Lane Garrison Settles Lawsuit With Victims Of His Drunk Driving Crash

Access Hollywood - April 23, 2009 11:07 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Former "Prison Break" star Lane Garrison has settled a lawsuit with Michelle Ohana and the parents of Vahagn Setian, a 17-year-old high school student who was killed after the intoxicated actor got behind the wheel.

Superior Court of California papers, obtained by Access Hollywood, confirm "that the parties have reached a settlement of the entire action."

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Details of the settlement, however, were not made public.

Garrison is close to finishing his sentence - three years and four months in prison - for vehicular manslaughter. A rep for the California Department of Corrections told People the actor is expected to be eligible for parole in the next "few weeks."

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Garrison was driving a 2001 Land Rover when he lost control and rammed into a tree. The crash killed his passenger, Setian, who was a student at Beverly Hills High School. Two girls in the car - including Ohana - who was 15 at the time, survived.

Last year, Garrison responded to a letter from Access Hollywood, and in his note, revealed that prison has been tough. He also said he hopes people have taken a lesson from his story.

"This has been the hardest year of my life," he wrote. "I hope people, young and old, are learning from my mistakes and what can happen when you drink and drive. I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been [sic] eye-opening and a harrowing experience."

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  • Majestic4ever
    It's amazing how the world work I think it's great he accepted his responability for his actions I have a nephew killed by a drunk driver when he was only 8 yrs old he would of been 18 today so much of his life was lost because someone got behind the wheel drunk the sad thing is the guy also killed another person in the car and the driver never did a day in jail laws should be the
    report abuseposted April 29, 2009 10:04 AM PDT
  • keepingitreal
    I feel really sorry for everyone involved here. A life taken and lives changed forever. No amount of money will ever fix that. I think that Lane is extremely sorry about what happened and he is paying his debt to society. That is all that he can do other than move forward when he gets out of jail and do his best to be a productive member of society. He manned up and accepted responsibility.
    report abuseposted April 23, 2009 1:32 PM PDT
  • Julie
    dipwad, male not female!
    report abuseposted April 23, 2009 12:10 PM PDT

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