This was a challenging situation for all involved.
By all accounts, Deshazor Everett and Olivia Peters had a very loving relationship. You know it wasn’t intentional, but there have to be consequences when someone passes away from a car accident, and the driver is deemed at fault.
In the end, according to Pro Football Talk, Everett escaped jail time with a plea deal.
Former Washington safety Deshazor Everett has been sentenced to three months of house arrest for a car crash that killed his girlfriend last year.
Everett was driving more than 90 mph in a 45 mph zone, police said, when he hit several trees and rolled his car over. He was injured and his girlfriend, Olivia Peters, died.
A plea deal allowed Everett to plead guilty to reckless driving after he was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter. Peters’ mother said she supported the plea deal and did not want Everett to go to prison.
The 30-year-old Everett had played in every game last season and was the Commanders’ special teams captain before he was placed on the non-football injury list after the crash and was cut by the Commanders in March. It is unknown whether he will attempt to return to the NFL.
Here is what happened the night of the accident.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Thursday night on Gum Spring Road.
The driver of a 2010 Nissan GT-R was traveling north on Gum Spring Road near Ticonderoga Road when around 9:15 p.m. the vehicle left the right side of roadway, struck several trees, and rolled over.
The passenger, Olivia S. Peters, 29, of Las Vegas, Nevada was taken to StoneSprings Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
The driver was taken to Reston Hospital Center where he is being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The Commanders quietly cut Everett in the spring.
Flip the pages for more about the plea deal and Ms. Peters.