In a Miami courtroom on Thursday, Clare Bezy, 88, recounted the horrible memories she had from the day a drunk driver rammed into her home.
On June 24, her younger brother, Henri Bezy, 82, was killed while he was sleeping inside. Since then, Clare has lost her companion, who she said was always smiling, generous and fiercely loyal to his friends.
“I’ll always remember Henri as that sunny, young man,” Clare said in court. “Always, I’ll remember him that way. He was my best friend.”
Dressed in orange jail clothes, Allen Matis, 67, the Coral Gables real estate developer behind the wheel that day, raised his right hand and pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter and reckless vehicular homicide charges stemming from Bezy’s killing…