Former NBA Player and Singer Wife Die in High Speed Crash / Friends of John Legend and Ties to American Idol Shades of Michael Hastings in a high speed crash and death of a couple closely tied with top tier entertainment and sports. Range Rover travelling near 100mph on a city street when it crashed and nearly disintegrated.  Rasual Butler played 12 years in the NBA and his wife Leah Lebelle was a contestant on American Idol and knew John Legend.  I'll spare too many historical details, but a quick scan of the IG pages of the couple and some clues immediately popped up.  Wife knows and worked with John Legend  Rasual Butler with an foreboding prayer just 4 days ago