George Huguely Didn't Know He Killed Yeardley Love: Report

According to an eight-hour preliminary court hearing Monday, University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely did not realize that his savage beating of former girlfriend Yeardley Love last year had killed her.

The Washington Post has more:

"She's dead, George, and you killed her," Detective Lisa Reeves told him hours after Love's body was found face down in a bloody pillow by her roommate May 3, the lawyers said.

Huguely responded that he did not believe the police and added: "There is nothing I did to her last night that could have killed her," they said.

According to police documents, the 6'2, 209-pound Huguely said that he swung the petite Love by her neck and shook her. Love was discovered by a roommate face-down in a pool of her own blood. Her death was ruled a homicide in July.

Huguely's lawyer, Rhonda Quagliana, said that the student "did not believe such a terrible thing could have happened." The defense maintains that their client had no intention of killing Love. In court, they said that a hand-written note from Huguely to Love reading "You are my best friend" was found in Love's bedroom.

A grand jury is expected to decide later this month whether or not to indict Huguely.

Read more about Huguely and Love's on-again, off-again relationship at the Post.

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Comments

[MikeyJaii]

10:34 PM on 04/13/2011

What the ---- white people?

[Otis Driftwood]

01:36 AM on 04/14/2011

Dinky Dau red eyed roundeye testosterone spike at, "I've been seeing....." or "Yeah I $krud3 tha dude" and Letterman goes into a junior pre-greek psychotic break, believes himself to be Conan the destroyer or sump'n, and next thing you know wham, like wassup wit dat? Women don't like being grabbed by the hair and pulled into the cave? Guess courting rituals and alpha male exhibition of it's killing ability just aren't in fashion these days....who'd a thunk it.
Stay up player.
You win 1 interweb.

[ColoradoCool]

04:10 PM on 04/21/2011

Women don't like being killed either.

[GonzoLoungeLizard]

07:58 PM on 04/13/2011

"The defense maintains that their client had no intention of killing Love." Yeah, he only meant to beat the living crap out of her.

[Otis Driftwood]

05:47 PM on 04/13/2011

This sounds like a case of "Roid Rage", I've seen it a lot lately. Don't know why people use it to get "big" muscles, since it's known to decrease the size of one's penis, and apparently one's brain.
Daddy's money says he gets a walk on technicalities.

[boscobear]

05:07 PM on 04/13/2011

So after bashing her head into the wall and she collapses to the floor, he just leaves without checking how she is? He deserves life w/ no parole.

[cornflower]

03:05 PM on 04/13/2011

Took her stuff out of her room, but didn't know she was dead! Oh yeah. Young women lie on the floor in pools of their own blood after being swung by their neck and shaken all the time!!!!!!!! Doesn't mean she's, uh, dead! Does it?

Good thing for this guy that I'm not on his jury.

[nicarol]

02:43 PM on 04/13/2011

They are going to decide whether or not to indict him. Wha?

[yumster]

03:56 PM on 04/13/2011

He is a star lacrosse Player.

[Otis Driftwood]

05:48 PM on 04/13/2011

Difficulty = Not Black.

[Kelly Jade]

09:30 AM on 04/13/2011

why was that note even mentioned?
I was in an abusive relationship and everytime after he's screamed and grabbed me or hit me it always ended with him crying and telling me I was his "best friend" and no one else loved him

Pulling you back in with that kind of BS is part of the pattern, not an exception.

[absolument]

12:49 PM on 04/13/2011

I agree. It's the defense attorney's job to try to make that seem relevant, but it's the job of the press to report what actually is relevant. And the guy TELLING his victim he cares about her is not evidence that he did. His actions are THE evidence.

[Otis Driftwood]

05:53 PM on 04/13/2011

Ladies, in today's world it would behoove you to obtain a firearm, learn to use it, and get your C.C.P. (conceal and carry permit).
Cops are good protectors, but they weigh too much to carry.
When seconds count the police are only minutes away.
It is better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six.

[Kelly Jade]

08:26 PM on 04/13/2011

Funny thing about cops, it depends on where you live when it comes to things like restraining orders. I called the cops once I finally broke up with him and he kept calling, harassing and threatening me. I avoided leaving my apartment and locked all the doors. The cops told me "well, you don't have any black eyes" (he never left any marks, isn't that sweet of him?) " so we can't really give you a restraining order" I wanted a restraining order to protect myself but until I was hurt, I don't get to take the precautions to protect myself. I carry mace and a knife now, concealed carry is not legal in Chicago as far as I know and I am uncomfortable with guns in general

[TeValereJubeo]

07:14 PM on 04/14/2011

Forget your CCP move to an Open Carry state.

[Rawrmonster62]

08:19 AM on 04/13/2011

Who are we to sit here and say he should be killed? Who are we to say that we would end his life for this? Don't we all mess up and sin? Are we all not perfect? A sin is a sin, and no one is greater than the other. All can be forgiven. What should be done, instead of hating him and wanting to kill him, is pray for him. And pray for her and her family. We don't solve violence with violence, a death with another. We solve it with love and rightousness. We solve it with God.

[granamica]

09:43 AM on 04/13/2011

I fear you believe this.

[dirtydog1776]

10:14 AM on 04/13/2011

You appear to be playing with less than a full deck of cards. Please forgive me. Tee hee.

[kauthon]

07:56 AM on 04/13/2011

So you don't get it. Have a fun time in jail, juries love your type.

[plaidsportcoat]

07:36 AM on 04/13/2011

buying his way out of this with a great lawyer...

[pjwrites]

07:30 AM on 04/13/2011

Obviously, he was impaired in some way. Drugs, alcohol, something.
Impairment is not an excuse for manslaughter though. This young man will pay for his mistake for the rest of his life. His girlfriend has already paid the ultimate price.
Such a shame, when a little self-control and self-respect could have changed this outcome dramatically.

[bybeautydamned]

04:05 PM on 04/13/2011

Obviously how? I didn't see anything in this article about him being impaired. Is there a reason you feel like you need to make excuses for him? And how is it that you have already labeled this a "manslaughter" rather than a "murder" when he hasn't even been indicted yet? But one thing is for sure: even if he didn't know that the assault he inflicted upon his girlfriend was enough to kill her, he still knew he was assaulting her. What is the excuse for that?

[pjwrites]

04:22 PM on 04/13/2011

There is no excuse. I don't believe the perpetrator offered one, or at least it wasn't mentioned here. Murder is a deliberate act. Manslaughter is still murder, but it is murder without malice aforethought.
I don't believe I was making excuses for him, I was merely pointing out that he must have been impaired if he didn't realize the extent of his crime.
Now . . . what is your excuse for lashing out at a stranger? Perhaps you have your own self-control and self-respect issues.

[BlueMrsKitty]

08:21 PM on 04/14/2011

How do you know he was impaired? My handsome, pre-med, full scholarship, ROTC boyfriend in college liked to toss me around like a rag doll. He wasn't "impaired." I don't understand why it is so hard for some people to get that some men are in fact abusive--end of story, no drugs or alcohol needed.

[Robert Frank]

06:46 AM on 04/13/2011

oh that makes it all better and proves he didn't mean to kill her, a love note in the bedroom...that little punk needs to be put into a cell with someone who has a daughter and nothing to lose...if that was my daughter he would be ended one way or another

[leaftheweed]

12:04 PM on 04/13/2011

He needs to be put in with a cellmate like the guy who stomped his cellmate to death for a half hour over changing the tv channel.

[jaschrod]

06:10 AM on 04/13/2011

If this is how he thinks, then lock him away. He has no ability to understand his actions, and would be a threat to society, especially the weaker ones.

[MG Metiva]

05:36 AM on 04/13/2011

I guess he is Huguely ignorant.