The Los Angeles City attorney’s office said Friday it will not charge Brandy in a deadly December 2006 freeway crash.
Spokesman Nick Velasquez said there is “insufficient evidence” for a jury to find the 28-year-old actress-singer guilty of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter beyond a reasonable doubt.
The decision runs counter to a recommendation from the California Highway Patrol that Brandy, whose real name is Brandy Norwood, be charged in the Dec. 30, 2006, crash that resulted in the death of 38-year-old Awatef Aboudihaj.
Brandy’s attorney, Blair Berk, said “we are extremely pleased” with the decision not to prosecute.
Following the crash, Brandy was sued for more than $50 million in separate lawsuits filed by Aboudihaj’s parents, children and husband. Brandy and Mallory Ham, a motorist whose car struck the Honda, also have sued each other for negligence. Aboudihaj’s husband also has sued Ham. All the lawsuits are pending.