Nevada Parole Board Denies Release to Henry Ruggs III, Who Completed Rehabilitation Programs in Prison

The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners denied parole to Henry Ruggs III on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Ruggs, 27, will be eligible for parole again on August 24, 2027, and could appear before the board next May. The denial came nearly five years after a 2021 crash in Las Vegas.

According to police, Ruggs drove his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray at 156 mph with a blood alcohol content twice Nevada's legal limit before striking the rear of Tina Tintor's Toyota RAV4. Tintor's vehicle was propelled 571 feet before catching fire. Tintor, 23, and her dog died from thermal injuries, a coroner ruled in December 2021.

A Nevada court sentenced Ruggs in August 2023 to three to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in May 2023 to one count of DUI resulting in death and one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. Ruggs told the parole board last month that he takes "full responsibility for my actions that led to Ms. Tintor's death and her dog, Max.

Not a minute goes by where I don't think of the pain I caused her family, her friends and the Las Vegas community. " He also told the board he wants to care for his 6-year-old daughter, Kenzli, and his fiancée, Kiara Je'Nai Kilgo-Washington, who was a passenger in the crash.

Ruggs' attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, issued a statement on Thursday expressing disappointment with the decision.

"Ruggs, and our office, continue to feel the grief and loss suffered by Ms. Tintor's family," the attorneys said. During Ruggs' appearance in May, Chesnoff urged the board to ignore Ruggs' celebrity status.

"Sometimes being high-profile makes it more of a burden," Chesnoff said.