Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor faces two civil lawsuits from three women injured in a May car crash in Pittsburgh. The women accuse him of running a red light in an uninsured Tesla Cybertruck, causing their vehicle to flip. No criminal charges have been filed.
On May 31, 2025, in Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood, three women from Indianapolis—Leah Harvey, Andrea Brown, and Thea Brown—were traveling together in a Nissan Rogue when they were struck by a Tesla Cybertruck driven by Terrelle Pryor, 36. The women were waiting to turn left at a flashing yellow light into a gas station parking lot. According to the lawsuits filed on October 22, 2025, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, common pleas court, Pryor pulled up behind two trucks at a red light, swerved into the right lane, ran the light without braking, and crashed into the Rogue. The impact flipped the SUV onto its side and pinned it against a traffic light post.
Leah Harvey suffered a broken right leg and facial fractures, requiring her to be cut from the wreckage and hospitalized. Andrea Brown sustained a disc herniation in her cervical spine, bowel perforation, femoral neck fracture, pubic fracture, and a broken leg. Thea Brown experienced a right hand laceration that damaged muscles and tendons. The complaints allege the Cybertruck was uninsured at the time and demand a jury trial for Pryor's alleged reckless operation of the vehicle.
Pryor, a former five-star recruit from Jeannette High School near Pittsburgh, played quarterback for Ohio State from 2008 to 2010. He passed for 6,177 yards and 57 touchdowns, rushed for 2,164 yards and 17 scores, leading the Buckeyes to a 33-6 record and three BCS bowl games. He withdrew before his senior year amid the "Tattoogate" scandal and later played seven NFL seasons, mostly as a wide receiver, retiring in 2018. Pryor has faced prior legal issues, including a 2019 guilty plea to harassment after being stabbed by his girlfriend and a 2022 guilty plea to criminal mischief in a domestic dispute. In July 2025, a federal lawsuit he filed against the NCAA, Big Ten, Ohio State, and others for name, image, and likeness restitution was dismissed as untimely.
As of November 2025, Pittsburgh prosecutors have not filed criminal charges related to the crash.