Sorry, I fell asleep on the job on this one — on March 16, the LA Times reported the crash of former Gizmondo boss Stefan Eriksson’s million-dollar Ferrari Enzo may have been videotaped — from inside the car.
Here’s what authorities know now: the mysterious “Dietrich”, who Eriksson said was driving the car and fled the scene after the crash — surprise, surprise — doesn’t seem to exist. There was another guy in the car, identified as one Trevor Karney, and he or Eriksson were apparently videotaping their exploits as they raced at over 160 mph down the Pacific Coast Highway.
I guess it wouldn’t be the first time somebody from LA’s gotten in trouble after videotaping themselves doing something. In any case, we’re still awaiting the results of the DNA test on the blood found on the driver’s airbag in the Enzo to see if it matches a sample taken from Eriksson.
[…] Stefan Eriksson just can’t catch a break. The beleaguered Ex-Gizmondo boss has run into another spot of bother, as Beverly Hills police Sunday confiscated his Mercedes SLR. Officers pulled the car, driven by Eriksson’s wife, over Sunday after its European license plates caught their eye. They then found that Eriksson’s wife didn’t have a drivers’ license, nor was the car actually registered in the US. […]