The Grande Dame’s authorized saga, stemming from a automotive crash in March 2024, is ending with one 12 months behind bars.
On Wednesday, after Karen Huger was discovered responsible of a DUI in December, Montgomery County (Maryland) Circuit Courtroom Decide Terrence McGann sentenced the 61-year-old “Actual Housewives of Potomac” star to 2 years in jail (with one 12 months suspended), $2,900 in fines, and 5 years of probation, NBC Information reported.
Huger, affectionately known as “The Grande Dame” by followers, was convicted of driving beneath the affect in December, simply months after she was concerned in a single-car collision in Montogomery County, Maryland, that left her white Maserati totaled.
Although the truth TV star maintains she misplaced management of her automotive whereas making an attempt to keep away from an oncoming automobile and that she was in an emotional state on the time of the crash, she was charged with a DUI, negligently driving a automobile in a careless and imprudent method, endangering property, life, and particular person, and recklessly driving a automobile in wanton and willful disregard for the security of individuals and property.
Different expenses included failure to regulate automobile velocity, driving a automobile in extra of cheap and prudent velocity on the freeway, driving a automobile on the freeway with suspended registration, and failure to inform the administration of a change of handle inside 30 days.
After Huger acquired her responsible verdict, she fired her attorneys. She additionally skipped out on the reunion for season 9 of “The Actual Housewives of Potomac” to test herself right into a rehabilitation program—a transfer that was criticized by her “RHOP” castmates in the course of the first a part of the reunion for its timing.
Upon her launch, Huger won’t be allowed to drive for a 12 months after. If she violates her probation, Huger additionally faces the potential of being despatched again to jail to serve the remainder of her suspended sentence.
As she was taken into custody, Individuals journal reported she informed her husband, “You can be alright,” and “God’s bought you.”
Huger confronted as much as two years behind bars for her expenses. Prosecutors requested six months in jail, whereas her protection legal professionals requested for no time in favor of rehabilitation. Nonetheless, prosecutors famous Huger was a repeat offender with three earlier alcohol-related visitors infractions between 2006 and 2011—none of which led to jail time.
Shortly after her conviction in December, bodycam footage from the arrest in March was launched that confirmed Huger slurring her speech, struggling to keep up her stability, and turning into belligerent when interacting with emergency personnel. The footage additionally revealed some headline-making soundbites together with Huger referring to herself as “Thomas Jefferson’s concubine.”
A day later, in a press release addressing the arrest, Huger defined she had been having dinner with a good friend when the dialog turned to severe and emotional subjects. By the point she left, she claimed that the dialog impacted her concentrate on the highway.
“I want to stress it’s essential to grasp your emotional state when driving and will this be a reminder to all to make use of their seatbelts,” she mentioned. “My mom could also be my Guardian Angel, however the seatbelt saved my life.”
