Karen Huger is currently overseeing operations at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, where she is carrying out a one-year term following her DUI arrest in March 2024, as disclosed by her co-star in Real Housewives of Potomac, Gizelle Bryant.
Bryant made an appearance on the episode of Watch What Happens Live on Sunday night (April 27) and provided a reassuring update on Huger, who commenced her prison sentence on February 27 this year.
During the show, Bryant shared with host Andy Cohen, “I have been in touch with someone very close to her regarding her well-being and all that. And from what I have been told, the staff at the facility hold her in high regard. They truly admire her. The Grande Dame is apparently in charge over there.”
“I feel very good about the fact that she’s safe,” Bryant added, noting that Huger’s husband Ray Huger is “still adjusting” to their new reality.
Huger’s arrest occurred in March 2024 when she totaled her car in a high-speed accident and was hit with a DUI charge and six other traffic violations. The reality star claimed she “swerved to avoid the head-on collision” with another car she believed was heading toward her, maintaining her innocence throughout her case and the most recent season of The Real Housewives of Potomac.
However, shocking police camera footage showed Huger slurring her words, admitting to being “lit,” and bizarrely referring to herself as “Thomas Jefferson’s concubine.” The footage was released the same week she was found guilty on all charges except reckless driving.
After the guilty verdict, Huger skipped the Real Housewives of Potomac Season 9 reunion to enter a “private recovery program,” though she did send in an emotional pre-recorded video that left some of her castmates, including Bryant, in tears.
Huger — who has had four DUI arrests in the past 17 years — was ultimately sentenced to two years in prison with one year suspended, meaning she will spend one whole year at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility and will have her license suspended for another year.
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