Suit against Jenner dismissed by family
The stepchildren of a woman killed in a car crash caused by Caitlyn Jenner have dismissed their civil lawsuit against the Olympic gold medalist.
Jenner’s attorney, Philip Boesch Jr., confirmed Thursday that the wrongful death suit has been dismissed. No additional details were immediately available from court records, which show the dismissal was requested Tuesday.
Jenner’s sport utility vehicle rear-ended two cars on Pacific Coast Highway in February, pushing Kim Howe’s Lexus into oncoming traffic, where it was struck by a Hummer. The 69-year-old woman died.
Howe’s stepchildren, Dana Redmond and William Howe, sued Jenner in May. Their attorney did not immediately return a phone message.
Sheriff’s investigators determined Jenner was traveling at an unsafe speed for the conditions at the time. Prosecutors, citing unlikelihood to prove negligence in court, declined to file a vehicular manslaughter charge against Jenner, who won a 1976 Olympic gold medal in decathlon as Bruce Jenner. She later came out as transgender, transitioning to a woman.
Jenner has also settled a case filed by the driver of the other car she rear-ended.
Military families to be honored
Country star Carrie Underwood is working with Carnival Cruise Line and Operation Homefront to honor military families throughout her upcoming “Storyteller” tour.
Underwood will meet with selected military families in 10 cities, and she’ll perform a free concert for hundreds of military families onboard the Carnival Vista in New York on Nov. 4.
Her tour begins Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida.
The Grammy-winning singer said in a phone interview that meeting military families is a special experience.
“As an entertainer I get to be onstage and everybody has to listen to me, well, hopefully they want to listen to me,” Underwood said. “But it’s really nice to get to talk to people and get to hear their stories.”
Fans can purchase commemorative dog tags throughout the tour, with all proceeds going to Operation Homefront, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency and financial assistance to families of service members and wounded warriors.