Published: June 15, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Updated: June 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
MIAMI — Testimony continues Monday in the vessel homicide trial of real estate mogul George Pino.
The state is expected to call two more witnesses before the defense begins calling its witnesses in the afternoon.
Pino, 55, is facing manslaughter and vessel homicide charges in the death of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez.
Prosecutors accuse Pino, then 52, of being reckless when he lost control of a 29-foot Robalo boat in the early evening hours of Sept. 4, 2022 and slammed it into a channel marker near Boca Chita Key, killing Fernandez. Two other girls were seriously hurt, including 17-year-old Katerina Puig.
His defense team counters that the crash was merely an accident and not the result of negligence.
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