Karen Huger, star of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” has been sentenced to one year in prison for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Huger was convicted of DUI in December of 2024. She was sentenced to two years in prison with one year suspended on Wednesday, February 26.
In March 2024, Huger was arrested after she crashed her Maserati into a tree in Potomac, Maryland. Police bodycam footage showed the 61-year-old reality TV star visibly intoxicated, unsteady on her feet and slurring her words.
Photos from the crash site, obtained by TMZ, show lots of skid marks and torn-up grass before her luxury sports car slammed into a tree, taking a big chunk out of the bark.
Huger later said she was leaving an emotional dinner with a friend when she swerved to avoid an oncoming car.
After she completes her sentence, she will not be allowed to drive a vehicle for one year and will also be on probation for 5 years. The judge reportedly told Huger, “You were filled to the gills with alcohol.”
Following the jury’s guilty verdict in December, Huger checked herself into a private rehab facility in Florida in January. She was unable to attend the “Real Housewives of Potomac” Season 9 reunion.
Huger did, however, make a cameo appearance in episode 1 of the first Black daytime soap opera “Beyond the Gates” that premiered on CBS on Monday, Feb. 24.