Charles lewis jr Tapout News

Charles Lewis Jr. and Mask, which he was known in the MMA, was killed by a hit and run driver in Newport Beach last night. Lewis died when his Ferrari crashed into a light pole. Lewis’ car was smashed and cut into half.

Charles Lewis Jr. (his real name) reportedly wrapped his $300,000 Ferrari around a telephone pole in Orange County,Calif. He died at the scene, while a female passenger was taken to the hospital.

Police suspected Lewis was a racing driver, Jeffrey David Kirby, 51, in a Porsche. The driver, Kirby was arrested. Kirby was charged with serious driving roads murder.

According to Fox,a Newport Beach Police officers were on patrol in the area, and as both Ferrari and Porsche "spinning out of control on Jamboree Road between Bison Avenue and East Bluff Drive".

Kirby's female partner was in the Porsche Lynn Marie Nabozny, 32 Nabozny was arrested for public intoxication. Nabozny was released after her arrest. Lewis had a female passenger in his Ferrari. She was ejected from the car. She is in a serious condition in hospital.

TapouT is an American business enterprise specializing in producing clothing and miscellaneous gear targeted at the mixed martial arts community, as well as a magazine devoted to mixed martial arts fighting.

Lt. Fox said it is not known whether the male population (Lewis), or a female companion drove the Ferrari. After the Ferrari hit a curb and shattered in selected vessels, the woman was ejected from the car and was transferred to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where she remains in a stable condition.

Lewis will be remembered as one of MMA's first and true entrepreneurs. A longtime comic-book fan, Lewis and his colleagues, "Punkass" and "Skyscrape," went the make-up-and-costume route soon after launching the company from a San Bernardino apartment. The costumes, grassroots-marketing efforts and an often-praised work ethic made the crew celebrities in their own right.

Tapout, which grossed just $30,000 in sales in 1999, pushed that number to more than $100 million in 2008 alone. The company now has licensed retailers around the world.

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