It definitely does not cause the crash. I can confirm that it works as-is. What other mods do you have installed?
Kinz - You might need to look for their specific names, but the businesswomen are named "business(number)" and "reporter(number). For the African-American one, look for "lisa3". To replace any gang option with them, look up for the "s_ped_mascot" characters in characters.xtbl and replace the "character" entry of each into the businesswomen's exact names. I recommend Notepad++ as it's a very useful app for SR modding.