The Palm Beach polo club mogul who was involved in a February crash that killed a young man was arrested early Wednesday on DUI manslaughter charges.
John Goodman, owner of Wellington's International Polo Club, was released on $100,000 bond after he made his first court appearance Wednesday morning.
Goodman, 46, was arrested at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami and booked into the Palm Beach County jail, according to the Palm Beach Post.
Also charged with vehicular homicide, Goodman is accused of killing 23-year-old Scott Wilson in the deadly Feb. 12 crash.
According to police, Goodman was driving his black Bentley shortly after 1 a.m. when he blew through a stop sign and collided with Wilson's Hyundai Sonata at the intersection of 120th Ave. and Lake Worth Rd.
Wilson's car tumbled into a canal, where it laid top-down, causing the recent college graduate to drown.
Police said Goodman waited nearly an hour to call police and didn't make an attempt to help Wilson.
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Goodman's blood alcohol level was later tested and found to be at .177 percent, well over the .08 legal limit.
During his court appearance Wednesday, Goodman was ordered not to drink, drive or go near bars.
After the court appearance, Goodman's attorney, Roy Black, issued a brief statement.
"After thoroughly reviewing the facts available to us, the defense team believes that the arrest warrant and charges reveal only a part of the whole story," Black's statement read. "Mr. Goodman is entitled to his day in court. We ask that the public and the media not rush to judgment until all of the facts are known."
Wilson's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last month.
