"Melrose Place" actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer gets 3 years for deadly N.J. crash

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Former "Melrose Place" actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer in seen court as the jury in her trial returns a verdict in Somerville, N.J., on Nov. 27, 2012.

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(AP) SOMERVILLE, N.J. - A former "Melrose Place" actress who was driving drunk when her SUV plowed into a car and killed a New Jersey woman has been sentenced to three years in prison.

The victim's husband yelled, "What a travesty!" at the judge after Thursday's sentencing, and he and his son stormed out of the courtroom.

Amy Locane-Bovenizer faced up to 10 years in prison after a jury in November convicted her of vehicular homicide in the 2010 death of 60-year-old Helene Seeman in Montgomery Township.

The judge lowered the maximum sentence citing the hardship on Locane-Bovenizer's two children. One has a medical and mental disability.

The actress apologized to Seeman's family.

Locane-Bovenizer's blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit when the crash occurred.

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by m7192 February 16, 2013 12:49 AM EST: So-called "celebrities" think they can do whatever they want and our INJUSTICE system allows them to. This is yet another tragic miscarriage of justice.; Reply to this comment


by fasteddieNY February 15, 2013 8:19 AM EST: Hack actress. Judge is a useless tool. This is a travesty.; Reply to this comment


by mr--mustant February 14, 2013 10:49 PM EST: the husband as a hardship more then she does he will never see his wife agan; Reply to this comment


by linfinster February 14, 2013 8:49 PM EST: 3X the legal limit .. one would have know that they couldn't drive. She shouldn't have had her sentence reduced. I'm sure with good behavior she would have been release early anyway! That husband will never feel vindicated by this sentence.; Reply to this comment