Man Is Sentenced to 21 Years in Shooting of Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker - The New York Times

U.S.|Man Is Sentenced to 21 Years successful Shooting of Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker

A antheral who changeable Lady Gaga’s canine walker during a convulsive robbery past twelvemonth during which 2 of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen was sentenced connected Monday to 21 years successful prison, prosecutors said.

The man, James Howard Jackson, reached a woody with prosecutors nether which helium pleaded nary contention to 1 number of attempted execution and admitted to inflicting large bodily wounded and to “a anterior strike,” according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Mr. Jackson, 20, was instantly sentenced to 21 years successful authorities prison, the territory attorney’s bureau said. “The plea statement holds Mr. Jackson accountable for perpetrating a coldhearted, convulsive enactment and provides justness for our victim,” the bureau said successful a statement.

Ryan Fischer, the canine walker who was changeable successful the thorax during the onslaught connected Feb. 24, 2021, successful Hollywood, spoke straight to Mr. Jackson successful tribunal soon earlier Mr. Jackson entered his plea, Rolling Stone reported.

“You changeable maine and near maine to die, and some of our lives person changed forever,” Mr. Fischer said, according to Rolling Stone. He added that the shooting led to “lung illness aft lung collapse,” arsenic good arsenic the nonaccomplishment of his vocation and friendships.

Still, Mr. Fischer told Mr. Jackson, according to Rolling Stone: “I bash forgive you. With the attack, you wholly altered my life. I cognize I can’t wholly determination connected from the nighttime you changeable maine until I said those words to you.”

It was not instantly wide who Mr. Jackson’s lawyer was.

Mr. Jackson was accused of participating successful the robbery on with 2 others, Jaylin White and Lafayette Whaley, who were besides charged successful the lawsuit past year.

Evidence alternatively suggested that the men knew that the breed was valuable, according to the police. Lady Gaga had offered a $500,000 reward for the harmless instrumentality of the dogs, which are named Koji and Gustav.

Mr. Fischer, who was critically wounded successful the shooting, had recalled lying successful a excavation of humor and holding 1 of Lady Gaga’s dogs that had not been stolen successful the attack.

In August, Jaylin White and Mr. Whaley each pleaded nary contention to 1 number of second-degree robbery, the territory attorney’s bureau said. Mr. White was sentenced to 4 years successful authorities prison, and Mr. Whaley was sentenced to six years successful authorities prison, the bureau said.

The constabulary said past twelvemonth that 2 others — Harold White and Jennifer McBride — had been charged with being accessories aft the shooting. Ms. McBride reported that she had recovered the dogs and had responded to a reward email to instrumentality them, the constabulary said.

Ms. McBride yet took the dogs to a Los Angeles constabulary station, the constabulary said. The constabulary said that they aboriginal discovered that Ms. McBride had a narration with 1 of the men who had been arrested.

According to the territory attorney’s office, Harold White pleaded nary contention connected Monday to 1 number of being a erstwhile convict successful possession of a gun. He is scheduled to beryllium sentenced adjacent year, the bureau said. Ms. McBride’s lawsuit is continuing, the bureau said.