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As prevously noted on PWInsider.com, WWE Hall of Famer Tammy "Sunny" Sytch's public defender in Florida has moved forward with the appeal of the DUI sentencing against her, but no court hearings have yet been scheduled. The court has approved an extension for the court reporter to provide everyone with copies of Sytch's sentencing hearing by 3/18. The way Florida appellate courts handle matters, the only hearings that could happen would be oral arguments regarding the matter. The court can rule directly on any motion either side files.
On the civil lawsuit front, Sytch is still facing a lawsuit filed by the estate of Julian Lasseter, who perished in the traffic incident that led to Sytch's arrest in March 2022 for 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. The estate filed a series of questions with the court for her to respond to related to her culpibility in the crash that caused Lasseter's death in March 2022. Sytch responded to each questions that she was pleading the fifth amendment - that she could not be a witness against herself.
A second civil lawsuit, filed by Jana Olivova, a passenger in another car that was impacted during the incident, is set to go to trial on 7/8, seeking in excess of $50,000. Olivova had filed a suit against Sytch, Pente and Olivova's own insurance company Geico but an amended lawsuit filed in July 2023, only listed Geico as the sole defendant. Sytch and Pente were included in correspondence from the Court related to the trial being scheduled, however, so it may be they could be called as witnesses. In the original lawsuit, Olivova alleged, "As a direct and proximate result of the negligence of Defendant, TAMARA SYTCH, Plaintiff, JANA OLIVOVA, suffered bodily injury including a permanent injury to the body as a whole, pain and suffering of both a physical and mental nature, disability, physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, aggravation of an existing condition, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care and treatment, loss of earnings, loss of ability to earn money and loss of ability to lead and enjoy a normal life. The losses are either permanent or continuing and Plaintiff will suffer the losses in the future. Plaintiff, JANA OLIVOVA also suffered other damages, including, but not limited to, loss of the use of the subject vehicle, damage to the subj ect vehicle. Plaintiff, JANA OLIVOVA, will suffer or incur the injuries, expenses and impairment in the future."
Sytch is currently slated to be released from The Florida Department of Corrections on 12/30/39. She was transferred from Volusia County Corrections to a prison facility in Ocala, Florida after being sentenced to 17 years plus another 8 years of probation on 11/28/23.
Sytch still owes $6,643.32 to the State of Pennsylvania. They filed a notice on 1/19 that Sytch was 1,727 Days Overdue and that a collection agency had been trying to collect for over 180 days.
The status of Sytch's charges, stemming from multiple arrests, in the State of New Jersey, remains unknown.
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