Crime & Safety
Driver in Fatal Weho Hit and Run to Be Sentenced Friday
Ryan Bowman pleaded guilty and admitted to being behind the wheel of the Bentley that struck and killed Lauren Ann Freeman as she crossed Sunset in November.
An Australian businessman who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a November collision that killed a 21-year-old woman who was crossing Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood will be sentenced Friday, said Jane Robison of Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
Ryan Matthew Bowman, 34, pleaded guilty on March 2 before Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Elden Fox.
"Prosecutors said Bowman admitted being the driver of a Bentley that struck and killed Lauren Ann Freeman as she was crossing Sunset Boulevard at Hammond Street in West Hollywood," the District Attorney's office said.
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Bowman is listed in his public business profile on LinkedIn as the CEO and founder of Zeal Entertainment, a media production and distribution company that has business partnerships with Girls Gone Wild.
The fatal hit and run accident occurred about 11:50 p.m. on Nov. 10. Sheriff's investigators said the driver fled in the car.
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Bowman is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. Friday by Fox at the Beverly Hills Courthouse.
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