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A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit brought by the estate of Julian Lasseter, who perished in the March 2022 traffic incident against WWE Hall of Famer Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, her former fiance James Pente and Ultimate Motor Cars, LLC, PWInsider.com has learned.
The trial, originally scheduled to begin on 3/25, has been canceled by Judge Mary G. Jolley.
Jolley ordered the case to be closed within the next 30 days once all the documentation on the settlement has been filed.
The lawsuit was seeking in "excess" of $30,000 in damages, stating:
The lawsuit alleged negligence on the part of Sytch, that the Lasseter family had sustained medical and funeral expenses due to Sytch's actions and that Lasseter's adult daughter had "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."
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."
Sytch was sentenced to prison in November 2023 to driving under the influence manslaughter and other charges. She 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 multiple times in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey in previous auto-related incidents.
Sytch was convicted of 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, was officially pushed back to March 2025 after a hearing this past week before The Circuit Court of the Sevenths Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County, Florida. She is currently slated to be released from The Florida Department of Corrections on 11/2/39. 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's attempts to have her sentence changed so she could serve both convictions concurrently at the same time have been denied by the court.
Despite her conviction, Sytch remains a member of the WWE Hall of Fame. While Hulk Hogan and the late Jimmy Snuka had been suspended from the WWE Hall of Fame 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 being inducted into the Hall.
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