Marco Muzzo: Billion Dollar Heir Accused Of Killing 3 Kids In DUI — Watch His Mom’s Outrageous Video
In what appears to be another case of “affluenza,” Marco Muzzo, the heir to a billion-dollar Canadian real estate fortune, faced a bail hearing Friday, accused of drunk driving in a horrific automobile accident on September 27 that killed three children and their grandfather in Vaughan, Ontario, about 40 miles outside of Toronto.
But within days after the deadly crash, it was not only Muzzo but his mother making headlines, as a video she made for a TV cooking reality show surfaced showing then-51-year-old Dawn “Bunny” Muzzo brazenly boasting of her own reckless driving habits — as well as declaring herself a “MILF” and announcing, “People think I’m a ‘ho’ because I’m sexy!”
The term “affluenza” — meaning the tendency of certain wealthy individuals to act as if ordinary laws and morality do not not apply to them — was popularized in 2013 after a 14-year-old boy Texas killed four people in a drunk driving disaster, but instead of receiving prison time was sentenced to an upscale treatment facility to be paid for by his affluent parents.
Inquisitr coverage of the original “affluenza” case can be accessed at this link, and at this link.
Marco Muzzo, pictured above, is the grandson of a now-deceased Ontario real-estate billionaire also named Marco Muzzo. The 29-year-old Muzzo is charged with running a stop sign while driving intoxicated in his black Jeep SUV. He was reportedly driving from the airport where he landed in a private jet after his boozy Las Vegas bachelor party ahead of his scheduled October 17 wedding.
At the intersection, according to prosecutors’ account as reported in The Toronto Star newspaper, Muzzo’s vehicle “T-boned” a Dodge Caravan driven by grandmother Neriza Neville.
Neville’s minivan carried five passengers including her three young grandchildren, Daniel Neville-Lake who was just 9-years-old, Harrison Neville-Lake, age 5, and 2-year-old Milly Neville-Lake.
All three children died as a result of the crash, leaving their parents — who were not in the car — devastated. Neville’s husband, 65-year-old Gary Neville — grandfather to the three deceased children — also died in the crash. Neriza Neville and the children’s great-grandmother Josephina Frias, were injured in crash but are expected to survive.
Muzzo himself was not seriously hurt. His mother, Dawn, issued a statement of condolence to “the Neville, Lake and Frias families,” but also asking the media to grant her own family “privacy…during this difficult time.”
But Dawn “Bunny” Muzzo’s video — filmed in 2013 according to an account in The Toronto Sun — appeared shocking in light of the recklessness of which her son is now accused.
In the video filmed for the Canadian cooking show Come Dine With Me, Dawn “Bunny” Muzzo shows off her high-priced sportscar and brags about habit of driving the vehicle while wearing high heels smoking a cigarette and drinking coffee all at the same time, saying she had to trade her “six speed” Porsche for an automatic transmission so she could drive without needing to shift gears as she smoked and swilled coffee in heels.
She also demonstrates where she got her nickname, “Bunny,” displaying a fur jacket which she says is made from rabbit pelts. “You eat beef. You wear leather shoes. That’s what I’m doing with my coat.”
She later brags about her appearance, saying that while she sees “a fabulous doctor” for facial treatments, her “God-given phenomenal hair” and breasts are natural.
“Am I a MILF? Damn straight I am,” she says in the video. “Party in my mouth, every bite. You either love me or you don’t, but I really don’t care because I love me.”
The Dawn Muzzo video is viewable at the top of this page. Marco Muzzo remains in custody at least until his next bail hearing, October 19.
[Images: YouTube Screen Grab / GoFundMe / CTV Screen Grab]
