Man pleads responsible in hit-run dying of ‘Gone Lady’ actor Lisa Banes

The person charged with fatally putting “Gone Lady” actor Lisa Banes with an electrical scooter final yr pleaded responsible to manslaughter Wednesday and is predicted to be sentenced to at least one to a few years in jail.

Brian Boyd, 27, will likely be sentenced Nov. 30 within the dying of Banes, who was hit by the scooter Boyd was working as she crossed a New York Metropolis road in June 2021.

Banes was hospitalized and died on July 14, 2021, at age 65. She had appeared in motion pictures together with “Gone Lady” in 2014 and “Cocktail” in 1988 and on TV reveals together with “Nashville,” “Madam Secretary,” “Masters of Intercourse” and “NCIS.”

Boyd, who fled after crashing into Banes, was arrested weeks later. He pleaded responsible Wednesday to second-degree manslaughter and leaving the scene of an incident with out reporting.

The sentence promised to Boyd was lower than the three to 9 years that prosecutors from the Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace had sought.

“Brian Boyd drove recklessly with no regard for pedestrians, fatally putting a beloved actress and New Yorker earlier than dashing off to keep away from accountability,” Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg mentioned in an announcement. “Lisa Banes will likely be remembered for her contributions to the wealthy material of New York Metropolis via her roles on display and on Broadway. I supply her associates, household, and the numerous who cherished her throughout her decades-long profession my deepest condolences.”

Boyd’s lawyer mentioned she had no remark.