love your loved ones and be safe and be kind. >> reporter: brendan scheneman is sentenced to ten years in prison phone for manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol. in court he apologized to the families saying, i'm not a monster, i never happened. many of the family members who testified here in court about their loss reached the same conclusion. that this tragedy could absolutely have been avoided if scheneman had not made the deadly decision to drink and then drive. reporting from the spotsylvania county courthouse, chris gordon, news4. >> a quick look at some of our top stories tonight. a woman says a man posing as an uber driver sexually assaulted her. >> the victim told police she got into the man's car in dupont circle early sunday morning and he drove her to american university, forced her out of his car, then attacked her. uber says tonight it banned the suspect from driving back in 2015. >> the woman who accuses roy moore of trying to seduce her when she was just 14 years old and he was 32 told nbc's today show that it took years to recover her self-confidenc

>> no, sir. >> reporter: it turns out 26-year-old brendan scheneman was speeding and driving drunk on robert e. lee drive the night of january 12th, killing his roommate taylor wolf, the father of three children, his oldest of 5-year-old son and two daughters. the youngest born after the accident. the other person killed, chelsea favro, was celebrating her 21st birthday that night. her mother testified she lost her best friend. >> chelsea was universally adored for being genuine and kind and beautiful, and the world was a darker place in a te afford to be any darker. this is a tremendous loss. >> reporter: brendan shan man is sentenced to ten years in prison or for manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol. in court he apologized to the families saying, i'm not a monster. i never intended what happened. >>> before scheneman was taken out of the courtroom to begin serving his sentence, he asked for a favor. he asked to hug his mother. the judge said, i'm sorry, i cannot let you do that. reporting from the spotsylvania county courthouse, chris gordon, news4. >> there is