Nadine Arslanian, who would go on to marry Menendez in 2020, struck and killed a man named Richard Koop in Bogota, New Jersey, in December 2018. Arslanian, whom one witness said was known by police officers, was determined to be “not at fault” and was let go without a summons, the New York Times reported.

The couple was indicted by federal prosecutors last month on bribery charges. Menendez is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, which officers found in gold bars and cash—as well as a luxury car—in return for helping the Egyptian government and his associates.

The car, prosecutors allege, was needed to replace Arslanian’s that was wrecked in the fatal crash[.]