Event planner sentenced to prison for fatally shoving an old woman
NEW YORK, NY – Lauren Pazienza, a 27-year-old event planner from Long Island, has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for the fatal assault of Broadway vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern. The incident occurred in March of last year when Pazienza, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, forcefully pushed the 87-year-old Gustern on a Chelsea sidewalk. The attack was unprovoked and occurred while Pazienza was celebrating the 100-day countdown to her wedding. Pazienza, …