{"id":62266,"date":"2025-06-02T07:21:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T07:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62266"},"modified":"2025-06-02T07:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T07:21:54","slug":"rising-tennis-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62266","title":{"rendered":"Rising Tennis Star\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-44.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-44.png 512w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-44-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>18-Year-Old Tennis Star Braun Levi Killed by Suspected Drunk Driver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun Levi, a top-ranked 18-year-old tennis player from Loyola High School in Los Angeles, tragically lost his life on May 4 in a suspected DUI crash in Manhattan Beach. Just days earlier, Levi had celebrated his fourth consecutive Mission League doubles title with partner Cooper Schwartz. He was set to graduate and attend the University of Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/everythingnowon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-143-181x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1641\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Levi\u2019s family had recently relocated to South Bay after losing their home in a fire earlier this year. The suspected driver, Jenia Belt, 33, had a suspended license due to a prior DUI case and is now being held without bail for DUI and vehicular manslaughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Suspected DUI driver kills teen in Manhattan Beach\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KzLGOudiYZ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Loyola High School and the broader community are mourning Levi\u2019s loss. Described as a talented athlete, compassionate leader, and beloved friend, Levi touched countless lives. His school held a candlelight vigil in his honor, and tributes poured in from friends, classmates, and organizations like Maccabi USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/everythingnowon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-142-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1642\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Levi is survived by his parents, Daniel and Jennifer, and his sister Adelle. His memory continues to inspire those who knew him. The tragedy serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of living fully and cherishing loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=62192\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18-Year-Old Tennis Star Braun Levi Killed by Suspected Drunk Driver Braun Levi, a top-ranked 18-year-old tennis player from Loyola High School in Los Angeles, tragically lost his&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62269,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62266\/revisions\/62269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}