‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes’ killer Brian Boyd sentenced to 1-to-3 years in prison
The man who mowed down and killed beloved “Gone Girl” actor Lisa Banes on a Manhattan street will spend 1-to-3 years behind bars for the crime.
Brian Boyd was given his prison sentence in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to charges of manslaughter and leaving the scene in September.
Boyd, 27, plowed into Banes with his unregistered electric moped after he blew red light at the intersection of W. 64th St. and Amsterdam Ave. on June 4, 2021.
Banes, 65, was on her way to meet her wife Kathryn Kranhold when she was struck. She died at Mount Sinai-Morningside Hospital ten days later.
The crash knocked Boyd off his bike, prosecutors said. He was caught on surveillance video standing up, picking up his scooter, and taking a few steps to look at Banes, who was lying face down on the pavement, court records state.
After that, he took off and tried to get his moped fixed. Boyd, who was driving without a license, was arrested a month later.
Banes lived in Los Angeles and was in town to perform in a two-woman show at the Manhattan Theater Club called “The Niceties” at the time of her death.
The award-winning actress played Tom Cruise’s love interest in 1988′s “Cocktail” in addition to her myriad of television and Broadway credits and the role of the mother of a missing woman in 2014′s “Gone Girl.”
This developing story will be updated.
