Prostitution charges against Wynonna Judd’s daughter Grace Kelly. Charges were dropped after a 27-year-old man was arrested on charges of exposing himself at a busy highway intersection in Alabama.
According to the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office, Kelly was arrested on April 5 and charged with three misdemeanors, including solicitation of prostitution, indecent exposure and obstruction of government business.
On Thursday, Kelly appeared in Millbrook Municipal Court, where the prostitution charge was dismissed and the obscenity charge was reduced to a misdemeanor lewd act, the Daily Mail reported.
According to the newspaper, Kelly pleaded guilty to indecent assault and obstruction of government business at a hearing before Judge Bradley Ekdahl.
Wynonna Judd’s daughter Grace Kelly has had prostitution charges dropped after she was arrested for allegedly exposing herself on a highway. (Getty Images/Elmore County Sheriff)
Kelly was sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to pay a $200 fine on the lewd act charge, the Daily Mail reported. She was not required to register as a sex offender. She was fined $500 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, suspended for 30 days, because Mr. Kelly interfered with her government business.
Wynonna Judd’s daughter charged with pimping after stripping naked at highway intersection
Kelly was given credit for time served and ordered to serve the remaining 39 days of his 60-day sentence. She must pay a $1,122 fine along with her court costs.
Judd, 59, did not appear at Kelly’s hearing, the newspaper said.
When asked for comment by Fox News Digital, Kelly’s public defender, David Musgrove, said, “The family would like to address this situation privately.”
“The most serious charges against my client have been dismissed,” he added. “The judge was fair to her. She was polite in court and treated the judge and police officers with courtesy and respect. I hope she will be released soon.” doing.”
Kelly admitted to lewd acts and obstruction of government business. (Elmore County Sheriff)
After the hearing, Kelly was returned to the Elmore County Jail where he remains on $2,500 bail.
Kelly was booked into the jail on April 5 at 5 p.m., Fox News Digital confirmed at the time.
According to Al.com, the indictment alleges that Kelly exposed her chest and lower body at the busy intersection of Interstate 65 and Highway 14.
The newspaper reported, “When the police tried to arrest her, she refused to identify herself, sat down on the roadside, and refused to comply with the police.”
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Photo of Maureen McGovern, Wynonna Judd, Grace and Sutton Foster, 2014. (Bruce Grikas/FilmMagic)
In 2017, Kelly pleaded guilty to manufacturing, delivering, selling, and possessing methamphetamine. She was later sentenced to prison for leaving a court-ordered drug recovery program and violating her probation.
She was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2017. Released 6 years early and paroled.
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In 2015, Kelly was arrested at a Walgreens store in Nashville after police caught her and another man, Richard Willcutt, in a car with an improperly installed license plate in the pharmacy parking lot. arrested. During questioning, police found receipts for pseudoephedrine and Coleman fuel in a bag thrown outside the car, the Daily Mail reported at the time.
Both Willcutt and Kelley were arrested on charges of promoting methamphetamine manufacture, as these items are typically raw materials used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Judd reportedly did not attend her daughter’s hearing. (Allen Clark/NBC via Getty Images)
In an exclusive interview with Fox Nation’s “The Pursuit! With John Rich” following Kelly’s early release in 2019, Judd said of his two children, “I have one on patrol. There is also one child who is on parole.”
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“I’m no different than anyone else,” the singer said. “I have children who have made choices that have been very successful. I have just as much to say about both of my children’s testimonies of ‘Wow, that didn’t work out.’ ‘Test.’ The emphasis is on the word.
Fox News Digital’s Janelle Ash, Christina Dugan Ramirez and Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
