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Tammy Sytch filed a petition with Volusia County Court in Florida on 6/30, seeking to be given "criminal indigent status", meaning that since she is without sufficient income to afford a lawyer for defense in her criminal case, she is requesting a public defender to assist her in her DUI-related charges.
Sytch previously plead not guilty to one count of DUI causing death (DUI Manslaughter, a felony in the third degree), one count of causing death while operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked driver’s license (a felony in the third degree), four counts of DUI causing injury to a person, and three counts of DUI causing damage to property.
Sytch was arrested several weeks ago in the March death of 75-year old Julian Lasseter during a traffic incident in Ormond Beach, Florida. Her hearing on 6/30 had been previously scheduled but her former attorney, Steven deLaroche, had been given permission by the court to withdraw as Sytch's legal representation in the case, citing that "An impasse has been reached in the handling of the case, making it impossible for the client and attorney to continue to work cooperatively on the case, The client has not complied with the terms of the employment agreement with this attorney, The client will not be prejudiced if the undersigned is permitted to withdraw."
In her petition seeking a public defender, Sytch stated that she has $2,500 in bank accounts, has zero income and has "total liabilities and debts" totaling $28,000. There is no word if those debts would include the fees and penalties she owes to courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Sytch had been running an OnlyFans page at the time of her arrest. Back in 2020, Sytch claimed on her social media accounts that she was "in the TOP 1.8% of all Creators" for the OnlyFans platform just 96 hours after opening her page. Since she was incarcerated without bond through the duration of her DUI trial, Sytch's fiance James Pente opened a new OnlyFans page, with Sytch's Twitter account claiming Sytch was back on the platform (which would be impossible given she's jailed) and later writing to those criticizing the page that he had "EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO ALL THIS CONTENT PERIOD." Pente has since set up a new Tammy Sytch website selling adult content as well as Sytch t-shirts.
The court has yet to rule on approving Sytch's public defender. The next scheduled hearing in Sytch's criminal case is 8/11. As of this writing, there has been no official trial date set.
Sytch and Pente are also being sued in civil court by the family of Julian Lasseter. That case is currently making its way through Florida courts.
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