Social media influencer gets plea deal for killing Brooklyn mother, 2 children while speeding through red light

A social media influencer has taken a plea deal that would see her sentenced to three to nine years in prison for killing a mother and her two children in a high-speed crash. The 33-year-old wig-making social media influencer told cops when the incident occurred that she was "haunted inside" and had the "devil in my eyes" when the crash took place in New York City. 

Miriam Yarimi, 33, slammed her Audi A3 into Natasha Saada, 35, as well as Saada's three young children on March 29, and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Saada, as well as two of her daughters, aged 5 and 8, were killed in the crash. Saada's 4-year-old son, Philip, was also critically injured. Yarimi was running through a red light when she killed the mother and children.

Prosecutors argued that Yarimi should be getting a maximum of five to 15 years in prison. However, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Danny Chen gave her three to nine for the range on her sentence. Yarimi's official sentencing trial is set for Wednesday, per the New York Daily News.

"The lives of Natasha Saada and her young daughters were stolen by the callous choices of a chronically reckless driver on Ocean Parkway,” Brooklyn D.A. Eric Gonzalez said Monday. “Though the proposed sentence falls short of the maximum we sought, it will still send a clear message that reckless driving that ends in tragedy will be met serious penalties.”

Yarimi had a suspended license when she was out driving the vehicle that had the license plate that read, "WIGM8KER,” referencing her wig-making business. While driving the car, she has incurred around $11,000 in traffic and parking violations. These include five red light violations as well as 21 speeding tickets from cameras.

As she went through the red light, Yarimi crashed into a Toyota Camry Uber, killing the mother and children. Yarimi's car flipped during the crash. She was indicted on multiple counts of manslaughter as well as criminally negligent homicide and assault.

She was going nearly three times the speed limit at the time of the crash. “The devil is in my eyes. I am haunted inside. I didn’t kill anyone. I didn’t hurt anyone. Prove it. Show me the proof. You have no proof,” she told police after the crash.