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One Italian Speedboat captain sentenced for killing man in crash Bloomsbury USA Publishing Executive,
Elio Perisco, 32, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison by an Italian court on Friday. he was facing Accused of murder and causing hurt by negligence After that he started his speedboat while drunk and excessive cocaine use.
Adrienne Vaughn, president of Bloomsbury USA, was on Perisco’s boat in August 2023, sunbathing on her front deck, when the sailor hit it with a larger vessel. Bloomsbury USA is the company that published the Harry Potter novels.
Vaughn, 45, was thrown from the bow of the ship and then struck by the speedboat’s propeller, killing him. His daughter was also thrown into the water, but was not injured People,
“The ship was going straight and the rudder was straight,” Pietro Iazzino, a bartender aboard the ship that collided with Perisco, told the Italian newspaper. courier del mezzogiorno In those days. “Then suddenly it turned 180 degrees: there was a collision, and I heard a very loud bang. I saw a woman in the water, her children and her husband supporting her… It was terrible.”
Iazzino told the newspaper that he believed Perisco was drunk after seeing the captain vomit after the crash.
A passenger on a big ship – the Tortuga – They were filming the on-board wedding segment when the accident occurred. While the parties were dancing to Backstreet Boys songs, the video recorded the sound of an impact in the distance.
In the footage, a woman asks what happened, after which a man says that a boat was hit Tortuga,
According to the Associated Press, Vaughn was pulled from the water and pronounced dead at the scene. Perisco suffered injuries to his ribs and pelvis. A drug test after the accident revealed that he had cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of the accident.
Authorities did not disclose Perisco’s intoxication level.
Vaughn’s husband Mike White was also on the boat and suffered an injury that required collarbone surgery. he told the Italian newspaper messenger That during the outing, Perisco was constantly distracted by his phone.
“He was always on the phone,” White said.
The boat was scheduled to visit Positano on the day of the accident, but never reached the island. Vaughn and his family were in Italy on a family vacation.
No passengers aboard the Tortuga were injured
Bloomsbury’s leadership issued a press statement at the time of the event confirming Vaughan’s death and praising his work, calling him “a leader of dazzling talent and infectious passion”.
,[Vaughan] “He had a deep commitment to writers and readers,” the statement said. Above all, she was an extraordinary human being and those of us who had the opportunity to work with her will always be fortunate.”
White told New York Post His family is “devastated” by losing Vaughn.
“Adrienne’s death has devastated our family. She was a loving mother, wife, daughter, sister, niece and a dear friend and colleague to many,” he told the newspaper. “It is impossible to understand his absence from our lives and the terrible circumstances of his death.”