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A man has been convicted of homicide in connection to a 2012 crash that killed Usher’s stepson.

Jeffrey Hubbard was found guilty of serious injury by vessel, reckless operation of a vessel, unlawful operation of a personal watercraft and a boat traffic violation. 

From Associated Press:

The summer 2012 crash on Lake Lanier northeast of Atlanta killed Kile Glover, 11, and left another teen severely injured. Investigators have said the jet ski Hubbard was riding hit the children as they were being towed on an inner tube. Glover died of head injuries six days later.

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Attorneys representing Hubbard argued that their client was not being reckless, and that the death was a result of a tragic accident gone wrong.

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