Karen Huger has been found guilty on nearly all counts after being charged with a DUI in Maryland in March.
“Although we are disappointed in the jury’s verdict, we of course respect their decision and appreciate their time hearing our case,” the Real Housewives of Potomac star’s attorney, A. Scott Bolden, tells PEOPLE exclusively in a statement.
Bolden, a partner at Reed Smith law firm adds, “We continue to reserve Mrs. Huger’s right to an appeal and intend to fully pursue justice on her behalf. We appreciate your support and prayers for Mrs. Huger and her family at this time.”
After the March 19 incident, Huger, 61, was charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
Astrid Stawiarz/Getty
Other charges include failure to control vehicle speed on the highway to avoid a collision, driving a vehicle in excess of reasonable and prudent speed on the highway, driving a vehicle on the highway with suspended registration, and failure to notify administration of change of address within 30 days.
She was found guilty on all charges except reckless driving, her rep tells PEOPLE. The reality star is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 29.
A spokesperson for the Montgomery County Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE on March 20 that Huger had been involved in a single-vehicle collision in Potomac. Law enforcement said the television personality crossed a median and struck multiple street signs but was not injured at the time of the crash.
Authorities also reportedly told TMZ — who was first to report the news — that Huger was allegedly driving in an “aggressive manner” and very fast before the collision.
At the time of the incident, she was not arrested, however, she received several citations.
During Huger’s first day in court on Tuesday, Dec. 17, witnesses described what they noticed, with one man stating that Huger’s car allegedly smelled like alcohol, per Fox 5 DC. A volunteer EMT who responded to the scene said Huger did not want treatment and “swayed” when trying to step into the ambulance. Inside the vehicle, the EMT said Huger allegedly told them to “f— off” and “go f— yourselves” several times.
getty
Minutes later she complimented a female firefighter, telling her, “You’re so beautiful,” the EMT said.
The jury also saw bodycam footage on Tuesday, where one officer was seen telling Huger she was “hammered,” a claim she called “bulls—” in the footage.
Huger broke her silence on the incident in a statement to TMZ on March 20. The reality star, whose parents died within seven months of each other in 2017, said she was experiencing a moment of grief the evening of the crash.
“With the passing of my Beloved Mother, Grief comes and goes in waves, and with Mother’s Day approaching it has felt more like a tsunami,” she said. “Last night I met a girlfriend for dinner, we talked and brought up some very emotionally sensitive topics. I was crying on my way home and saw a car heading right for me.”
She continued, “I swerved to avoid the head-on collision, hit the divider, and then a tree. I’m hurt, bruised up a bit, but so grateful I am alive! I did receive citations, one of which was unrelated to the incident which is understandable, but what was most surprising is that the car that almost hit me just drove away!”
Huger concluded by reminding fans to “understate your emotional state” before getting behind the wheel, crediting her mother, whom she called her “Guardian Angel,” and her seatbelt for saving her life.
Huger’s arrest is a central storyline in season 9 of The Real Housewives of Potomac, which airs Sundays on Bravo at 8 p.m. ET.
When Craig Conover’s dating life took center stage at BravoCon 2025, the Southern Charm-er didn’t hold back from spilling all the latest tea.
The subject arose multiple times during Day 3’s “It’s All About to Go South” panel on Nov. 16 in Las Vegas, beginning with the moderators asking what Craig’s DMs looked like, following his late 2024 breakup from Paige DeSorbo. “Well, it’s been a year, guys,” Craig noted. “So, I think we’ve both moved on with our lives. … I didn’t plan on being here, but I’m here.”
Teasing that fans can expect to see him “trying to figure out” the “next chapter” in his love life when Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on Nov. 19, he went on to detail a conversation he had with castmate Madison LeCroy, roughly six months post-split. “I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll start dating, maybe I won’t,'” the Sewing Down South co-owner recalled. “You can’t really plan your life out; you just have to take it with a grain of salt.”
Elsewhere during the BravoCon panel, Salley Carson teased that “people are gonna be shocked by” the complicated romance that arose between her and Craig — and several others, apparently — while filming Season 11. “I was obviously very attracted to Craig,” Salley remarked, before adding, “Throughout the summer, I definitely saw some different sides of Craig: some that I loved and some that I didn’t love so much.”
Craig, for his part, chimed in to say, “I’ll tell you this: It’s not a triangle. It’s a shape that has too many sides for me to know what it’s called. … I would say it’s more of a trapezoid than a triangle.”
As the Southern Charm trailer already previewed, one of the other people involved is Salley’s friend and newcomer Charley Manley. Craig further clarified that there “were lots of people that liked each other,” noting, “I think saying that it was a triangle is minimalistic for Season 11.”
Craig elaborated more about his dating life in his new chapter: “You’ll get to see me go through kind of a fear of rejection. … When Paige and I met, we met filming a show, so no one had to ever go out on a limb to ask the other out. … I’ve never just blindly asked someone on a date without actually knowing if they like me back or not.”
Because Craig had previously expressed interest in settling down and starting a family, one of the moderators also asked him to clarify if he was in a “more fun-seeking mode” in his dating life now, or if he was really ready to find his “person.”
“Well, lover-boy Craig didn’t work out, so party-boy Craig is here,” he joked, before admitting that he actually “didn’t know what to do” when he became single again.
“You get to see me figure all this stuff out,” Craig continued. “I think I finally stopped chasing to fill that void. I’m really fortunate; I’ve achieved a lot that I wanted in life, and I enjoy sharing that with someone. … But I don’t think it’s worth forcing it with the wrong person. And so, I have no idea what’s gonna happen.”
As the Southern Charm-er concluded at BravoCon, “I would like to have a girlfriend, sure. … And apparently when you stop chasing things, they might find you. So, hopefully that happens.”