Robert Avary, 42, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, said Capt. Monica McGrath of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department. This was after a fatal car crash that killed a man and injured Avary's wife that took place early Monday morning.
The collision occurred in the city of Ojai, 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles, at about 1 a.m. Avary is most well-known for Avary co-writing "Pulp Fiction" with the film's director, Quentin Tarantino. The crime classic won the screenplay Oscar at the Academy Awards in 1995. While Tarantino went on to further fame and fortune, Avary took on lower-profile work rewriting other people's scripts.