SPARTANBURG, S.C. —
The previous “American Idol” contestant accused of barreling into a person along with his pickup truck, killing him, will stay in a South Carolina jail whereas toxicology outcomes from state investigators are nonetheless pending, a decide stated Thursday.
Circuit Choose Daniel Corridor ended the listening to with out setting bond for 17-year-old Caleb Kennedy, based on information retailers.
The nation music singer has been charged as an grownup and will resist 25 years in jail if convicted of driving underneath the affect leading to loss of life.
Officers stated Kennedy on Feb. 8 inhaled marijuana from a vape pen earlier than he drove up a residential driveway and ran over Larry Duane Parris exterior the workshop the place the 54-year-old repaired boats in Spartanburg County.
Kennedy’s lawyer, Ryan Beasley, stated Thursday that his consumer is now on suicide watch in jail and must be freed or despatched to an alcohol and drug therapy heart, The State newspaper reported. Beasley has beforehand known as the incident a “horrible accident” and stated his consumer is deeply sorry.
Corridor stated a special decide has already ordered Kennedy to stay in jail till toxicology outcomes can be found. Corridor stated these outcomes nonetheless weren’t in as of Thursday.
Kennedy superior into the High 5 of the ABC expertise present final yr, however dropped out of the singing competitors after a video circulated of him sitting subsequent to somebody sporting what seemed to be a Ku Klux Klan hood. Kennedy apologized on the time for the video, saying “it displayed actions that weren’t meant to be taken in that manner.”
Kennedy’s mom, Anita Man, informed information retailers that the video was filmed when Kennedy was 12 and had been taken out of context. She stated Kennedy had been imitating characters from the movie “The Strangers: Prey at Night time.”
Kennedy’s hometown is listed as Roebuck, which is simply south of Spartanburg.
