Caitlyn Jenner\u2019s longtime friend and manager Sophia Hutchins has died in an ATV crash in Malibu, Calif. She was 29. Getty Images for EJAF<\/p>\n
Caitlyn Jenner\u2019s longtime friend and manager Sophia Hutchins has died in an ATV crash in Malibu, Calif. She was 29.<\/p>\n
Hutchins was driving the vehicle near Jenner\u2019s $3.5 million Malibu condo when she collided with the bumper of a moving car on Wednesday morning,\u00a0TMZ reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n The impact threw Hutchins and her ATV vehicle off the road and down a 350-foot ravine, police sources told the outlet.<\/p>\n Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene. No one else was injured.<\/p>\n The impact threw Hutchins and her ATV vehicle off the road and down a 350-foot ravine, police sources told the outlet. @hutchins_sophia\/Instagram<\/p>\n It was unclear where Jenner, 75, was at the time of the fatal crash.<\/p>\n The duo met in 2015 through their hairstylists. At the time, the Olympic gold medalist came out as transgender, subsequently kickstarting their transition process.<\/p>\n Hutchins, who was also a transgender woman, appeared in several episodes of Jenner\u2019s E!\u2019s reality show, \u201cI Am Cait.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2017, Hutchins moved in with the former decathlete and became her manager.<\/p>\n Hutchins moved in with the former decathlete in 2017 and became her manager. Getty Images<\/p>\n Hutchins previously served as the CEO and director of the Caitlyn Jenner Foundation. Chris Chew\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Since then, the duo had been inseparable and Hutchins often joined Jenner at family events hosted by the Kardashians.<\/p>\n Their close friendship sparked a slew of dating rumors, which both Hutchins and Jenner vehemently denied on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n In 2018, the Pepperdine grad insisted\u00a0her relationship with Jenner was \u201cnever romantic.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt was never romantic. Never sexual. It was very much friends but I understand why people perceived it that way. We never addressed it and that was part of the problem,\u201d Hutchins said at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s more parental. I date guys. And Caitlyn\u2019s like, I gotta sign off on him. It\u2019s very parental, very protective. We\u2019re family. It\u2019s an interesting family situation. All of my family is.\u201d<\/p>\n Hutchins, who was also a transgender woman, appeared in several episodes of Jenner\u2019s E!\u2019s reality show, \u201cI Am Cait.\u201d @hutchins_sophia\/Instagram<\/p>\n The duo met in 2015 through their hairstylists. FilmMagic<\/p>\n \u201cWe met through our hairstylists. He was doing my hair one day and was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to a photoshoot after this, something with Caitlyn and MAC. And Caitlyn would like to meet you,\u2019\u201d Hutchins added of Jenner, who is 46 years her senior.<\/p>\n And in 2021, Hutchins once again reaffirmed that she was not romantically involved with the former \u201cKeeping Up with the Kardashians\u201d star.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no hanky panky,\u201d Hutchins\u00a0told People<\/a>. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been saying that for the past five years.\u201d<\/p>\n