‘Egocentric’ TikToker Tea Tyme Should not Be Launched Earlier than Trial, Prosecutors Argue

Prosecutors don’t desire Tea Tyme — the TikToker accused of killing a pedestrian whereas live-streaming again in November — to be allowed again on the streets previous to her trial … arguing she poses a menace to public security.

The Lake County State’s Legal professional submitted the doc to the courtroom Friday … laying out the allegations towards Tea Tyme — actual title Tynesha McCarty-Wroten.

In accordance with prosecutors … Tea Tyme was live-streaming to 14 individuals when she ran a crimson gentle and struck 59-year-old Darren Lucas.

Tea Tyme allegedly continued transferring ahead after initially hitting Lucas … operating him over as a substitute of stopping her automotive. Lucas was subsequently pronounced useless at a neighborhood hospital.

Authorities say the influencer had her 7-year-old grandson within the automotive along with her on the time of the crash. They word she was examined and didn’t have alcohol in her system.

Prosecutors insist Tea Tyme’s pre-trial launch is harmful … arguing within the docs that her alleged actions “posed an unbelievable danger to each driver and pedestrian.”

They are saying Tea Tyme’s distracted driving whereas allegedly live-streaming took her focus from the highway, which led to the “preventable demise of Darren Lucas.” Making and actively collaborating in a stay stream was “egocentric,” prosecutors add.

As well as, prosecutors declare Tea Tyme’s beforehand been arrested for DUI, they usually allege she’s pushed with a suspended license up to now, too … so, they are saying she merely cannot be trusted to abide by a courtroom order to not drive earlier than her trial.