'Shark Tank' star Kevin O’Leary's wife found not guilty in boat crash
Linda O’Leary was charged with careless operation of a vessel following the 2019 collision in Canada
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary's wife was found not guilty on Tuesday of charges stemming from a 2019 boat crash that left two people dead.
Linda O’Leary was charged with careless operation of a vessel following the Aug. 24, 2019, collision on Lake Joseph, north of Toronto. Her husband was on board, as was a family friend.
Two people on the other boat — Gary Poltash, 64, of Florida, and Suzana Brito, 48, from Uxbridge, Ontario — died from their injuries. Three others were hurt.
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Linda O'Leary was found not guilty of careless operation of a vessel on Tuesday. (Emma McIntyre/AMA2017)
The verdict was delivered in a hearing in Parry Sound, Ontario, that was also livestreamed.
Kevin O’Leary ran for the leadership of Canada’s Conservative party in 2017 but later dropped out.
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The "Shark Tank" star issued a statement following the accident.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Late Saturday night I was a passenger in a boat that had a tragic collision with another craft that had no navigation lights on and then fled the scene of the accident," he said in a statement to TMZ at the time.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.