Discover the latest update on the case of the woman who has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fatally shoving Broadway singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern. Read more to find out the details of the sentencing and the background of the case.
Lauren Pazienza’s lawyers cited her therapy sessions as evidence she’s remorseful for fatally shoving 87-year-old Barbara Maier Gustern to the ground in Chelsea on March 10, when they once again requested bail.
Lawyer Arthur Aidala told a judge on Tuesday that the attack that took beloved 87-year-old voice coach Barbara Maier Gustern’s life wasn’t the same as “pushing someone in front of a cliff” or “pushing someone in front of a moving train.”
Lauren Pazienza, 26, has been locked up on Rikers Island since her Tuesday arraignment on manslaughter and assault charges for killing Barbara Maier Gustern, 87.