Amy Locane-Bovenizer of 'Melrose Place' indicted for aggravated manslaughter in alleged DUI case
Amy Locane of the original "Melrose Place" -- married name Amy Locane-Bovenizer -- has been indicted in connection with an alleged drunken-driving accident in New Jersey that left a 60-year-old woman dead and her husband hospitalized in critical condition.
Originally charged with vehicular homicide, the actress could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted on the grand jury's stepped-up charge of first-degree aggravated manslaughter. An original count of third-degree assault with an auto was included in the indictment.
Locane-Benziger first rear-ended a car in Princeton, a county prosecutor told the New Jersey Star-Ledger, then allegedly drove away when the other driver tried to call police. Around 9 p.m., her Chevy Tahoe struck the passenger side of a Mercury Milan driven by Fred Seeman as he was turning left into a driveway. Helene Seeman was pronounced dead on the scene; her husband suffered 10 broken ribs.
The 39-year-old mother of two told police she'd had wine the night of the June 27 accident in Montgomery, N.J. She's been free on $50,000 bail, and according to her attorney is likely due back in court in January.
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-- Chrsitie D'Zurilla
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Photo: Amy Locane in 2005. Credit: Getty Images
She deserves every bit of it. It is only in the hardest of situations where the true character of anyone is revealed. The mere fact that she killed Helene Seeman, while her husband was in the car, because of her reckless drunk driving is awful, and my prayers are with the Seeman family. What is even more disgusting is the fact that AFTER she killed a woman and critically injured another, she didn't even stop to help save the lives of the injured, which her actions put on the edge of death, and sadly, over that edge for Helene Seeman. Instead she took off to continue her deadly driving rampage, once again putting lives in extreme danger, while she swerved around the road hitting mailboxes in the process. If she would had stopped after she crashed and killed the woman, helping any way she could, I would have a different attitude toward her, as would the court I would guess. Amy Locane-Bovenizer is one of the most vile, self centered, sick, atrocious, and disgusting human being on this earth. Amy, you deserve nothing but many many years behind bars, giving you plenty of time to learn the reality that you are no more important that anyone else, you are not someone "special", that gets to continue putting lives in danger once you already took one. No, Mrs. Locane-Bovenizer, you are the worst this world has to offer. Justice will be served, and God willing, your years of reflection will hopefully teach you how to be a decent, kind, caring, and respectful human being.
Posted by: Mkell121 | Dec 17, 2010 at 05:30 PM
She has the look in this photo of an out of control drunk. Now she has murdered a woman with her actions. 30 years sounds about fair.
Posted by: Mike Callahan | Dec 18, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Facts are all wrong! She was driving straight in her lane of travel and someone took an illegal left turn in front of her while being chased by a woman who never even got hit! Love how the press totally makes up the facts
Posted by: Thefacts | Dec 24, 2010 at 03:32 AM
thefacts:she was still drinking and someone died, guilty
Posted by: bonnie wolfe | Dec 28, 2010 at 07:15 AM