The pictures had gained much attention, including a fake MySpace tribute website that contained links to the photographs.
Catsouras' parents discovered the photographs posted online. O'Donnell stated in interviews that he only sent the photos to his own e-mail account for viewing at a later time, while Reich stated that he had forwarded the pictures to four other people. Two CHP employees, Aaron Reich and Thomas O'Donnell, admitted to releasing the photographs in violation of CHP policy. These photographs were forwarded to colleagues and leaked onto the Internet. Photographs of the scene were taken by California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers as part of standard fatal traffic collision procedures. Leaked photographs Īccording to Newsweek, the Catsouras "accident was so gruesome the coroner wouldn't allow her parents to identify their daughter's body". Toxicological tests revealed traces of cocaine in Catsouras' body, but no alcohol. The Porsche crossed the road's broad median, which lacks a physical barrier on that segment, and crashed into an unmanned concrete toll booth near the Alton Parkway interchange. When he was taken off hold, the dispatcher informed him of the accident.Ĭatsouras was traveling on the 241 Toll Road in Lake Forest at approximately 1:38 pm, when she clipped a Honda Civic that she was attempting to pass on the right at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
While doing so, he called 9-1-1, apparently minutes before the accident, and was put on hold. Lesli called her husband and he began driving around trying to find his daughter. Around 10 minutes later, her mother saw Catsouras reversing out of the driveway in Christos' Porsche 911 Carrera, which she was not permitted to drive. Afterward, her father, Christos Catsouras, left for work while her mother Lesli remained at home. On October 31, 2006, Catsouras and her parents ate lunch together at the family home in Ladera Ranch, California. Photographs of Catsouras' badly disfigured body were published on the internet, leading her family to take legal action for the distress this caused.īackground Circumstances of the accident The Nikki Catsouras photographs controversy concerns the leaked photographs of Nicole "Nikki" Catsouras (Ma– October 31, 2006), who died aged 18 in a high speed car crash after losing control of her father's Porsche 911 Carrera and colliding with a toll booth in Lake Forest, California.
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