Caitlyn Jenner was seen on Friday, over a week after her best friend Sophia Hutchins died in a quad bike accident.
The former Olympian, 75, was seen shopping for groceries with friends amid her grief.
Sophia was killed after she plunged 350 feet down a cliff on an ATV after she was believed to have struck a car bumper.
Sophia was 29 years old at the time of her death, which occurred on July 2nd.
In 2017, Hutchins began living with Jenner and took on the role of her manager, succeeding Jenner’s ex-wife Kris Jenner, who had fulfilled the role prior to their 2015 divorce.
Caitlyn Jenner was seen on Friday, over a week after her best friend Sophia Hutchins died in a quad bike accident
The former Olympian, 75, was seen shopping for groceries with friends amid her grief
According to sources from DailyMail.com, after hitting the car’s bumper, the collision caused the ATV to veer off, leading Hutchins to fall 350 feet into a ravine.
First responders pronounced Hutchins dead at the scene.
Investigators informed DailyMail.com that she was suspected of speeding in the 2013 Polaris ATV and was positioned ‘side by side’ with a Mazda when she rear-ended it.
The impact caused the ATV to veer off the cliff off the winding mountainous road in Malibu.
The two individuals in the car struck by Hutchins and the ATV were not injured.
Hutchins was in Jenner’s inner circle for over a decade after she came out as a transgender woman in 2015.
Hutchins met Caitlyn that year and appeared in multiple episodes of the television documentary series I Am Cait, a spin-off of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
In 2017, Hutchins moved into Jenner’s home and began working as the star’s manager, taking over the role from Jenner’s ex-wife Kris Jenner , 69, after their 2015 divorce; seen February 4, 2020
Despite living under one roof, Hutchins previously told The New York Times that they ‘were never romantically involved’, insisting it was all about work and friendship.
‘Caitlyn is a parent to me. I have said that a million times. It is a parental, familial relationship,’ Sophia said.
In 2020, Sophia posed for an online ad campaign for Kim Kardashian’s highly successful clothing line SKIMS.
Sophia was particularly close to Kris Jenner, speaking to her regularly, and Hutchins also had a good relationship with Jenner’s daughters Kendall, 29, and Kylie, 27. The siblings once gave Sophia a stunning heart-shaped diamond necklace for Christmas.
‘I’m on good terms with all the family, but I’m closest with Kris, Kim, Kylie and Kendall’, Sophia said.
The tragedy comes nine years after Jenner was involved in a fatal car crash while driving on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
The collision involved four cars and resulted in the death of Kim Howe, 70.
Jenner was not charged in the crash, but an investigation by the LA County Sheriff’s Office determined that Caitlyn was driving too fast.
That opened her up to blame in civil lawsuits, which was later settled out of court.
Hutchins’ last public appearance with Jenner was in 2024 when Sophia accompanied her to the April 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C; (pictured)
Hutchins was featured heavily in the reality series, I Am Cait.
The series ran for just two seasons but it gave glimpses into Jenner and Hutchins’ unorthodox life together.
Despite living under one roof, Hutchins previously told The New York Times that they ‘were never romantically involved’ with each other — a sentiment that pair have repeated over the years.
‘I don’t feel a need to address my sex life, quite frankly, unless I want to,’ Sophia sternly told the outlet at the time.
Hutchins’ last public appearance with Jenner was in 2024 when Sophia accompanied her to the April 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C.
