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80-Year-Old Pleads No Contest in Fatal Crash, Faces Outrage

2/15/2026

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Mary Fong Lau, 80, pleaded no contest to four counts of vehicular manslaughter for the March 2024 crash that killed Apple executive Diego Cardoso de Oliveira and his family.
She is likely to receive probation rather than prison due to age and lack of prior offenses.
Victims' relatives expressed outrage at the process.
The family seeks home detention and filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging asset transfers to evade liability.

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Mary Fong Lau, 80, pleaded no contest to four counts of vehicular manslaughter for the March 2024 crash that killed Apple executive Diego Cardoso de Oliveira and his family.
She is likely to receive probation rather than prison due to age and lack of prior offenses.
Victims' relatives expressed outrage at the process.
The family seeks home detention and filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging asset transfers to evade liability.