“She did nothing to come and render any aid. She moved her car out of the way but she never came, for the entire length of the video that I was given, she never came to look at him, didn’t even she never check to see if he’s alive,” attorney Sheri Breen said.
An attorney for Menendez did not return calls for comment. Police said she was not at fault for the crash as Koop apparently jaywalked on his way home after a night of drinking with friends.
Sen. Menendez seemingly commented publicly on the crash for the first time Wednesday, calling the fatal incident “tragic.”
The crash is apparently linked to the current bribery charges against the senator and his wife. The FBI alleges the couple turned to New Jersey businessman Jose Uribe for help replacing the Mercedes damaged in the collision.
In exchange, feds said, Menendez agreed to try to pressure the state attorney general’s office on a past criminal investigation Uribe was concerned about. The couple and three businessmen charged in the sprawling bribery case have all pleaded not guilty and deny wrongdoing.
The FBI said businessman Fred Daibes gave gold bars and money to Sen. Menendez and, in exchange, he allegedly wanted the senator’s help in pressuring the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s office to go easy on him regarding his separate bank fraud charges.
Daibes later took a plea deal with an expected sentence of no jail time, but that deal was thrown out by a judge in New Jersey on Thursday.
“The Court hereby rejects the plea agreement,” Judge Susan Wigenton wrote in a filing.
Lawyers for Daibes did not return requests for comment.
Federal prosecutors on Monday said some additional charges could soon be filed in the bribery case.
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