Civil suits against the studio and Landis were settled, but Warner Bros., Landis, Wingo, and three others couldn?t avoid criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the tragedy. The defendants freely admitted that the production broke child labor laws, but they maintained that the crash was an unavoidable accident. After three years of legal wrangling, the suit finally went to trial in L.A. in 1985. Despite an emotional bit of prosecution by Deputy District Attorney Lee D?Agostino?she theatrically offered Landis tissues after he teared up during his testimony, hissed ?murderer? at him in full view of reporters when he happened to walk past outside the courtroom, and summed up her case by booming, ?It isn?t that John Landis decided to violate the law, it?s that he thinks he?s above it!??she failed to win a conviction. Landis and his co-defendants were acquitted of serious charges, and the director went on to make Coming to America, a hit that put the tragedy in his rearview mirror.
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