suffered wounds. The two had been seen drinking in a nearby topgolf, with the accident occurring at 3:39 am local time.
