This story ran in the July 21, 2017 issue ofEntertainment Weekly.
It started out as just another ordinary day.
Locane had a blood alcohol level of .26more than three times the legal limit.
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Police would later testify that she was found in a ditch, giggling, after the collision.
“I get that.
It was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life.
Amy Locane.Patti Sapone/AP/Shutterstock
I understand how people would feel animosity toward me.
It’s not an easy thing to go out and talk to these kids.
I mean, it will always be a horrible situation.”
“We are talking about something that’s incredibly sad and tragic.
I think it would be sleazy to stage some sort of comeback.”
“She had to make out with Johnny Depp with her mother sitting there.
I do not blame her.
We had Patty Hearst, David Nelson, Traci Lords.
But Amy was great, a pro through the whole thing.”
“She had an immature outlook on how the progression of her career was going to go.”
The series lasted seven seasons and became a cultural phenomenon.
“I came off as immature,” Locane says now.
“I went to an all-girls school, then I was on movie sets.
So my socialization skills weren’t up to par.”
She also believes her reputation in the industry took a hit as a result of being written offMelrose.
“Things got a lot tougher after that whole debacle.
I never did a TV show after that.”
“I booked a plane ticket and came back home.”
Two years later, Locane settled in Hopewell and later married Mark Bovenizer, a local businessman.
Ruckelshaus would later testify to seeing Locane swerve, hit a curb, and knock over a mailbox.
Ruckelshaus would testify to seeing Locane exit her car and pirouette into a ditch.
“I’m pretty sure I had a concussion,” Locane says.
So I was like, ‘Hi.'"
“That’s where the failure of this whole thing happened,” he says.
“Mrs. Seeman would still be alive if Amy took responsible, adult steps.”
She was immediately remanded to jail.
Fred Seeman and his son Ford were furious.
“This is not justice,” he shouted.
“Having a sick child doesn’t give you a pass to kill my wife…. What a travesty.
What a joke.”
By the time of her sentencing, Locane had already acclimated herself to a new life behind bars.
She migrated to women who were also convicted of drunk driving.
“She’s very much a survivor.”
He’s right, with the case being appealed a second time by the state.
It’s a justice that Locane’s legal team maintains has already been served.
But Locane recognizes that she has no one to blame but herself.
