Matt Ory, the attorney of late LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy, presented new video during a recent interview with HTV 10 that showed Lacy’s car was traveling “approximately 72 yards” away from the fatal December 2024 crash he allegedly caused, pushing back on the notion of his client being to blame.
Lacy, who died by an apparent suicide in April weeks before the NFL draft, allegedly forced two drivers to swerve to avoid head-on collisions while illegally crossing the centerline in a no-pass zone to maneuver around slower cars, and the second driver crossed the centerline and collided with another vehicle — which killed 78-year-old Herman Hall, a passenger.
Following the accident, Lacy then allegedly fled the scene without helping or calling authorities, and he was charged with negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run with death and reckless operation of a vehicle after turning himself in weeks later, according to ESPN.
But Ory showed a clip that showed Lacy’s lime green Dodge Charger entering the camera view shortly after impact of the accident between two other cars in Lafourche Parish, La.
“We know from data that Kyren Lacy did in fact pass four cars, there’s no disputing that, further north, Kyren Lacy passed four cars,” Ory said in the interview, according to Yahoo Sports.
“However, he was back in his lane of travel, 92.3 yards — back in his lane — behind Mr. Hall. At the time of impact. He’s 72.6 yards behind the vehicles at the time of impact. Key word, behind the vehicles. That is not how this story was ever painted. Never.”
During the interview, Ory also presented body cam footage that showed a police officer instructing a witness what to specifically write in their report and questioned why the passenger in Lacy’s car wasn’t contacted.
“There was another passenger in Kyren Lacy’s car,” Ory said in the interview. “They knew this. They have video footage of this individual getting out of the car. Why didn’t you ascertain his identity? Why would you not want to hear the person with one of the best views of this incident? Why would you not bring him in for questioning?”
It marked a similar sentiment to the one Ory echoed in the immediate aftermath of the accident, when he called it a “witch hunt” and said the investigation was “targeted and overzealous.”
Lacy, who spent two years at Louisiana and three years at LSU, died following a police pursuit for a separate incident just days after a grand jury hearing was scheduled.
“Young parents, start talking to your kids at a very early age and make sure they are confident and comfortable confiding in you,” Lacy’s father, Kenny, wrote on Facebook following his son’s death. “Don’t be cool with, ‘I’m Alright,’ or, ‘I’m good’ when you know deep down something isn’t right. Mental Health is real, and for the most part [and] it’s invisible. Don’t ignore the signs, even if they may seem small.”

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