General Hospital star Haley Pullos seen for FIRST TIME after serving three months in jail following DUI arrest
- Pullos, 26, was seen exiting a car in Los Angeles on Friday
- The General Hospital star served three months in jail for DUI in April 2023
- READ MORE: Pullos released from jail with stern warning
Haley Pullos, known for her role on General Hospital, was spotted publicly for the first time after completing a three-month jail sentence for a DUI arrest.
The 26-year-old actress appeared in high spirits as she was seen exiting a red Mini Cooper in Los Angeles on Thursday morning.
Dressed in a black tank top and loose-fitting sweatpants, the young star added a pop of style with thick-heeled sneakers and a radiant smile.
She carried a large canvas tote and was engrossed in her phone as she walked from the vehicle to the house.
The sighting comes just days after Pullos was immediately placed on probation for five years and ordered to work 200 hours of community service after serving her three months.
Haley Pullos, known for her role on General Hospital, was spotted publicly for the first time after completing a three-month jail sentence for a DUI arrest
The 26-year-old actress appeared in high spirits as she was seen exiting a red Mini Cooper in Los Angeles on Thursday morning
The star – who pleaded no contest in April to driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway while she was drunk and high, causing a near-fatal crash – also lost her driver’s license for a year and must complete a nine-month alcohol education program and undergo mental health treatment.
The sentence was handed down by Judge Terry Smerling at a court hearing in Pasadena, California on Monday, where he also ordered Pullos to pay more than $8,000 in restitution to the injured driver whose car she smashed into.
Pullos was warned by the judge never to drink and drive again.
And, he added, ‘God forbid you cause an accident in the future and somebody dies, you will be charged with murder.’
Pullos – who played Molly Lansing-Davis on the popular daytime soap opera since she was 11 – was also ordered Monday to pay $8,260 in restitution to 23 year-old Courtney Wilder, whose car she collided head-on with on the 134 Ventura Freeway in Pasadena in April 2023.
Wilder, who was rushed in critical condition to a local hospital to undergo emergency surgery , is now suing the actress in civil court, seeking damages for negligence.
Pullos was charged with a first count of felony DUI causing injury and a second of driving with over 0.08 blood alcohol content causing injury. The first count was the one that was dismissed in the deal.
Also dismissed was a hit-and-run charge resulting from Pullos running into a parked car just before the freeway crash. But though prosecutors dropped that count, she will still have to pay restitution to the owner of the car she damaged.
Dressed in a black tank top and loose-fitting sweatpants, the young star added a pop of style with thick-heeled sneakers and a radiant smile
Pullos appeared in court on Monday in an orange jump suit as she was released from jail and placed on probation
Pullos appeared to be in better spirits as she left the courthouse, although she stepped out to freedom in a decidedly unglamorous black, paper jail release suit
Police say that Pullos, who was dropped from General Hospital a month after the accident, drove her white 2019 Ford Fusion westbound on to the eastbound 134 Freeway and smashed into Wilder's Kia which was traveling east at 60mph.
Both cars were completely wrecked and when first responders arrived, say cops, Pullos was unable to exit her car, so firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get her out.
Several mini bottles of tequila, plus edible marijuana wrappers were found in her car.
And police at the crash scene reported that she smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech and glassy eyes.
The injured driver Wilder accused Pullos in his lawsuit of 'attacking' and abusing first responders in a 'rage' at the accident site, and even hitting and yelling at a fireman for touching her expensive designer shirt.
'Haley Pullos acted maliciously and without any regard for the safety of others, as evidenced by her rage when she was pulled from her vehicle by first responders,' said Wilder in a written declaration to the court.
'She acted maliciously by attacking the officers and yelling profanities in front of witnesses and directed toward those who were trying to help her.
'In her fit of rage, Haley Pullos battered a firefighter and yelled at him to take his hands off her '$400 f***ing shirt.'
'Despite having just caused two accidents, one of which resulted in serious, life-threatening injuries, she cared more about her overpriced clothing than she did the safety and all-being of the victim of her reckless, intentional and despicable conduct.
'As more evidence of her abhorrent behavior, Haley Pullos continued to fight medical staff and was forced to be sedated.
'Not only was she driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but she was drinking behind the wheel, as evidenced by the edible wrappers and empty alcohol bottles which were found in her vehicle.'
Pullos was dropped from General Hospital a month after the accident
Pullos was charged with a first count of felony DUI causing injury and a second of driving with over 0.08 blood alcohol content causing injury. The first count was the one that was dismissed in the deal
Marijuana edibles and tequila bottles were found during a search of Pullos' white 2019 Ford, which photos show sustained severe damage in the accident
After the crash, California Highway Patrol and Pasadena fire officials released photos of the aftermath, showing both Pullos' and the 23-year-old victim's cars completely totaled and sprawled along Arroyo Seco Parkway
Pullos – who was spotted by DailyMail.com checking into a luxury rehab facility in Malibu a few weeks after the crash – is fighting Wilder's civil lawsuit against her, insisting it was he who was to blame, not her.
And she's asking the judge to dismiss the suit and order Wilder to pay her legal fees.
In January, Wilder added Pasadena's No Comment Lounge – where Pullos was working as a hostess on the night of the accident as a defendant in his civil lawsuit, accusing the popular nightspot of plying her with booze, then letting her drive herself home.
Wilder is also suing the State of California Transportation Department, claiming the road where the accident happened is in 'dangerous condition.'
