{"id":6122,"date":"2025-05-29T01:37:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T01:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/ex-red-hot-chili-peppers-guitarist-josh-klinghoffer-sentenced\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:21:31","slug":"ex-red-hot-chili-peppers-guitarist-josh-klinghoffer-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/ex-red-hot-chili-peppers-guitarist-josh-klinghoffer-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer Sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tF<\/span>ormer Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer will avoid prison time after striking and killing a man with his car in Los Angeles last year, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an Alhambra, California, courtroom on Wednesday (May 28), Klinghoffer pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence after hitting the man, 47-year-old Israel Sanchez, with his 2022 GMC Yukon on March 18, 2024, according to Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>. Sanchez, who was in a crosswalk when he was hit, was pronounced dead at a hospital later that day.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a result of the no jail plea deal, Klinghoffer was sentenced to one year of informal probation and 60 days of community labor, Rolling Stone<\/em> reports. Additionally, he must complete a driver safety class and pay restitution in an amount to be determined at a later date.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Klinghoffer entered his plea deal, a prosecutor read a statement that warned against distracted driving, according to Rolling Stone<\/em>: \u201cIf you continue to drive while distracted, and as a result of your driving someone is killed, you can be charged with murder.\u201d Klinghoffer then said that he understood.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso during the hearing, Sanchez\u2019s only daughter, Ashley Sanchez, read a victim impact statement in which she called him \u201can extraordinary grandfather\u201d whose \u201cabsence has left an irreversible void in our lives,\u201d according to Rolling Stone<\/em>. In addressing Klinghoffer, she said her father\u2019s death had caused her \u201cdeep and lasting trauma\u201d and called it an \u201cavoidable loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tKlinghoffer still faces a wrongful death lawsuit over the incident. In the complaint, filed by Ashley Sanchez, her attorneys wrote, \u201cVideo of the incident shows that defendant Josh Adam Klinghoffer made no braking or slowing motion until after he fatally struck Israel Sanchez, indicating that defendant was likely driving while distracted.\u201d The woman\u2019s lawyers also claimed to have video evidence showing that Klinghoffer was \u201cusing a device mere seconds before\u201d he hit Sanchez. The trial in that case is slated to kick off on July 1, according to Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tRepresentatives for Klinghoffer and Ashley Sanchez did not immediately return requests for comment on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tA touring guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the late 2000s, Klinghoffer officially joined the band full-time in 2010 as a replacement for John Frusciante. After working on two studio albums with the group, he was fired in 2019 following Frusciante\u2019s return. He has also served as a touring guitarist for Pearl Jam and released solo material under the name Pluralone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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