LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — The mother of the woman who died in a car crash driven by a former Washington Commanders player recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Loudoun County. According to court records, the lawsuit lists former Commanders player Deshazor Everett, as well as Jamin Davis and Benjamin St-Juste who are both current Commanders players, as defendants.
Police determined that 29-year-old Olivia Peters was sitting in the front seat of Everett's 2010 Nissan GT-R when he drive off the right side of the roadway, around 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2021, on Gum Spring Road near Ticonderoga Road. The vehicle struck several trees and rolled over. They were both taken to a hospital to be treated for their injuries. Peters later died in the hospital.
In July 2022, Everett pleaded guilty to reckless driving. In September 2022, Everett was sentenced to three months of house arrest for the December 2021 crash that killed his girlfriend in Loudoun County. The former Commanders player was also fined $2,500 and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service.
Everett's attorney Kaveh Noorishad told WUSA9 at the sentencing hearing, the crash team estimated Everett was traveling somewhere between 60-65 mph in a 45 mph zone. The previously reported 90 mph speed, that the black box data from Everett's car stated, was determined to be an outlier, the judge in the case said.
Noorishad said Everett believes something was in the road and he tried to evade it, but his memory is unclear from the crash due to being ejected from the vehicle.
WUSA9 has reached out to the mother's attorney and the attorney representing the Commanders players, but have not yet heard back. The Commanders declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Olivia Peters was a lifelong Montgomery County resident and graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney. She had a graduate degree from Shenandoah University in occupational therapy. Before her death, she started a business called OSP Therapy in Las Vegas and Manhattan with the goal of helping children make "strides in their physical, social and emotional skills."
To honor Peters, her family launched the Olivia S. Peters Pediatric Therapy Foundation to honor her memory. The foundation aims to continue the work of Peters' business by helping special needs children reach their potential. The foundation has raised over $175,000.
One of the initiatives through the foundation is the "Live Like Liv Memorial Endowed Scholarship" at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, which will be awarded to a student "who has a heart for service to those with special needs."
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