Six months after Kyren Lacy’s death, his attorney has released evidence that challenges the foundation of the case that ended his football career and, many believe, contributed to his final, desperate act. Matt Ory sat for a 44-minute interview with HTV 10’s Martin Folse that aired yesterday, presenting security camera footage and investigative records that place the former LSU wide receiver nearly a football field away from the December crash that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall.
At the moment of impact, according to Ory, Lacy was 72.6 yards behind the collision. When he merged back into his lane after passing four slower-moving vehicles, he was 92.3 yards behind Hall’s truck.
“We know from data that Kyren Lacy did in fact pass four cars, there’s no disputing that. Further north Kyren Lacy passed four cars. However, he was back in his lane of travel 92.3 yards back in his lane behind Mr. Hall. At the time of impact, he’s 72.6 yards behind the vehicles at the time of impact. Key word: behind the vehicles. That is not how this story was painted. Never.” Ory said in the interview.
Lacy did pass four vehicles traveling between 35 and 40 miles per hour in a no-pass zone. Ory does not dispute this. But the attorney argues that the illegal pass and the crash are separate events, connected only by proximity in time and space, not by causation.
The district attorney’s investigation, according to documents Ory shared, concluded that “the evidence submitted in the report does not support that Kyren Lacy should have known his actions were the cause of the crash that happened approximately 72 yards in front of him.”
Lacy took his own life in April, one day before he was scheduled to appear before a grand jury. He was 24 years old. He had caught 163 passes for 2,360 yards and 27 touchdowns across his college career at Louisiana and LSU. The charges hanging over him ended any chance of an NFL future.
Fans Question Why Lacy Took His Life If Evidence Shows His Innocence
The revelations have sparked intense reaction across social media, with many questioning the circumstances that led to Lacy’s death. X user @Dahm posed a question that has resonated with many following the case: “Then why did he kill himself?”
@SUAREZ called for legal action against those involved in the investigation: “His family needs to sue everybody they can for defamation… This might be one of the greatest injustices in sports history. A young man lost his life for a lie and stripped him of his dream for nothing.”
@Fyrus, questioned the conduct of officials: “This is terrible, man. Why these officials behave like this is no mystery to me cos i know someone somewhere is pulling strings, but how difficult is it for them to stand for something they swore to do.”
@PeterDani called for accountability: “That’s beyond corrupt… imagine trying to frame someone for something they didn’t do. Those cops need to be held accountable ASAP.”
@Swiftace responded to @dahm comment noting: ‘He killed himself after learning his draft card was pulled. Worked his whole life to get to that point, and it was taken away from, compounded with the fact that he might have to go to jail, put him in a bad head space.”
Whether these revelations will lead to any formal review of how the case was handled remains unclear. What is clear is that the version of events that led to his arrest looks far less certain than it did six months ago.
