Coban Porter sentenced to 6 years in prison | News [Video]

Coban Porter, brother of Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr. and former University of Denver basketball player, will serve six years in prison for vehicular homicide charges following a drunk-driving crash that left a Denver mother dead.

Denver District Court Judge Ericka Englert sentenced 22-year-old Porter on Friday to six years in prison for one count of vehicular homicide (DUI) and three years concurrently for one count of vehicular assault (DUI) following the Jan. 22, 2023 fatal crash that left 42-year-old Katharina Rothman dead and Jason Blanch, 47, severely injured.

“As a parent, you are not supposed to bury your children,” Rothman’s mother, Connie Johnson, told the judge while stifling tears. 

“As a mother, you know your child before they are even born into this world. You feel their heartbeat. You go through the labor. You raise them and you try your hardest to infinitely protect them. I did that for …