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Marlon Castillo To Pay Fine For Friend’s Death Whose Family Says Let It Go
posted (October 21, 2016)
Elite cyclist Marlon Castillo was fined today for causing the death of his lifelong friend Ariel Rosado. He pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the lesser charge of causing death by careless conduct and today the court ordered him to pay a total of 13 thousand - a five thousand dollar fine, and eight thousand dollars to Rosado's Estate for his 11 year old daughter. The judge could have fined him up to ten thousand dollars.

In an interesting turn, Ariel Rosado's family asked the court for leniency for Castillo. In her mitigation plea, Dorla Rosado made it clear to Judge Lucas that the family of Ariel Rosado was seeking no compensation.

They sympathized with him and just wanted to put the traffic death of their son behind them and to remember him for the friendship Castillo and Rosado shared when he was alive.

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