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==Manslaughter conviction == On January 13, 2008, Avary was arrested under suspicion of [[manslaughter]] and [[DUI]], following a car crash in [[Ojai, California]], in which his passenger, Andreas Zini, was killed. The Ventura County Sheriff's department responded to the crash after midnight Sunday morning on the 1900 block of East Ojai Avenue. Avary was released from jail on $50,000 bail.<ref> {{cite news | title = 'Pulp Fiction' screenwriter Avary arrested after fatal Ojai crash | publisher = Ventura County-Star | date = 13 January 2008 | url = http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/13/no-headline---nxxfcfatal14/ | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130205152257/http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/13/no-headline---nxxfcfatal14/ | archive-date = 5 February 2013 }}</ref> In December 2008, he was charged with, and pleaded not guilty to, gross vehicular manslaughter and two felony counts of causing bodily injury while intoxicated.<ref>{{cite news | author = Catherine Saillant | title = Screenwriter Roger Avary charged with gross vehicular manslaughter | url = http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-avary13-2008dec13,0,6148916.story | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 13 December 2008 }}</ref> He changed his plea to guilty on August 18, 2009.<ref>{{cite news | author = The Associated Press | title = Roger Avary pleads guilty to manslaughter | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/roger-avary-pleads-guilty-manslaughter-87954/ | work = The Hollywood Reporter | date = 21 August 2009 }}</ref> On September 29, 2009, he was sentenced to one year in work furlough (allowing him to go to his job during the day and then report back to the furlough facility at night) and five years of probation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ovnblog.com/?p=2035 |title=Avary Given Work Furlough at Ojai Valley News Blog |publisher=Ovnblog.com |access-date=2012-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301123116/http://ovnblog.com/?p=2035 |archive-date=2012-03-01 }}</ref> However, after making several [[Twitter|tweets]] about the conditions of his stay on [[Twitter]], Avary was sent to Ventura County Jail to serve out the remainder of his term.<ref>{{cite news | title = Screenwriter Roger Avary moved from work furlough program to jail after tweeting episode | work = Los Angeles Times | date = 27 November 2009 | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/screenwriter-is-moved-from-work-furlough-program-to-jail-after-twittering-episode.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130628183104/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/screenwriter-is-moved-from-work-furlough-program-to-jail-after-twittering-episode.html | archive-date = 28 June 2013 }}</ref>
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