Lauren Pazienza shoved 87-year-old Barbara Gustern in Manhattan on Mar. 10 2022, which led to her death five days later, officials said.
The woman who pled guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old New York City voice coach was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison Friday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Lauren Pazienza shoved 87-year-old Barbara Gustern in Manhattan on Mar. 10 2022. Gustern died five days later of blunt force trauma to the head, officials said at the time. Pazienza was also sentenced to 5 years post-release supervision. Her attorney, Arthur Aidala, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On the day of the incident, Pazienza shouted obscenities at Gustern before she crossed the street and shoved her to the ground, the District Attorney’s office said. She eventually fled to her family’s Long Island home andGustern fell and hit her head, causing hemorrhaging to the left side of her brain, according to the district attorney's office. She was taken to the hospital where she became unconscious and died five days later after being removed from life support.
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