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TAMMY SYTCH REQUEST TO REDUCE OR MODIFY PRISON SENTENCE DENIED

Volusia County, Florida Circuit Court Judge Karen A. Foxman denied WWE Hall of Famer Tammy "Sunny" Sytch's request to have her prison sentences changed to run concurrenty.  Foxman's ruling, entered on 1/14, reads:

"On November 27, 2023, Defendant was sentenced on the following counts: (1) DUI Cause Death Human/Unborn Child, (2) Driver w/Lic. Susp/Revoked Death/Serious Injury, (3)-(7) DUI with Damage to Person. Defendant on count 1 was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment (4 year minimum mandatory sentence), to be followed by 8 years of probation; count 2, Defendant was sentenced to 10.6625 years' imprisonment, consecutive to count 1; and on counts 3-7, Defendant was sentenced to 364 days in the Sheriff of Volusia County. 

In the motion, Defendant requests that the Court modify her sentence, by running concurrently the incarcerative portions of her sentence on Counts 1 and 2, or issue whatever relief the Court deems appropriate.

Defendant states that she is remorseful and while at Lowell Correctional Institution has graduated from the Culinary Arts program, that she has become a teacher's aide in one of the GED classrooms and that she has been chosen to speak to the youthful offender inmates. Defendant also includes in her motion her housing and employment options when released. The Court acknowledges Defendant's efforts but denies Defendant's request.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendant's pro se "Motion to Reduce/Modify Sentence" is DENIED."

Sytch had plead no contest and asked for forgiveness before the court at her sentencing.  Sytch had an unsealed bottle of vodka in her vehicle and cannabis in her system when she was arrested following the March 2022 fatal DUI crash, which resulted in the death of Julian Lasseter.    Sytch did not possess a legal driver's license at the time of the crash and had been arrested numerous times in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey in previous auto-related incidents.

Sytch apologized to the Lasseter family for Juliann Lasseter's death at her criminal sentencing, going as far as to say she wishes she could trade places with him.  In a later interview with TMZ.com, Sytch referred to the incident as a "terrible accident."

A civil lawsuit brought by the estate of Julian Lasseter, who perished in the March 2022 traffic incident is currently set to commence on 3/25/25.  That lawsuit, seeking in "excess" of $30,000 in damages, states:

• “Upon information and belief, on or about March 25, 2022, Defendant SYTCH was intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle southbound on N. Yonge Street, at or near the intersection of W. Granada Boulevard in Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida. 
• Defendant SYTCH operated the motor vehicle. 
• On or about March 25, 2022, Julian L. Lasseter was also operating a motor vehicle southbound on N. Yonge Street, at or near the intersection of W. Granada Boulevard in Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida. 
• At the time and place referenced in paragraphs 6 and 8 above, Defendant SYTCH negligently operated or maintained her motor vehicle so that it collided with the rear end of Julian L. Lasseter's motor vehicle, causing severe and incapacitating injuries to Mr. Lasseter. These injuries resulted in his death on March 25, 2022.”

The lawsuit alleges negligence on the part of Sytch, that the Lasseter family has sustained medical and funeral expenses due to Sytch's actions and that Lasseter's adult daughter has "has suffered, and will suffer into the future, the loss of her father's companionship, instruction, guidance, and mental pain and suffering as a result of her father's death."

Despite her conviction, Sytch remains a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.  While Hulk Hogan and the late Jimmy Snuka had been suspended at times from the WWE Hall in the past, to date, no one has ever been removed.  Sytch was the first WWE Hall of Famer to be convicted of a felony after her induction into the Hall. 

Sytch is currently slated to be released from prison on 9/13/39.  

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