Real Housewives star Karen Huger sentenced to prison months after arrest footage leak

A prominent Real Housewives star has learnt her fate months after she was arrested in shocking scenes.

Karen Huger was sentenced to one year in prison after being found guilty of DUI.

The Real Housewives of Potomac star learned her fate from the judge during a hearing in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday.

Huger was sentenced to a two-year prison term, with one year suspended, according to Washington DC’s local Fox 5 News.

The Bravolebrity, who has 30 days to file an appeal, reportedly got emotional while speaking to the judge at the sentencing, per the Baltimore Banner.

Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger has been found guilty of a DUI.

The reality TV star has been sentenced to one year in jail for a DUI.

“I understand better the brutal clarity of the fact that when you’re behind a car driving you’re not just driving for yourself,” Huger told the judge.

“It’s my responsibility to make sure that my community members make it where they need to be safely.”

Before Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann sentenced Huger, he pointed out that Huger has faced four driving violations since 2006.

Her arrest video was made public back in December.

Huger admitted to being “drunk” in police bodycam footage from her arrest.

“Can we believe that she’s only driven while intoxicated four times in the last 17 years or is it more likely that she’s been very lucky and her inebriation has gone undetected?” he asked.

Huger had been facing up to two years behind bars for her fourth alcohol-related traffic offence.

Prosecutors previously said they were only seeking six months, while Huger’s attorneys had been pushing for rehabilitation instead of jail time.

Huger, 61, was convicted by a Maryland jury in December 2024 following a two-day trial and five-hour deliberation.

Huger has appeared on RHOP since it debuted in 2016.

She was found guilty of five out of six charges, including driving under the influence (DUI), negligent driving, failure to control speed and failure to notify authorities of an address change.

She was acquitted of the reckless driving charge.

The charges stemmed from the reality star’s arrest last March after she crashed her Maserati into a median and street signs while travelling at a high rate of speed in Potomac, Maryland.

At the time, a representative for the Montgomery County Police Department told TMZ that Huger was driving her luxury vehicle in “an aggressive manner.”

She recently skipped the RHOP Season 9 reunion.

In police bodycam footage from her arrest, Huger admitted to being “drunk” and bizarrely referred to herself as “Thomas Jefferson’s concubine.”

She also told a cop that he was “white and poor” during her interrogation.

In January, Huger’s rep revealed that she had checked herself into rehab after the Grand Dame was notably absent from the RHOP Season 9 reunion.

“Karen made the important decision to enter a private recovery program, so [she] was unable to attend the reunion taping,” her rep told the Daily Dish at the time.

“We stand behind Karen as she embarks on this meaningful journey and are proud of her for taking such a significant step forward in her personal growth.”

However, the damage may already be done in terms of her future with Bravo.

A source exclusively told Page Six that “she would need to clean up her act [for the network] to move forward with her” at this point.

Huger has starred on RHOP since its debut season in 2016.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

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