Influencer Summer Wheaton Arrested Over Fatal Car Crash That Killed 44-Year-Old Man

Mar. 15, 2025

Summer Wheaton in L.A. on Sept. 16, 2021.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty

Frazer Harrison/Getty

Influencer Summer Wheaton has been arrested over her alleged involvement in anL.A. car crash that resulted in one fatalitylast year.

At the time, several outlets includingThe Los Angeles TimesandThe Malibu Timesalleged that Wheaton was at an evening event at Nobu restaurant before the accident happened around 10:30 p.m. The online personality’s Mercedes Benz was said to have crossed the highway’s center median and crashed into Okeke’s Cadillac SUV traveling in the opposite direction.

Wheaton and a passenger from the Cadillac were transported to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center following the crash, per the outlets.

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Summer Wheaton in L.A. on Nov. 16, 2023.Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/Getty

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At the time, neither Wheaton, the LASD attorney nor the Nobu attorney responded to PEOPLE’s request.

ABC 7 reports thatOkeke’s family sued Wheatonmonths after the incident for the rideshare driver’s wrongful death. The family claimed that Wheaton was “severely intoxicated and impaired” when the fatal accident took place.

source: people.com