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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O’Leary's wife found not guilty in boat crash
By Melissa Roberto
Published September 14, 2021
"Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary's wife was found not guilty on Tuesday of charges stemming from a 2019 boat crash that left two people dead.
Linda O’Leary was charged with careless operation of a vessel following the Aug. 24, 2019, collision on Lake Joseph, north of Toronto. Her husband was on board, as was a family friend.
Two people on the other boat — Gary Poltash, 64, of Florida, and Suzana Brito, 48, from Uxbridge, Ontario — died from their injuries. Three others were hurt.
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Linda O'Leary was found not guilty of careless operation of a vessel on Tuesday. (Emma McIntyre/AMA2017)
The verdict was delivered in a hearing in Parry Sound, Ontario, that was also livestreamed.
Kevin O’Leary ran for the leadership of Canada’s Conservative party in 2017 but later dropped out.
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The "Shark Tank" star issued a statement following the accident.
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"Late Saturday night I was a passenger in a boat that had a tragic collision with another craft that had no navigation lights on and then fled the scene of the accident," he said in a statement to TMZ at the time.
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