Ex-Raiders WR Henry Ruggs denied parole nearly 5 years after crash - ESPN

Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was denied parole Thursday, nearly five years after a drunken driving crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog in Las Vegas.

Ruggs, 27, will be eligible for parole again on Aug. 24, 2027, and could appear before the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners next May.

«Mr. Ruggs, and our office, continue to feel the grief and loss suffered by Ms. Tintor's family,» Ruggs' attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, said in a Thursday statement, adding that they were disappointed by the parole board's decision to deny parole.

During Ruggs' appearance in May, Chesnoff urged the parole board to ignore Ruggs' celebrity.

«Sometimes being high-profile makes it more of a burden,» Chesnoff said. «And I would most respectfully ask everybody to treat Henry the way they would anybody that comes before them, except for the fact that I think he's tried to do as much as humanly possible to send a message that his behavior was unacceptable.»

A Nevada court sentenced Ruggs in August 2023 to three to 10 years in prison. Ruggs pleaded guilty in May 2023 to one count of DUI resulting in death and one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.

According to police, Ruggs was driving his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray 156 mph with a blood alcohol content twice Nevada's legal limit before slamming into the rear of Tintor's Toyota RAV4. Tintor's vehicle was propelled 571 feet, police said, before catching fire. Tintor and her dog died from thermal injuries, a coroner ruled in December 2021.

Ruggs told the parole board last month that he takes «full responsibility for my actions that led to Ms. Tintor's death and her dog, Max. Not a minute goes by where I don't think of the pain I