Gabrielle Jane Nestande of Powerful Orange County GOP Family Assaulted in Texas Jail

Gabrielle Jane Nestande, the former Newport Beach deb and California GOP family scion, was reportedly assaulted Saturday in a Texas jail where she is near the end of a 180-day sentence for criminally negligent homicide. A fellow inmate in the Travis County Correctional Complex allegedly hit Nestande on her “head, face and body with closed …

Gabrielle Jane Nestande, Killer of Nanny Out for a Walk, the “Great White Defendant?”

Is Gabrielle Jane Nestande, a politically connected former Newport Beach debutante, the “Great White Defendant?” That's how a conservative online magazine is characterizing the 25-year-old convicted of criminally negligent homicide and recently sentenced to six months in jail for the hit-and-run slaying of a nanny out for a walk in Texas. ] Nestande attended Baylor …

Gabrielle Jane Nestande Whisked Off to Texas Jail for 180 Days for Hit-and-Run Homicide

Gabrielle Jane Nestande, the former Texas capital aide, one-time Newport Beach debutante and daughter of a California GOP power player, will do some jail time connected with her being convicted of criminally negligent homicide for a hit-and-run slaying of a pedestrian after a night of beers, vodka and a shot. Saying her hands were tied …

[UPDATED with Dead Woman's Family Reacts to No Jail Time:] Gabrielle Jane Nestande Guilty of Criminally Negligent Homicide

See Update No. 3 at the bottom of page 2 on the deceased woman's family reacting to no jail time being given. Update No. 1 on the next page about Gabby being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide, and Update No. 2 on page 2 on the sentence including probation, a fine but no jail …

Gabrielle Jane Nestande DUI Death Trial: 10 Reasons Jurors Might Acquit

An Austin, Texas, jury continues deliberations today. Before, we had presented reasons things don't look good for the DUI death trial defense of driver Gabrielle Jane Nestande. So, it's only fair we present her side's counterpoints. Nestande grew up in Newport Beach as the daughter of GOP insider and former Orange County politician Bruce Nestande, …

Gabrielle Jane Nestande DUI Death Trial: 10 Reasons Things Don't Look Good for Defense

After five days of making its case, the prosecution rested today against Gabrielle Jane Nestande, the daughter of a veteran Orange County politician and GOP insider fighting to stay out of a Texas prison for following a night of drinking with driving into a pedestrian who died and leaving the scene. Text messages, surveillance video, …

Gabrielle Jane Nestande Trial's Jury Selection Draws Once-Politically Powerful Dad Bruce

For the first time in 16 months, a powerful former Orange County supervisor watched his daughter in court. But Bruce Nestande was not in the Austin, Texas, courtroom to see his 25-year-old daughter try her first case. Gabrielle Jane Nestande is accused of drinking after being honored for her work with a Lone Star State …

Gabrielle Jane Nestande of Powerful OC GOP Family Indicted on Serious Felonies in Texas

Gabrielle Jane Nestande has been indicted on more serious felonies related to a hit-and-run that could send the daughter of a powerful Newport Beach Republican to a Texas prison for 20 years. The 25-year-old former Austin Capitol staffer and Gov. Rick Perry campaign worker, who had faced a single count of failing to stop and …