Photo:Haley Pullos/Instagram
Haley Pullos/Instagram
Haley Pulloshas requested the Los Angeles Superior Court dismiss the civil lawsuit related to her 2023DUI arrest.
On April 29 last year, theGeneral Hospitalactress, 25, was involved in awrong-way crash on the freewayafter an alleged hit-and-run incident that happened moments before the collision. At the time, PEOPLE reported that the actress was unable to exit her vehicle when law enforcement officers arrived on the scene. The Pasadena Fire Department later used the jaws of life to “extract” from the car before she was taken to the hospital to be treated for her injuries.
She wascharged with a DUIafter she was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and for allegedly driving the wrong way on a freeway.
The other driver involved, Courteney Wilder, was also hospitalized with major injuries and later filed a lawsuit seeking damages in January.
Haley Pullos.Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic
Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic
Pullos has asked the court that Wilder’s complaint be dismissed and her legal fees to be covered in addition to “other and further relief” deemed “just and proper.”
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After the crash, Pullos allegedly entered a rehabilitation treatment facility. The actress, who has been playing Molly Lansing-Davis onGeneral Hospitalsince 2009, toldSoap Opera Digestin May that she was stepping back from the role after being involved in a car accident and needing “a little time to recover.”
In a statement to PEOPLE, the L.A. County D.A. shared at the time that “drunk driving remains a grave concern in our communities, claiming thousands of innocent lives each year.”
The D.A. added, “Charging Haley Pullos with a felony DUI causing injury underscores the severity of this alleged offense.”
source: people.com
