{"id":3148,"date":"2026-07-03T02:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/tesla-driver-faces-manslaughter-charges-over-texas-crash-that-killed-a-woman-inside-her-home\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:09:33","slug":"tesla-driver-faces-manslaughter-charges-over-texas-crash-that-killed-a-woman-inside-her-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/tesla-driver-faces-manslaughter-charges-over-texas-crash-that-killed-a-woman-inside-her-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A photo of the Tesla logo on a vehicle\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo by JADE GAO\/AFP via Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/gettyimages-2224672042.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man whose Tesla struck and killed a woman inside her Texas home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, as reported earlier by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/autos\/driver-charged-with-manslaughter-after-tesla-crashed-into-texas-home-killing-woman-inside-65e17279?mod=rss_Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> and local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/deadly-tesla-home-crash-suspect-charged\/285-1c2b6416-6f43-4bb0-a490-ba8dc1d9c143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news outlet KHOU 11<\/a>. 44-year-old Michael Butler was arrested on Wednesday and claimed to have been driving his Model 3 using Tesla&rsquo;s Full-Self Driving (FSD) system at the time of the crash, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28405676-texas-v-michael-butlerpdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to an arrest affidavit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court document includes the officer saying that data extraction from Butler&rsquo;s phone found several FSD-related Google searches from May 2026: \u00ab\u00a0Tesla fsd not aggressive enough 2026 model,\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0tesla fsdnot [sic] aggressive enough 2026,\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0tesla fsdnot [s \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/961161\/tesla-fsd-katy-tx-manslaughter-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man whose Tesla struck and killed a woman inside her Texas home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, 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