{"id":4419,"date":"2014-03-06T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2014-03-06T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:00:20","slug":"man-given-four-year-sentence-over-ushers-stepson-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=4419","title":{"rendered":"Man given four-year sentence over Usher&#8217;s stepson death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4420\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/usher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4420\" alt=\"usher\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/usher-300x175.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/usher-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/usher.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Usher with Kile and his ex-wife Tameka at the 2008 Kids&#8217; Choice Awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A man convicted of a sea scooter crash that killed Usher&#8217;s 11-year-old stepson has been sentenced to four years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The incident in July 2012 on Lake Lanier near Atlanta killed Kile Glover and left another teenager injured.<\/p>\n<p>A jury found Jeffrey Hubbard &#8220;guilty of homicide by vessel&#8221; last month.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he was found guilty of several other charges including serious injury by vessel and reckless operation of a vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the sea scooter Hubbard was riding hit the children as they were being towed on an inner tube.<\/p>\n<p>Hubbard&#8217;s defence lawyers said he tried to avoid the children and that what happened was a tragic accident.<\/p>\n<p>Since the incident, a bill has been introduced in America which lowers the blood-alcohol limit for boat drivers to match the car driving limit.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also requires a boat safety education course for those operating motorised vessels bought after January 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Glover was the son of Tameka Foster Raymond and Atlanta television executive Ryan Glover, and had reportedly been raised by Usher since the age of four.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was married to her between 2007 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>They have two children together, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Raymond.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Usher\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsbeat\/23648032\">won a court battle<\/a>\u00a0for emergency custody of their two sons.<\/p>\n<p>It was after their eldest child, Usher Raymond V, got stuck in a swimming pool drain at the musician&#8217;s home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man convicted of a sea scooter crash that killed Usher&#8217;s 11-year-old stepson has been sentenced to four years in prison. The incident in July 2012 on Lake Lanier near Atlanta killed Kile Glover and left another teenager injured. A jury found Jeffrey Hubbard &#8220;guilty of homicide by vessel&#8221; last month. 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