Sunset Blvd Hit and Run Accident Scene

WEST HOLLYWOOD -- An Australian businessman arrested in connection with the hit-and-run death of a 21-year-old woman on Sunset Boulevard operates a company that runs the Australian version of "Girls Gone Wild."

Ryan Bowman, 43, was booked on suspicion of manslaughter after surrendering Thursday afternoon to deputies at the sheriff's West Hollywood station.

Bowman is a director of Zeal Entertainment, which owns the rights to "Girls Gone Wild" for Australia.

Authorities say 21-year-old Lauren Ann Freeman had just left a concert at the Roxy Theatre around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday when she and a group of friends crossed Sunset Blvd. at Hammond St. to reach a taxi.

Freeman was in a crosswalk when she was struck by a dark-colored Bentley and thrown more than 50 feet.

She died at the scene. No one else was hurt.

The vehicle was found along Westmount Drive, west of La Cienega Blvd., several hours later. The engine was still running.

Late Thursday, Bowman turned himself in. "Bowman's attorney contacted us and surrendered client to West Hollywood detectives," said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

"He invoked his 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination and we booked him on [charges of] vehicular manslaughter."

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[SouthPole1064]

Breathe Carolina wrote a song for her "Laurens song" on their new album coming out in July.

[shawnbflannigan]

i live close to the sunset strip and having heard the verdict, i am as OUTRAGED as this victim's family and friends must be....1 year in a 5 star private jail????....we should all be ashamed of our legal system this very day....i know i am!!...shame on judge fox in beverly hills....shame on his high-profile attorney blair berk....and shame on HIM especially....best get rid of all of the mirrors in your life buddy, cause it "should" be hard to look at yourself after what you've done...

[MandieRenee07]

Bad fucking police work. Cop cars should have been surrounding her body to shield from passersby and if that's not possible hold another sheet up around her body. They just leave her partially covered and out in the open for people to see. So cruel!

[missinkinaction]

one year on and the world isn't the same. fuck off and take this video down. that's my friend lying there. fuck you hollywood tv for even putting this online. i hope you rot in hell.

[thisguysajerk]

@15551cue You're here. Watching this video. Why don't you ask your fucking self, you idiotic hypocrite.

[15551cue]

@Nympholita uhhhh....how can someone watch this video? good question

[thisguysajerk]

@shermanwaylan Yea, "show". Oh no!! a typo. considering that "w" & "e" are right next to each other you'd think this would be common. oh.. wait... it is.

Her friends and family DON'T have to watch this!! idiot. No one is going to force them to come watch this.

This isn't exploiting her death. No one is financially gaining from this.

What it does do is show the gruesome aftermath of an accident caused by alcohol.

I wan;t calling her friends or family "pussies" idiot. Read what I wrote.

[RichfromSHORTvids]

Yeah i look ALMOST as bad as you..

[shermanwaylan]

@RichfromSHORTvids how could anyone that looks like you call anyone a fag?

[RichfromSHORTvids]

@shermanwaylan ok...fag