“Actual Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger’s time in jail is over, sooner than anticipated.
The fact TV star was launched Tuesday from the Montgomery County Detention Heart in Maryland, a spokesperson for the Montgomery Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to The Instances. Huger left six months right into a yearlong jail sentence. She was sentenced in February to 2 years in jail with one 12 months suspended after she was convicted in 2024 of driving beneath the affect in Potomac.
Representatives for Huger, 62, didn’t instantly reply The Instances’ request for touch upon Tuesday.
Huger waved to bystanders from her SUV as she exited the power shortly after her launch, in keeping with video shared by Fox 5 DC reporter Stephanie Ramirez.
Maryland police arrested Huger in March 2024, citing her for driving beneath the affect after she crossed a median and hit road indicators, crashing her Maserati. She was booked on suspicion of driving beneath the affect and different visitors violations and was later launched from police custody.
Shortly after her arrest, Huger attributed the accident to grief and her mom’s 2017 demise. “Grief comes and goes in waves, and with Mom’s Day approaching, it has felt extra like a tsunami,” she informed TMZ on the time.
A Maryland jury convicted Huger in December of driving beneath the affect and negligent driving expenses. The jury additionally discovered the Bravo-lebrity responsible of failure to manage pace to keep away from a collision and failure to inform authorities of an handle change. She was cleared on a reckless driving cost.
Huger’s lawyer A. Scott Bolden informed Individuals in a December assertion that they have been “disenchanted” by the jury’s verdict however “in fact respect their choice and respect their time listening to our case.”
Amid her authorized woes, Huger was absent from the “Actual Housewives of Potomac” Season 9 reunion. In a prerecorded message performed through the particular, Huger stated she entered a non-public restoration program to deal with her “taking antidepressants and consuming.”
“That is very horrifying, however I settle for full accountability for the whole lot with my automotive accident,” Huger tearfully informed producers. “I don’t care about me proper now. I care about my youngsters; I care about my household. They’re so harm.”
