Caitlyn Jenner’s manager and longtime friend, Sophia Hutchins, tr@gically d!ed after plummeting 350 feet into a gulf.
According to police and family sources, the 29-year-old was riding a quad on a road near Jenner’s house when she hit the back of a moving car on Wednesday.
The crash sent Hutchins and her ATV crashing down 350 feet into a ravine, where she was pronounced de@d at the scene. No one else was wounded in the incident.
Jenner hasn’t said anything about Hutchins’ de@th, and it’s not known where the Keeping Up star was when it happened.
Jenner and Hutchins, who is also transgender, initially met in 2015, right after Jenner came out as transgender to the world. Hutchins then starred in numerous episodes of Jenner’s E! docuseries, I Am Cait, which followed Jenner’s life after transitioning.
Hutchins was born in Bellevue, Washington, and went to Pepperdine University, where she got a degree in economics and finance. In order to complete her gender transition, she resigned as Class of 2018 president during her junior year.
Hutchins stated that Jenner inspired her to proceed with her transition. In 2016, she said that the Olympian’s coming-out interview helped her realize it was “OK” to transition: “[Jenner] made it so much more real for me, like normal and successful people do this and people are OK when they do it.”
Hutchins started her sunscreen brand, Lumasol, when she graduated in 2017. Later, she became Jenner’s manager.
They met through a shared hairstylist and cosmetics artist and instantly became close friends.
Hutchins told Juicy Scoop in 2020, “We became very close as friends.” It’s funny that we met through our hair and makeup artist.
One day as he was doing my hair, he said, “I’m going to a photo shoot right after this, and Caitlyn is going to be there. She wants to meet you.”
We started the shooting, became fast friends, and I learned a lot about Caitlyn’s life. I thought it was a financial mess, with money flying about everywhere and no one actually in charge.
She didn’t have a boss. Kris wasn’t doing it anymore because they got divorced, and I thought I could do a great job.
Hutchins was also recognized for being a strong supporter of Donald Trump, the previous president.
She was a stand-in for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, appearing on TV to support the former president and even seeing him at Mar-a-Lago in February 2024. There, she wrote, “The energy, passion, and commitment for our movement to Save America has never been greater!” We’ll never give up!
Hutchins and Jenner returned to Mar-a-Lago for Trump’s election night watch party on November 5, 2024. According to Hutchins, “It’s been a wild ride.” From the 2016 convention and inauguration to the wildest campaign in US history in 2024, I adore this family as if they were my own.
I will keep fighting for America in any way I’m instructed. We’ve come this far, and I don’t plan to stop; I aim to hurry up.
I would love to do it with The 47th POTUS @realdonaldtrump and his team of folks. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Hutchins went to the Starlight Ball in Washington, DC, with Jenner as part of Trump’s inauguration celebrations in January. This was one of her last public appearances.