His wife ABC News producer Dax Tejera has found herself in some legal trouble after her husband’s shocking death last month!
At This week with George Stephanopoulos the producer died suddenly of a heart attack on December 23rd. ABC News the president Kim Godwin confirmed the news in a staff memo taken by The Hollywood Reporter who reads:
“It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that our friend and colleague, Dax Tejera, died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday. As EP of ‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos’ Dax’s energy, passion, and love for the show, ABC News, and you , shines every Sunday morning. The same love is given to our precious girls. Our thoughts are with his wife, Veronica, their two young daughters, and the entire Tejera family.
A sad story of someone taken too young… But apparently, there is more drama involved in the tragic story!
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Hours after the producer’s death, his wife was hit with criminal charges! It turned out to be out Veronica Tejera was arrested for child endangerment after he was accused of leaving his two-year-old daughter and five-month-old daughter alone in the The Yale Club the night Dax died.
according to The New York Postcouple went to dinner with friends Bobby Van’s Steakhouse restaurant – which is about a block away from the hotel. An employee told the outlet that the group didn’t last long at the venue, as the server claimed Dax looked “unwell.” As they left the restaurant, a staff member told them DailyMail.com which then fell to the ground outside. Dax was in a hurry Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. It’s so sad.
Of course Veronica went with him to the hospital. But what about his young children?
In the midst of chaos, the NYPD said he received a 911 call at 11 p.m. about an “unaccompanied child” at the Yale Club and found “a two-year-old female and a five-month-old female left in a hotel room for an extended period of time.” Police did not identify the children, but they are the same age as Tejeras’ two daughters. While law enforcement did not specify the exact time the girls were in the room, the outlet noted that staff members at the facility found the children left for at least two hours. !
Veronica was arrested around 12:20 a.m. and charged with two counts of “acting in a manner harmful to a child.” The 33-year-old was later released from custody at around 4:00 p.m., and given a ticket to appear in court at a future date. Meanwhile, the little children who were not hurt, stayed with their grandmother.
On Monday, Veronica responded to the child endangerment charge. In the statement, Washington Post The senior producer explained that he went to the hospital with his wife and approached his friends and parents to take their two children to the Yale Club:
“My family and I are deeply saddened by Dax’s death. He has left behind a heartbroken family, and two daughters whom he loved dearly. When Dax collapsed on December 23rd, I accompanied him in the ambulance to the hospital. I asked my close friends and parents to rush to my children’s hotel room to meet them while I watched them with a camera. The hotel wouldn’t let my friend in and instead called the NYPD. We have two cameras trained on the kids when they sleep, and I monitor them closely when I’m away from them. When the girls were unharmed, I knew it was a bad decision.
He added:
“Our family has been through a terrible tragedy. I respectfully request privacy as my children and I mourn Dax’s death.
Which is just below in the same building for dinner – with cameras on the kids – probably something many parents do not have a problem with. But would she be in trouble if she didn’t travel to the hospital with her dying husband? That seems to be the case.
We’ll have to see what happens with Veronica’s legal problems. Reaction, Perezcious readers? Do you think extreme situations should be considered? Let us know in the comments below.
[Image via Dax Tejera/Instagram, ABC News/YouTube]