A Los Angeles-based influencer turned herself in to authorities Monday after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with a car accident that killed a 44-year-old man last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department booked Summer Wheaton, 33, on suspicion of manslaughter and drunk driving, according to sheriff\u2019s records. She was released at around 3:30 p.m. local time Monday after having posted a bond of $230,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wheaton was named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in December by the family of Martin Okeke, who died on July 4 after a vehicle struck him on the Pacific Coast Highway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Okeke\u2019s family alleges that Wheaton was hired to attend a party at the restaurant Nobu Malibu, on the Pacific Coast Highway, and was \u201cexpected to consume intoxicants.\u201d The suit, which also names Nobu Malibu, the Hwood Group LLC and DBDJ LLC as defendants, alleges that the restaurant had not received the proper city permits to hold the party and \u201cwere not complying with the City\u2019s plans to control for the danger of drunk driving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wheaton \u201cwas booked for the charges of Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Causing Bodily Injury, and Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol with a BAC of 0.08% or above Causing Bodily Injury,\u201d officials said in a statement posted to Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Direct messages sent to Wheaton on Instagram and through her website were not immediately returned. It is unclear whether she has an attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Attorneys for Okeke\u2019s family did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Representatives for Nobu Malibu, the Hwood Group LLC and DBDJ LLC also did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The event at Nobu was supposed to be attended only by people who were being given rides by secondary parties, such as ride share services or limousines, according to the Okeke family\u2019s suit. However, Wheaton drove herself from the party in violation of its rules, the suit says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wheaton \u201cfailed to keep a proper lookout, drove at an excessive speed, and made an unsafe lane change, causing a head-on collision,\u201d according to the suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n