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February 16, 2009
Fort Lauderdale Judge Frees ex-Yankee Jim Leyritz in Fatal DUI Case
Former Yankee Jim Leyritz caught a legal break Tuesday when a Broward circuit judge released him from jail.
Leyritz, facing DUI manslaughter charges stemming from the December 2007 crash that killed Fredia Veitch, 30, in Fort Lauderdale. A court-ordered monitoring device showed he drove four times with alcohol in his system since September, a violation of his bond.
Attorneys agreed in court this week that Leyritz should be released from jail because of a technicality that voided the warrant for his arrest that had been signed by Broward Circuit Judge Marc Gold.
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