{"id":8495,"date":"2012-03-02T02:48:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/aide-to-american-producer-killed-by-drugs-fined-in-uganda\/"},"modified":"2012-03-02T02:48:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T00:48:12","slug":"aide-to-american-producer-killed-by-drugs-fined-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/aide-to-american-producer-killed-by-drugs-fined-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Aide to American producer killed by drugs fined in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Jocelyn Edwards<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 1<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; An assistant to an American<br \/>\ntelevision producer who died after taking contaminated cocaine<br \/>\nin Uganda pleaded guilty on Thursday to drug possession, paid a<br \/>\nfine and was freed, her lawyers said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kathryne Fuller, 29, was charged with possession of cocaine<br \/>\nafter taking drugs with producer Jeff Rice, who was found dead<br \/>\nin a Kampala hotel on Feb. 18.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>An official toxicology report confirmed the drug was in<br \/>\nRice&#8217;s blood, dispelling initial suspicions that the<br \/>\nfather-of-two known for his work on the U.S. show &#8220;The Amazing<br \/>\nRace&#8221; had been poisoned by attackers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was given the option of a fine of 1 million shillings<br \/>\n($420) or six months&#8217; imprisonment,&#8221; Paul Rutisya, Fuller&#8217;s<br \/>\nlawyer, told Reuters. &#8220;We (paid) the fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The South African woman was found unconscious in a hotel<br \/>\nroom at the same time that Rice&#8217;s body was discovered.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I took cocaine and I passed out. I can&#8217;t remember what<br \/>\nhappened after that. I woke up in the hospital,&#8221; Fuller said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fuller has been released by Ugandan authorities to go home<br \/>\nto South Africa and seek medical treatment. She has been<br \/>\nparalysed down her right side since taking the drug and was<br \/>\nbrought into the courtroom in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel much better knowing that I&#8217;m free to go,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jocelyn Edwards March 1 (Reuters) &#8211; An assistant to an American television producer who died after taking contaminated cocaine in Uganda pleaded guilty on Thursday to drug possession, paid a fine and was freed, her lawyers said. 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