Considered one of actuality TV’s greatest stars simply obtained a reasonably devastating authorized blow — and naturally, the web has some ideas. Karen Huger, recognized affectionally on The Actual Housewives of Potomac because the “Grande Dame,” has formally been discovered responsible of a DUI and different crimes, months after her headline-making automobile crash final March.
In keeping with TMZ, a jury convicted the fact star of seven of the eight costs introduced in opposition to her, together with “driving below the affect, negligent driving, failing to manage her automobile’s pace to keep away from a collision and failing to inform authorities of a change of tackle.” The RHOP star is about to seem in courtroom Jan. 29, and is dealing with as much as two years in jail.
“Though we’re upset within the jury’s verdict, we after all respect their determination and respect their time listening to our case,” a press release from her lawyer A. Scott Bolden, obtained by TMZ, reads. “We proceed to order Mrs. Huger’s proper to an enchantment and intend to totally pursue justice on her behalf. We respect your help and prayers for Mrs. Huger and her household presently.”
After all, the RHOP followers instantly went to social media with their reactions not solely to the conviction information, however the physique digital camera footage obtained by varied shops displaying Huger’s interactions with regulation enforcement that night time.
“After watching the physique cam footage, there’s no manner Karen Huger thought she was going to get a “not responsible” verdict,” one person wrote on X, previously generally known as Twitter. The present season of RHOP captured Huger’s authorized battle forward of the choice on Wednesday — she repeatedly advised her solid mates that she hopes for “justice” to prevail and sustaining her innocence.
In one of many now-viral physique cam footage movies, Huger is seen telling regulation enforcement that she is “Thomas Jefferson’s concubine.” For some, the footage has virtually been an excessive amount of to look at. One person wrote, “I’ve been scrolling previous every “scene” of Huger’s DUI footage. I’ll watch a couple of minute of every video, however the second hand embarrassment is tew a lot! #RHOP.”
Others have some severe ideas about Huger’s determination to get behind the wheel in any respect, whereas questioning those that could have been together with her that night time. A person wrote in a publish, “Who was she with? Who let her go away like that? Why did nobody counsel an Uber for her? She may have killed herself or another person!”
One other person shared an analogous sentiment, writing, “I simply wish to know who Karen was with earlier than she drove house, bc whoever noticed she was that drunk and let her drive house will not be her buddy. Ain’t no manner any of my pals would let me go away and drive that intoxicated.”