The Case of Henry Ruggs III and a Family Seeking Answers

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

NFL fans woke up on the morning of November 2, 2021 to the news that Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III had been involved in a fatal car crash that took the life of a 23-year-old woman named Tina Tintor. The news of Ruggs’ involvement rocked the NFL, and left many unanswered questions: questions not just from the family of Tina Tintor, but also how Ruggs, who lost his best friend in another fatal crash in Alabama years earlier, could allegedly be so reckless behind the wheel. Eight months later as Ruggs faces multiple felonies including driving under the influence resulting in death and reckless driving, ESPN’s Liz Merrill shares the details of this story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Liz Merrill, thanks for coming back to ESPN Daily.
0:02.5	Yeah, it's good to be here.
0:04.1	So the story we're here to talk about is a story that is hard on every level, Liz.
0:09.7	It's a story that I haven't been able to get out of my head since it broke.
0:14.9	So where do you want to start?
0:17.1	Let's start on November 2, 2021.
0:20.3	It's the middle of the NFL season and people depending on which coast you lived on.
0:29.8	We're waking up to the shocking news that Henry Ruggs, a second year receiver, had been behind
0:36.3	the wheel of a fatal crash in Las Vegas that killed 23-year-old Tina Tinter.
0:43.3	It's a tragic situation here in Accident at 3.39 AM this morning.
0:48.7	Police say Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs reared at another driver
0:54.0	causing their car to burst into flames.
0:56.4	Everybody was completely shocked by the nature of the crash.
0:59.9	Prosecutor said he was traveling 156 miles per hour.
1:04.0	You can see right here the main gold mess that's been left behind.
1:07.5	A 23-year-old woman and her dog were killed.
1:10.4	There were signs of impairment and Henry Ruggs III, the Raiders wide receiver,
1:15.2	has been charged with DUI resulting in death.
1:20.6	The thing that struck us was that these two drivers were the same age and they were both
1:28.8	going home at the same time, but they were very different people.
1:35.2	It always feels as if in a situation like this, the biggest questions that people are going to ask
1:42.0	especially in our world are, well is this career done? Is he ever going to play again?
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