Call girl pleads to manslaughter in Google exec’s death

[NaturalHigh]

A call girl but not a calculating killer, Alix Tichelman panicked and ran after she injected a Google executive with a fatal dose of heroin during a 2013 rendezvous on his Santa Cruz yacht, her lawyer said Tuesday after his client pleaded guilty in the sensational case.

Tichelman was sentenced in Santa Cruz Superior Court to six years in County Jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and administering illicit drugs. Her attorney, Larry Biggam, said the outcome was fitting in a case that was “oversold and overhyped by police.”

But prosecutors said Tichelman had been properly charged — and ultimately convicted — in a serious case. “There’s no way you can defend against her conduct,” said Assistant District Attorney Rafael Vazquez. “We felt very confident. We got our conviction.”

The 27-year-old high-priced escort, who connected with clients through the Internet, grabbed national attention when she was nabbed in the death of 51-year-old Forrest Hayes, a prominent Google executive, husband and father of five.


http://www.chron.com/crime/article/Call-girl-pleads-to-manslaughter-in-Google-6273381.php?cmpid=rrhoustontx

[djean111]

1. That is pretty much how John Belushi died, I believe.

The woman who injected Belushi with a speedball was charged with involuntary manslaughter and served fifteen months.

The rich sure are different.

[NaturalHigh]

2. I didn't know that.

What about Chris Farley? I thought I remembered reading that the circumstances of his death were similar to John Belushi's.

[djean111]

3. Farley died at 33 from an overdoes of cocaine and morphine, but his advanced athersclerosis

was thought to be part of the cause of death.

[petronius]

4. "five years for administering drugs and one year for involuntary manslaughter"

That seems a bit backwards (and a bit low for the latter), considering that the drug part of it was apparently a mutual activity...

[NaturalHigh]

5. I picked up on that too.

The drug use seems to be mutual, so I would think a plea to manslaughter with a five-year term would be more appropriate.