Caitlyn Jenner settles car crash lawsuit | Inquirer Entertainment

Caitlyn Jenner settles car crash lawsuit

/ 11:24 AM January 29, 2016

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In a Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 photo, Caitlyn Jenner participates in E!’s “I Am Cait” panel at the NBCUniversal Winter TCA, in Pasadena, Calif. Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, United States—A wrongful death lawsuit filed against Caitlyn Jenner over a fatal California car crash has been dropped after the Olympic champion turned transgender icon settled with the victim’s family.

Then still known as Bruce, Jenner was driving a large SUV when it collided in Malibu last February with a smaller white car that then swerved into oncoming traffic.

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Jenner walked away unhurt from the four-car crash, but a 69-year-old woman died and four others were injured.

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The stepchildren of the victim, Kim Howe, filed a civil lawsuit for wrongful death against Jenner.

READ: Caitlyn Jenner sued by family injured in traffic crash

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Lawyers for the plaintiffs asked a court in Santa Monica to drop the case following the settlement, the terms of which were not made public.

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Jenner’s lawyer Philip Boesch Jr confirmed to AFP the suit had been dismissed, without further comment.

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A second civil suit filed against Jenner by one of those injured in the crash was dismissed in late 2015 following a settlement.

The Los Angeles District Attorney decided in September not to press charges in the case.

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READ: Caitlyn Jenner escapes charges over deadly car crash

Investigators found that Jenner was driving “unsafely for the prevailing road conditions” and said she faced up to a year in prison if convicted of manslaughter.

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The crash took place just months before Jenner—an American sports hero who set a world record in the decathlon at the Montreal Olympics in 1976—came out as transgender.

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