Former WWE star Tammy Sytch has been remanded to jail after a judge revoked her $227k bond.
The 49-year-old star – best known to wrestling fans as Sunny – was allegedly involved in the accident in which a 75-year-old man, later identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter, died.
Sytch is currently facing eight charges including DUI Manslaughter (DUI causing the death of a person), and the state argued that Sytch should be remanded, pointing to three DUI arrests and a conviction in 2015, as well as being played under the state’s Marchman when she was found passed out near a bar on May 5.
During a hearing at Circuit Court of Volusia County, Florida on Friday morning, a judge said: ‘The defendant is a threat to the community and I do not feel that a monitor would protect the community.’
She added: ‘I do find that the state has met the burden, I am going to grant this motion and we’ll be taking you into custody today.’
previously reported that police suspected Sytch – who recently claimed on Twitter that – was under the influence of alcohol.
A crash report by Ormond Beach Police Department, Florida, reportedly shows that the accident happened at around 8:28 PM on March 25 on US Highway 1 in Volusia County.
Sytch is thought to have crashed her 2012 Mercedes into the back of a 2013 Kia Sorento and then into the rear of a 2011 GMC Yukon that had also stopped at a stoplight.
The driver of the vehicle she hit, identified as Julian Lafrancis Lasseter, was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
Witnesses reportedly said Sytch – who was also taken to the hospital but later released – was ‘driving at a high rate of speed’ before crashing.
Sytch was inducted the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011 and is considered the company’s first Diva.
She has faced more legal trouble recently, being arrested in January for ‘’.
In 2015, she alleged to have suffered a seizure after a traffic accident, but she later pleaded guilty to DUI in three cases.
The following year, she claimed she agreed to the guilty plea because she was ‘blackout drunk’ during what she described as the worst relapse of her life.
In February 2019, was arrested for DUI – the sixth time she’s been arrested for the charge.
In July 2020, she was of eluding a police officer, violating a domestic violence restraining order and operating a vehicle during a second license suspension.
She was , and later that month she told WrestleZone.com: ‘I am happy to be finished with my sentence and I am anxious to start the next chapter of my life. I am healthy and happy and feel great.
‘‘The incident which led to this last incarceration stemmed from some major misunderstandings. However I accept responsibility and have used this time to make a better me and put my past mistakes behind me.’
