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Jury convicts woman of negligent homicide in death of reporter covering Super Bowl in New Orleans
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Danette Colbert was convicted of negligent homicide and racketeering in the death of Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano, who died from a combination of alcohol and Xanax while visiting New Orleans for the Super Bowl.
- Colbert and accomplice Rickey White operated a criminal enterprise that drugged victims in the French Quarter, then stole from them using their credit cards and phones; White was acquitted of manslaughter but also convicted of racketeering.
- Prosecutors described Colbert as posing as a prostitute with White acting as her pimp, while another accomplice, Christian Anderson, testified against them in exchange for reduced charges and a six-year sentence.
- Manzano was the last person seen with Colbert before his death, and she later used his credit card at various locations; sentencing for Colbert and White is scheduled for late September.
- Manzano’s family was unable to attend the trial; he had recently lost his wife in a car accident, leaving behind their toddler daughter.
