The driver who faces charges for the murder of four sorority sisters from Pepperdine University, who tragically lost their lives in a collision at speeds exceeding 100 mph, asserts that he was pursued due to a prior road rage altercation, as stated by his attorney.

Fraser Bohm’s lawyer, Michael Kraut, asserts that there is video evidence substantiating that the 22-year-old driver was engaged in a confrontation at Duke’s Malibu, a well-known bar located approximately 3 miles away from the fatal accident on the Pacific Coast Highway.

Kraut argues that this evidence should be sufficient to justify the dismissal of the four murder charges against Bohm, as it demonstrates that he was attempting to evade imminent danger when the collision occurred, resulting in the tragic loss of Peyton Stewart, Niamh Rolston, Asha Weird, and Deslyn Williams, the New York Post reported.

“We have evidence that the sheriff’s department did not want to take that clearly shows that there was a road rage incident that started at Duke’s, that this person chased him and tried to push him off the side of the road,” Kraut told KTLA. 

“And when he accelerated to get away from him, that’s when the accident occurred.”

“We’ve actually been able to track down who this person is, and the person who admitted to a family member that they did drive him off the road,” Kraut said.

Nonetheless, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office affirmed that it lacks the necessary evidence to substantiate the assertion of road rage.

Bohm made a court appearance on Wednesday and entered a plea of not guilty to the four charges of murder involving the four Pepperdine seniors.

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