The Orange County Register has an update on the case against Jeffrey David Kirby, the man accused of killing Tapout’s Charles “Mask” Lewis in a drunk-driving accident this past spring.  Late last week the judge refused to give Kirby a reduced sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter.  Instead, prosecutors are seeking an 18-year sentence for Kirby, who has two prior convictions for drunk driving and had a .13 blood/alcohol level hours after the crash that killed Mask.  Kirby’s attorney expressed his remorse for the Tapout co-founder’s death, but also tried to put at least a little of the blame on him:

Defense attorney David E. Swanson said during a one-hour hearing in the Harbor Justice Center that Kirby "feels horrible about what happened. He is extremely remorseful … he’s devastated. He will never get over this."