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Caitlyn Jenner Gives First Extended Remarks on Sophia Hutchins’ Death, Says Grief ‘Hit Me Hard’

In a Fox News interview, she linked her ongoing mourning to the Minneapolis school shooting.

Overview

  • Jenner spoke on Aug. 28 nearly two months after Hutchins’ fatal July 2 ATV crash near Malibu, marking her first in-depth public comments.
  • The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled the death accidental and listed multiple blunt force injuries as the cause, with Hutchins pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Sheriff’s officials said Hutchins’ ATV clipped the rear of a moving Mazda and plunged about 350 feet into a ravine, and noted she may have been speeding; the car’s occupants were uninjured.
  • Jenner and Hutchins had a close, nonromantic relationship, with Hutchins managing Jenner’s business since 2017 and living in her Malibu home.
  • Jenner attended the July 24 funeral and provided lodging for Hutchins’ mother while she was in Los Angeles.