A “Prime Gun: Maverick” stunt pilot has settled a wrongful demise lawsuit after a girl plunged to her demise at his drug-fueled, Burning Man-style seaside competition.
Tanya Hendry, 34, was on an ATV when it drove off a cliff close to Concord Headlands State Park in San Luis Obispo County, California, in December 2020.
She bought caught within the Can-Am all-terrain car, whereas celebration host Jonathan Spano, the driving force Maria Arayza-Alvarez and one other passenger survived.
Her household mentioned in a lawsuit that she “died a horrific and excruciating demise by drowning.”
Spano hosted the competition on the distant seaside as a result of he was annoyed Burning Man had been canceled throughout the pandemic.
The stunt pilot, who offered a jet and flew for Prime Gun” Maverick, was sued by Hendry’s household the identical yr the film was launched in 2022.
They accused Spano of neglecting “to take precautions at his cliffside property,” and that he had a historical past of internet hosting events with drug use.
The Hendry household attorneys additionally mentioned the leaser of the ATV, Khaled Azar, and Spano “actively inspired, aided and abetted” the girl who drove drunk off the cliff that evening.
Spano was anticipated to go to a jury trial over the civil go well with however on February 17 reached out to Henry’s household with a settlement settlement. The precise particulars haven’t been launched.
The ATV driver, Arayza-Alvarez, pleaded responsible to manslaughter over the incident and spent a number of months in jail.
Hendry labored as a bartender and an artist on the time of her demise. The restaurant she labored at referred to as her demise “an unbelievable loss.”
A memorial publish learn: “She was all the time the primary to start out a fundraiser, give freely, or go round a card when somebody was down on their luck or had an event to mark. She cherished her pals onerous and we’re so grateful that we bought to name her one.”
In a November 2024 interview with Rotortrade, Spano mentioned he had been in aviation for 15 years and was “obsessed” with airplanes, gliders, helicopters. “My ardour is for aviation and flying,” he mentioned.
He was a part of the workforce who received a Display screen Actors Guild Award for Prime Gun.
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