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Lawyer claims 22-year-old charged in deadly Malibu crash was being chased

KTLA 52:47

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ROAD RAGE. KTLA IS CARLOS SAUCEDO JOINS US LIVE FROM MALIBU WITH WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT. CARLOS.

CAN SHARE THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY WANTS PROSECUTORS TO DROP THE MURDER CHARGES SAYING HIS CLIENT WAS SPEEDING ALONG PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY BECAUSE HE WAS DANGER, WHICH IS WHY HE WAS GOING OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR. NOW, AS YOU KNOW, THE CRASH RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF 4 YOUNG WOMEN, AND SINCE THEN, SIGNS LIKE THEY'VE GONE ADVISING DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN.

FRAZIER BOEHM CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE JUDGE IN VAN NUYS COURTROOM WEDNESDAY, ENTERING A NOT GUILTY. YOU CANNOT SEE HIM, ONLY HERE. 22-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED WITH 4 COUNTS OF MURDER AND 4 COUNTS OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. AND THE DEATHS OF 4 PEPPERDINE COLLEGE SENIORS LAST WEEK. PROSECUTORS SAY BONE WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL TRAVELING 100 OR 4 MILES AN HOUR IN A 45 ZONE WHILE ON HIS PHONE TEXTING.

THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT NEWS, OUR ACTIONS. WE'RE DANGEROUS TO HUMAN LIFE. IN THE LIVER WITH CONSCIOUS DISREGARD. FOR HUMAN LIFE. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND HIT 3 PARKED CARS, WHICH STRUCK THE 4 WOMEN ON FOOT ALONG PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, KILLING DEADLING WILLIAMS, ROLSTON WEIR AND PAYTON STEWART. ALSO, ALREADY SISTERS, FAMILY GRIEVES EQUALLY.

BUT BONES ATTORNEY SAYS HIS CLIENT SHOULD NOT FACE MURDER CHARGES, CLAIMING THIS WAS A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT WHERE BO WAS BEING CHASED BY ANOTHER DRIVER. NEW DUKE'S RESTAURANT, AND THERE'S VIDEO THAT PROVES IT. THERE WAS A ROAD INCIDENT THAT STARTED AT DUKE'S THAT THIS PERSON CHASED HIM AND TRIED TO PUSH HIM OFF THE SIDE, ACCELERATE TO GET AWAY FROM. THAT'S WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

THE DA'S OFFICE SAYS SO FAR THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM. ALISON TRIESSL. IS THIS A JUSTIFIABLE EFFECTS THERE? HE IS THE DEFENSE OF NECESSITY. THE BURDEN IS ON THE DEFENDANT TO PROVE THAT THE ACT THAT DRIVING IN A ORDER TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT BODILY INJURY. THIS IS WHERE THE DEFENSE PROBABLY IS GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM IS THAT THE SERIOUS DANGER THEN AVOIDING. CAR CHASE.

REDUCED FROM 8 MILLION TO 4 MILLION DOLLARS. NOW THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY WANTS THAT BILL AMOUNT TO BE REDUCED EVEN MORE. THERE WILL BE A BAIL SET FOR TOMORROW MORNING. WE'RE LIVE IN MALIBU. CARLOS ALL SETTLE KTLA, 5 NEWS. CARLOS THANK TERRIFYING.