Season 9 of The Actual Housewives of Potomac began with a dramatic reenactment of Karen Huger’s drunken automotive crash. Since then, the Grande Dame has dodged questions on what occurred that evening and fought to have the police officer’s physique cam footage utilized in her trial. It didn’t work.
Karen was discovered responsible of DUI throughout a jury trial final evening with the physique cam footage used as key proof within the case. Now, the footage has been made public, and it’s no marvel Karen tried to maintain this sealed. It’s actually damning.
Ray Huger arrived on the scene
The primary video confirmed Karen on the scene subsequent to her crashed Maserati. This wasn’t only a small fender bender. Her automotive was fully wrecked with the airbags deployed.
One officer questioned Karen about what occurred. Instantly, you could possibly inform that she wasn’t sober. She might hardly string a sentence collectively.
Then, Ray Huger arrived on the scene. Karen tried to get him to do all the speaking, however the officer pressed Karen for solutions. She was the one driving, in order that they needed to understand how this one-vehicle automotive crash occurred.
Though the reenactment on RHOP made it look like Karen swerved to overlook an expensive, the Hugers advised the cops {that a} automotive tried to run Karen off the street. In addition they admitted that Karen could have had a few beers.
The officer requested, “What sort of beer did you drink?”
Karen tells the cop that she “ought to have taken a cab”
A second video exhibits Karen in handcuffs using to the police station within the entrance seat of a cop automotive. Slurring her speech, she began mumbling about her establishment of marriage.
At one level, she defined to the officer how Andy Cohen gave her the nickname of “The Grande Dame.” The officer didn’t appear impressed by any of it.
Because the automotive journey continued, Karen had just a few moments of readability. She advised the officer that she “ought to have taken a cab.” The officer agreed.
“Whenever you Google me, you’re going to be so ashamed of your self. I’m dangerous as f-ck,” Karen advised the officer.
She added, “I don’t suppose I did something dangerous aside from the driving.”
Because the officer patiently escorted the Grande Dame downtown, she constantly requested for tissues. He didn’t have any. Then, she began making references to being a “slave proprietor’s daughter” and the way she lately bought a plantation. The dialog went in each path, incriminating Karen with each slurred phrase.
Karen stumbles her approach into the police station
When Karen arrived on the police station, the chaos continued. The officer’s bodycam footage exhibits her making an attempt to persuade the officer to take away her handcuffs. Clearly, that didn’t occur. Karen mentioned, “You recognize I hate you, proper?”
As Karen received out of the automotive, she practically fell. The officer helped her preserve her steadiness. Then, she seemed him lifeless within the eyes, and mentioned, “I’m lit.”
With all of this in thoughts, a jury discovered Karen responsible of DUI together with negligent driving, failure to regulate velocity to keep away from a collision, and failure to inform authorities of an tackle change. She has a sentencing listening to in January and will withstand two years in jail. Within the aftermath of the responsible verdict, Karen mentioned she was nonetheless pursuing “justice.”
The Actual Housewives of Potomac continues on Bravo Sunday nights at 8/7c.
TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWING KAREN’S ARREST? DO YOU THINK SHE REGRETS BRINGING THIS TO TRIAL?
