Real Housewives of Potomac‘s Karen Huger is on trial this week after anĀ alleged drunk driving incident in March thatĀ resulted in a car wreck.
According to reports from Fox 5 DC, the 61-year-old Bravo TV star “faces eight charges total, including Driving a Vehicle While Impaired by Alcohol and Driving a Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol.”
The legal deets:
“Just before midnight on March 19, 2024, authorities said Huger crashed her car near Oaklyn Drive in Potomac. A man who witnessed the wreckage testified in court Tuesday that the car smelled like alcohol. Other witnesses who testified in court Tuesday included a volunteer EMT who responded that night, along with two police officers.”
An EMT told the jury, that “Huger refused treatment on the scene and ‘swayed’ as she tried to get into the ambulance.Ā Once inside the ambulance, she testified Huger used profanity towards the first responders.”
The EMT testified, that Huger told them to “f*ck off” and “go f*ck yourselves” on more than one occasion. However, she would also compliment a female firefighter a few minutes later. “Youāre so pretty, and youāre so beautiful.”
The body cam footage:
In court Tuesday, the arresting officer’s body camera footage was also shown to the jury.Ā He is heard on camera telling Karen she was “hammered,” as she appeared to slur her speech in the cruiser. “This is bullsh*t,” Huger is heard saying. “I hate you, you know that?”
Huger refused a breathalyzer and field sobriety test. A defense attorney not affiliated with The Grande Dame’s case said, “body camera video could be critical.”
“Over the last several years itās been available to us, itās been a game changer with respect to DUI cases because it really gives us an opportunity to put eyes on the situation, a situation that oftentimes doesnāt make it to court for months, perhaps peopleās memories fade, information is not as clear,” the attorney explained.
“The body camera footage really helps clear that up, and I think a finder of that ā¦ whether itās a judge or a jury ā¦ is going to rely heavily on that information when making a determination about that evidence in the case.”
