The family friend accused of causing the death of Usher's former stepson in a jet ski incident on Lake Lanier last summer pleaded not guilty Tuesday, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Jeffrey Simon Hubbard, of Atlanta, appeared in Hall County Superior Court in Gainesville to face charges that include homicide by vessel.
He allegedly ran over 11-year-old Kile Glover with a jet ski on July 6, 2012, near Holiday Marina in Buford.
Glover, the son of Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster and Ryan Glover — president of Bounce TV — was tubing with a 15-year-old girl when they were struck. The girl sustained minor injuries, but Glover was in a coma for almost two weeks before he died.
Hubbard was arrested March 1 after being indicted by a grand jury and is free on a $10,000 bond.
“We plead not guilty, and we’ll let the process run its course,” Hubbard’s attorney, Jeffery Talley, told Channel 2.
Hubbard’s attorneys said the next step is filing motions for discovery so they can see the prosecutors’ evidence in the case.
DNR investigators have stated they did not believe Hubbard was intoxicated at the time of the incident.
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