She wasn’t going down without a fight! Days after Kathryn Dennis walked out of jail after serving 11 days in jail for a DUI charge, we’ve learned more details about her push for a reduced sentence. Apparently, the Southern Charm star was sitting behind bars, begging the judge to reduce her 30-day sentence.
Kathryn Dennis claimed the judge’s sentence was “passion of the moment rather than a factual basis”
According to court documents reviewed by Us Weekly, Kathryn and her lawyer filed a motion for a judge to “reconsider” her 30-day jail sentence. They submitted the motion on October 6, three days after she went behind bars.
In Kathryn’s motion, she argued that her punishment didn’t match the crime. As a reminder, cops busted her for DUI after she crashed into a car, which rear-ended another car. The cops found open containers, and one of the drivers involved in the chain reaction claims they suffered “serious” injuries.
Nonetheless, Kathryn argued with the judge. She claimed that “the vast majority of DUI/open container cases are sentenced to paying a fine or minimal jail time.” She felt like receiving the maximum sentence was out of the norm.
Kathryn and her lawyer also pointed to several comments that the judge made during the hearing that weren’t based on the facts of the case. Supposedly, the judge made a remark “that she and her child could have been on the road at the same time and location” and that Kathryn “could have hurt the judge and her child.”
The motion argued that the judge’s hypothetical comments were made “out of the passion of the moment rather than as a factual basis for the sentence.”
It seems like Kathryn’s argument must have worked, because after 11 days, she walked out of jail a free woman. She served less than half of the original sentence, but the drama is far from over. There’s still a lingering lawsuit from the man who said he was injured, and Kathryn has yet to respond.
Southern Charm returns to Bravo on November 19 at 9/8c. It’s currently streaming on Peacock and Hayu.
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