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Michelle Carter Sentenced
On Aug. 3 a judge sentenced Michelle Carter to 15 months in
prison for urging her 18-year-old boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to
kill himself. Carter was a 17-year-old high school student when
she sent thousands of texts to Roy, telling him to get into his
truck on July 12, 2014, and let a hose pump carbon monoxide
into the cab. Roy, who battled depression, tried to exit his truck
once it began to fill with fumes, but Carter called and ordered
him to get back inside. In announcing Carter’s conviction for
involuntary manslaughter, Judge
Lawrence Moniz said that Carter had
many chances to save Roy. “She did
nothing. She did not call the police or his
family,” Moniz said. “She didn’t issue a
simple additional instruction: ‘Get out of
the truck.’ ” Carter, now 20, won’t begin
serving her term until her pending appeal
is resolved.—STEVE HELLING
The young Massachusetts woman is given
less than two years of jail time for persuading
her high school friend to commit suicide
WHY DID
SHE DO IT?
Carter (left, with
her lawyer) offered
no explanation
for the texts. The
defense claimed
that she had also
battled depression.
BABIES
TimelessstarMatt Lanter,
34, and his wife, lifestyle
bloggerAngela Stacy, 32,
are expecting their first
child, the couple
exclusively revealed to
People.•Two months after
getting married,Bachelor
in Paradise’sCarly Waddell,
31, andEvan Bass, 34,
announced that they are
expecting their first child
together. Bass has three
sons from a previous
relationship:Nathan, Liam
andEnsley.•Singer
Christina Perri, 31, and her
fiancé,Paul Costabile, are
expecting their first child
together.•FormerSons of
Anarchy starTheo Rossi,
42, and his wife,Meghan,
welcomed their second
child—a boy namedArlo
Benjamin—on Aug. 3. He
joins big brotherKane
Alexander, 2.•Former
Saturday Night Live star
Bobby Moynihan, 40,
welcomed his first child, a
daughter, with his wife,
Broadway actressBrynn
O’Malley.•Singer-
songwriterAndy Grammer,
33, and his wife,Aijia, 31,
are first-time parents to a
daughter named
Louisiana K, who was born
on July 28.•Dancing with
the StarsproGleb
Savchenko, 33, and his wife,
Elena Samodanova,
welcomed their second
daughter,Zlata, on Aug. 1.
She joins big sisterOlivia, 6.
- Country singer-
songwriterAshley Monroe,
30, gave birth on July 28 to
a boy namedDalton
William, her first child with
pro baseball playerJohn
Danks, 32.•Home &
Family hostMark Steines,
53, and his wife,Julie,
welcomed daughterParker
Rose on July 28. Steines has
two sons from a previous
relationship:Kai, 15, and
Avery, 13.
WEDDING
Little People Big World’s
Molly Roloff, 23, married
Joel Silvius in an intimate
ceremony on her family’s
farm in Oregon on Aug. 5.
SPLITS
ActressAmber Heard, 31,
and SpaceX CEOElon
Musk, 46, have ended their
relationship after just over
388 August 21, 2017 PEOPLEAugust 21 2017 PEOPLE
Matt Lanter
and Angela
Stacy
Molly
Roloff
and Joel
Silvius
Amber
Heard
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BOSTON HERALD/AP