Orlando Bloom Case Going To The D.A. For Felony Review

The latest twist in the Orlando Bloom accident is that the police are now submitting the case to the L.A. County D.A.’s office, who will then make a decision on whether to file hit-and-run charges against the actor:

Bloom crashed a car into a parked Porsche just after 2:00 AM Friday. He walked away from the crash, leaving two passengers inside the car, one injured with a fractured neck. X17 shot video of Bloom walking from the scene. Several photogs then told Bloom he’d be in big trouble if he kept walking, and Bloom turned back and asked if someone would call an ambulance — suggesting he would call an ambulance — suggesting he did not call 911 before leaving the scene. That would be an important factor in deciding if this were a hit and run.

Orlando claims that an SUV, presumably one driven by paparazzi, cut him off and caused the crash. Police are interviewing photographers who were at the scene, and apparently there are also surveillance cameras filming at the time of the accident. You can watch the video shot by the paparazzi here.

If there were surveillance cameras going, presumably on buildings around the area, they will show what the pap’s video did not…what exactly happened at the time of the accident and what Orlando did immediately afterward. The paparazzi video starts as Orlando is walking away from the scene. It is only when photographers intervened and told him that he could be charged with hit-and-run did he turn around and return to the scene.

As he returns to the accident, you can see him fiddling with his cell phone, but it is unclear what he was doing. At no point does he put the phone to his ear to make a call. He does not appear to be overly impaired at the scene of the accident, although he was not issued a standard sobriety test either at the scene or the hospital. Video of Orlando and his friends before the accident appear to show him appearing at least tipsy.

My personal feelings on this are well-known…he attempted to walk away from the scene of an accident. Whether he caused it or not, I don’t know. But he did make a series of decisions that night which led to the accident, one of which was getting behind the wheel to start with. That would not have stopped a pap van causing the accident, if that is what happened (and we have no proof yet that it did), but it would have lessened it. These people have money the average person can only dream of…they can afford to hire a driver for their nights of partying. Hey, if Paris can figure that out, I’m sure Orlando can. It only takes one bad decision to create a lifetime of heartache, and this accident could have been a lot worse.