Tammy “Sunny” Sytch is currently in custody at Lowell Correctional Institute in Marion County, Florida, due to a felony charge of DUI.
A traffic incident happened in Ormond Beach, Florida, that caused the death of 75-year-old Julian Lasseter in March 2022. She pleaded no contest to one felony charge of driving with a license suspended, causing death, four misdemeanor counts of DUI with damage to a person, and two misdemeanor charges of DUI with damage to property.
She was facing a maximum of 25 years, but the judge decided on 17 years and eight years of probation, with it being broken down to 10 years for driving with a suspended license causing death and seven years for DUI manslaughter. She is not eligible for parole.
While speaking with TMZ, Sytch revealed that she is dealing with a blood clot. She noticed that she started having swelling from her knee to her toes and asked for medical assistance.
She claims she didn’t get any help for weeks despite her leg looking like ‘somebody put a bicycle tire pump on it and just inflated it twice the size.’ Sytch, who is diabetic, stated her leg changed colors with a red lump appearing under her calf at one point, leading to her barely being able to walk on it. Once she got testing done, it was discovered she had a blood clot that resulted in her getting thinners for treatment.
Sytch admitted getting the medication has been a chore and expressed concern about the lack of care for her by the guards. Sytch added that she worries about how she will end up like her ex-husband, Chris Candido, who passed away in 2005.
“All that’s been going through my mind for the past three weeks is, oh my God, I’m going to follow in (my ex-husband’s) footsteps and die of a blood clot just like he did because I can’t get medical treatment at this prison. It’s pretty bad.”
Although the initial belief was that Candido passed away from a blood clot after having titanium plates and screws put into his legs after dislocating his ankle and fracturing both his tibia and fibula, his brother Johnny told Pro Wrestling Stories that the autopsy said Chris passed away from acute pneumonia.
Sytch will be 67 years old when she is released from prison in 2040.
