Prius Driver Files Lawsuit Against Caitlyn Jenner in Fatal PCH Crash

The plaintiff was driving a 2010 Toyota Prius that was allegedly rear-ended by Jenner in the Feb. 7 fatal chain-reaction crash on Pacific Coast Highway

A second lawsuit over the fatal Malibu car crash in February involving Caitlyn Jenner was filed Monday against the ex-Olympian for personal injury.

Hollywood talent manager Jessica Marie Steindorff, who counts model Alessandro Ambrosio as a client, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court. The suit seeks unspecified damages and does not reveal any new information about the fatal crash.

A representative for Jenner could not be immediately reached for comment.

Steindorff was driving a 2010 Toyota Prius that was allegedly rear-ended by Jenner in the Feb. 7 chain-reaction crash on Pacific Coast Highway that left Kim Howe of Calabasas dead.

According to sheriff's deputies, Steindorff's Prius was stopped on PCH when she was rear-ended by a white Lexus. Jenner's black SUV with a trailer in tow then rear-ended the white Lexus, sending it into oncoming traffic, where it collided with a black hummer.

The driver of the Lexus, the 69-year-old Howe of Calabasas, died at the scene. Relatives of Howe have filed a separate suit against Jenner.

Jenner has not been charged in the case. An investigation is ongoing.

Jenner won the gold medal in the 1976 Olympic decathlon and is known to a younger generation for a role in the reality TV series "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." Last week, after a Vanity Fair story about Jenner and her transition appeared online, she became the most searched item on Google and her Twitter profile following skyrocketed to more than 1 million in about four hours.
 

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