A woman who killed an 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach by pushing her to the ground in New York City pleaded guilty Wednesday and will be sentenced to eight years in prison, the district attorney said.
Lauren Pazienza, now 28, shoved Barbara Maier Gustern to the ground from behind in the Chelsea neighborhood on March 10, 2022, officials said at the time.
Uh wtf? Why did she yell at a nearly 90 year old lady and cross the street to shove her to the ground? Unless I’m missing something, the girl in the photo just seems to be mentally unwell.
Tantrum because she was told she had to leave a park because it would be closing soon. I read a few articles and skimmed one more. Sounds like she was an entitled piece of shit.
Typical New York behavior.
How long have you lived in New York?
How long have you been watching Fox News?
I find it absolutely hilarious that people get so riled up about a casual joke about rude New Yorkers.
Also I’m German and you’re in desperate need of contact with grass.
Ah well, that explains why your sense of humor is so shit. Guess we’re all living up to our stereotype.
I think it has more to do with me being neurodivergent but being German and being autistic is pretty much the same.
Self diagnosis is usually valid, but unless you’re about to use the phrase “Hideous Dickhead Disorder” I’d recommend you seek a second opinion.
I liked that one. You got me good with the twist. Also I find your assessment reasonable.
From one neurodivergent person to another: stop generalizing about groups of people. It’s offensive.
great job shitting on an entire country to own one guy, dipshit
Found the German
not german, but i don’t like seeing people shitting on my neighbors
I mean, I’m dual citizen myself. Just giving back what they gave ¯\(ツ)/¯ but I’m realizing I’m just feeding trolls now
People shit on us all the time. We don’t mind as we get along with most of the world when it comes down to business and we like to criticize ourselves actually more than most foreigners like to.
What happened last time the Germans started making vast generalizations about a group of people?
Man, you Nazis sure like making up generalizations about groups of people. You should go to New York and round up all the rude people into camps.
Believe it or not, but almost all people, across the entire world, are decent and nice people.
Yeah because most of them don’t live in New York.
Hank is not from New York, clearly.
Angry Cowboys in Unison: NEW YORK CITY!?!?
Get a rope…
“Get a rope”
No he ain’t tell you what.
No when I shove old women it’s for fun and not because it’s part of my culture.
Comedy is hard.
The fun thing about comedy is that not everyone has to like the same thing.
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good joke, bad argument.
not sure if i should upvote or downvote.Removed by mod
I really enjoy when people are ambivalent about what I come up with. That means people start thinking and I like that more than simple agreement. Thank you for telling me your honest opinion.
Being edgy to be a dick is just being an dick.
Lmao
Spicy take, but a good one
New yorkers are kind, but not nice.
Germans are humorous, but not funny.
Who is Lauren Pazienza
Lauren Pazienza is a 28-year-old Long Island resident who was accused of fatally shoving 87-year-old vocal coach Barbara Gustern in Chelsea, New York City in March 2022[1].
Pazienza pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and assault in the death of Gustern and was described by prosecutors as having a tantrum before pushing the voice coach[2]. In August 2023, Pazienza pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 8 years in prison[3][4][5].
Pazienza grew up in an idyllic part of Long Island, where her dad Daniel runs a successful business in Holtsville that has previously been ranked the No. 1 cesspool company in Suffolk County for service and price[1]. She attended Ward Melville High School in nearby Setauket with her future fiancé, now a Microsoft employee[1].
Pazienza was seen gallivanting around town, attending swanky clubs and art gallery openings, but neighbors at the upscale Astoria condo where she lived with her boyfriend said she wasn’t all smiles at home[1]. Law enforcement sources say that Pazienza was a known nuisance in the Shore Towers, and had previously called the cops on her neighbors[1][6].
Citations: [1] Who is Lauren Pazienza, accused of fatally shoving Barbara Gustern in NYC? - NY Post https://nypost.com/2022/03/23/who-is-lauren-pazienza-accused-of-fatally-shoving-barbara-gustern-in-nyc/
[2] Prosecutors Describe Lauren Pazienza’s Tantrum Before Pushing Voice Coach - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/nyregion/lauren-pazienza-vocal-coach-barbara-gustern-bail.html
[3] Lauren Pazienza to serve 8 years for killing beloved vocal coach - NY Post https://nypost.com/2023/08/23/lauren-pazienza-to-serve-8-years-for-killing-beloved-vocal-coach/
[4] Lauren Pazienza pleads guilty to killing 87-year-old vocal coach, will be sentenced to 8 years in prison - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lauren-pazienza-guilty-manslaughter-barbara-gustern-vocal-coach-sentence-8-years-prison/
[5] Who is Lauren Pazienza? Long-Island event planner pleads guilty in shoving beloved NYC voice coach | MEAWW https://meaww.com/who-is-lauren-pazienza-long-island-event-planner-pleads-guilty-in-shoving-beloved-nyc-voice-coach
[6] Who Is Lauren Pazienza, Suspect in Singing Coach’s Death? - Curbed https://www.curbed.com/2022/03/lauren-pazienza-suspect-singing-coach-death.html
What does calling the cops on neighbors have to do with a manslaughter trial though. There can be people who have a legitimate reason to do that, and then there’s those people who are calling the cops every other day, but it doesn’t specify. It’s just kind of comical that that would be used to somehow legitimate a completely unrelated manslaughter conviction.
What the fuck is wrong with people? According to this article it was unprovoke. What was the woman’s rational for doing this? The article doesn’t say.
I looked up some other articles
Pazienza’s fatal shove of the respected coach came during a drunken rampage on a night of celebrating her upcoming nuptials with her fiancé at West 28th Street, prosecutors have said.
The 5-foot-7 Pazienza encountered the 4-foot-11 Gustern after becoming enraged by a Parks Department worker kicking her and her beau out of Chelsea Park — where the pair had been eating dinner — because the green space was closing, according to the DA’s office.
After throwing her food at her lover, Pazienza crossed the street and randomly attacked Gustern — and then coldly walked away as the elderly woman bled from her head, officials said.
“Notice how she didn’t go after some 6-foot-tall, 200-pound guy – she went after my 80-pound grandmother,” Gustern’s grandson said after Wednesday’s hearing.
She sounds like a real piece of shit. https://nypost.com/2023/08/23/lauren-pazienza-to-serve-8-years-for-killing-beloved-vocal-coach/ (I know NYP can be a shitty source but can be a good source for getting sorid details)
Following the attack, Pazienza took the subway back to her Astoria home, where she finally disclosed to her fiancé that she had shoved someone hours later. \ After seeing on the news that the beloved vocal coach had died – and spotting herself in surveillance images released by police – Pazienza deleted all of her social media accounts, removed her wedding website and fled to Long Island to stay with family, the DA’s office said. … But Pazienza’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, has claimed that Pazienza was so bombed off of a cocktail of wine, weed and prescription drugs that she could not have possibly known what she was doing, or had the required “intent” for the manslaughter charge to stick.
“No your honor, your don’t understand. I was just really wasted.”
I belive they said she was having a temper tantrum when she did it. A fucking temper tantrum?
Spoiled bitch basically
This fucking sub-human murdered an innocent woman at random because she was having a temper tantrum after being kicked out of a city park. And she only gets 8 fucking years?
So, if I understand this right, it’s mostly OK to kill people at random in NYC? That’s the message this extremely light sentence conveys.
It wasn’t murder, because it wasn’t pre-meditated and she likely didn’t intend to kill when she did it. Manslaugher and assault seem the correct charges. I’m not making excuses for her, she deserves jail over this. But all those mitigating factors matter when you compare this case with murder cases that get 20+ years.
It must suck to be a judge, and have to decide that taking some lives are worth more or less than taking others.
Should the headline not describe her more accurately as “murderer” instead of “woman”. Like, why does her gender even matter? The fact that she killed another human being matters a lot more. It should read “A murderer…”
