Former Raiders player Henry Ruggs sentenced to 3 years in jail

Former Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs was sentenced to at least three years in a Nevada prison for killing a woman in a crash while driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156 mph on a city street nearly two years ago.

The former NFL player said he ‘sincerely apologizes’ as he stood for sentencing in Las Vegas after pleading guilty in May to felony DUI causing death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a charge carrying a six-month jail sentence that will be folded in with his three-to-10-year prison term.

Ruggs was cut by the Raiders while he was still hospitalized following the predawn crash on Nov. 2, 2021. The crash led to the death of Tina Tintor and her dog, Max, and injured Ruggs’ passenger, Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington, his fiancee and mother of their daughter.

Footage of Henry Ruggs apologizing to his victims family before being place in handcuffs & escorted out of courtroom to serve his 3 to 10 year sentence pic.twitter.com/4GymPUhsJ8

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“I have no excuses,” Ruggs said and shared that after his prison time he intends to counsel others “about the dangers of driving at unsafe speed and driving and drinking.”