NYC woman charged in Broadway coach’s death watched as ambulance arrived at scene, then went into hiding: cops

NEW YORK – The New York lady accused of manslaughter within the unprovoked loss of life of an 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach shook her head as she was ordered held on $500,000 bail throughout a Tuesday courtroom look, the place prosecutors revealed she watched an ambulance arrive on the scene after the assault however then went into hiding. 

A New York Metropolis decide set Lauren Pazienza’s bail at $500,000 or $1 million bond throughout the afternoon courtroom look, regardless of prosecutors’ request that the 26-year-old lady be remanded.  Pazienza’s mother and father had been within the courtroom for the  listening to, which took about 20 minutes. 

Sources say she is more likely to make bail and be launched. She is due again in courtroom on Friday to enter a plea. 

Aidala later instructed reporters his shopper “was crying, she was in ache.”

“She’s been accused of a horrible act,” he continued. “She’s a really ethical, proper, simply one that went to highschool, went to varsity, has a job, a fiancé, has a household. And for her she’s within the twilight zone. She’s destroyed.”

NY WOMAN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AFTER TURNING SELF IN FOR DEATH OF BROADWAY VOCAL COACH, SOURCES SAY

Pazienza was charged with manslaughter and two counts of assault for the loss of life of Barbara Gustern, a Manhattan lady who died days after she was shoved and hit her head, the New York Police Division (NYPD) stated. Aidala had organized for her to show herself in to the NYPD’s tenth precinct on Tuesday morning, a supply instructed Fox Information Digital.

Images present her being carted out of Manhattan’s tenth precinct in handcuffs shortly earlier than 1 p.m., en route for Manhattan Legal Courtroom in Decrease Manhattan. 

Nobody answered the door at Pazienza’s household residence in Port Jefferson, New York, on Tuesday. Sources instructed Fox Information Digital Pazienza attended the Trend Institute of Know-how in Manhattan. A spokesperson for high-end furnishings firm Roche Bobois instructed Fox Information Digital: “Lauren Pazienza resigned from her function at Roche Bobois in December 2021, and the corporate has no extra feedback presently.” 

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Gustern died on March 15, days after the girl approached her from behind and pushed her simply earlier than 8:30 p.m. on March 10, police had stated. Police added Monday they had been treating her loss of life as a murder. 

The sufferer was within the space of West twenty eighth Road and Eighth Avenue, lower than a block from her Manhattan residence on the time that she was shoved. 

A felony grievance for Pazienza’s arrest describes how she allegedly referred to as the sufferer a “b—-” and “forcibly” pushed her to the pavement with out being provoked. 

Manhattan ADA Justin McNabney stated Tuesday the dying lady — whereas “bleeding profusely from the pinnacle” — recounted what had occurred to a buddy earlier than dropping consciousness. Gustern allegedly instructed a buddy that her attacker approached her instantly and shoved her “as exhausting as she had ever been hit in her life,” the grievance states. 

Gustern was positioned on life help, however in the end couldn’t be saved. A medical expert decided she died from blunt power head trauma.

Police later used surveillance footage to trace down their suspect and decided that she stayed within the space for greater than 20 minutes after the assault and was noticed having a bodily altercation with a person, believed to be her fiance, roughly seven minutes after the sufferer was shoved, the grievance states. 

13 minutes after the assault, Pazienza was allegedly seen watching the ambulance because it arrived within the space to assist the sufferer and take her away. She and her fiancé allegedly left the realm quickly after and had been seen coming into New York Metropolis’s Penn Station half-hour later. Footage additionally captured her arriving at her Astoria residence round 9:50 p.m. in the identical garments she wore on the scene.

Prosecutors additional allege that Pazienza then took steps to keep away from being caught, comparable to deleting her social media and her marriage ceremony web site, fleeing to her mother and father’ Lengthy Island residence and stashing her cellular phone at a relative’s residence, the grievance states. 

However police obtained not less than two suggestions figuring out Pazienza as their suspect. 

When cops confirmed up on the household’s Lengthy Island residence, her father allegedly refused to let cops into the house and “and claimed that his daughter was not at residence,” McNabney stated. 

She then allegedly contacted her legal professional who organized for her to show herself in.

Pazienza faces as much as 25 years in jail if convicted of manslaughter. 

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Earlier this month, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig referred to as the assault “an unprovoked, mindless assault” and a “disgusting and disgraceful offense.” 

“That’s horrific. An 87-year-old lady, simply strolling down the road, knocked to the bottom,” Essig stated at a press convention final week.

Gustern was a longtime singing coach who labored with Broadway casts and music stars together with “Blondie” vocalist Debbie Harry, based on the New York Instances. 

Fox Information’ Sarah Rumpf contributed to this report.