As several news organizations, including The Associated Press, made public-records requests seeking release of the video, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy refused Thursday to release surveillance video depicting the moment that a car driven by Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth struck and killed a pedestrian in a drunk-driving crash.
The judge said that the privacy interests of the family of victim Mario Reyes outweighed the public's right to view the video and the video will be kept sealed for the foreseeable future as far as he is concerned.
On a recorded 911 call made by Stallworth, he said that Reyes "came out of nowhere" before the crash. And his attorney Christopher Lyons received permission from Murphy to view the video in the future.
Stallworth is serving a 30-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter and will face two years of house arrest, probation and other restrictions. He was also suspended by the NFL commissioner indefinitely.
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