‘RHOP’ Stars Question If Karen Huger’s Recovery Was Genuine

Half one of many season 9 “Real Housewives of Potomac” reunion will air on February 16, 2025, and all the present’s stars will likely be there—apart from “The Grande Dame,” also called Karen Huger.

The fact star, who’s been showcasing her private life in entrance of Bravo cameras since 2017, determined to skip this 12 months’s gathering after her run-in with the legislation in March 2024.

Huger’s arrest sparked a lot dialog and battle throughout “Potomac’s” ninth season, which is one motive the group and viewers at dwelling will certainly miss her presence on the reunion.

Nonetheless, the women are nonetheless talking about Karen Huger’s authorized woes, particularly her stint in rehab that got here simply earlier than the tv persona would’ve been required to speak about her authorized case with host Andy Cohen.

Bravo shared the seating chart for the season 9 reunion on Instagram, alerting die-hard followers that Huger would not be attending the extremely anticipated occasion.

Later within the day, Huger introduced that she missed the gathering to enter rehab.

In a sneak peek of the primary a part of the reunion shared by E! News, the women mentioned Huger’s resolution to enter a restoration program with Cohen. Throughout their dialog, they appeared curious concerning the timing of her resolution to hunt therapy.

“It is form of fascinating that she’s doing it earlier than her sentencing,” Wendy Osefo, who joined the present throughout its fifth season, stated. “And I am questioning, ‘Is she doing it as a result of she appears like she wants assist, or is she doing it as a result of she feels it’s going to lighten the blow of the sentence?'”

Mia Thornton additionally agreed that the timing of Huger’s keep in rehab could possibly be “as a result of she’s attempting to minimize her sentence.”

For many who could also be unfamiliar with the state of affairs, Huger was arrested in March 2024 on suspicion of driving underneath the affect in Maryland.

The fact star refused to offer a breath pattern and carry out discipline sobriety assessments, sending her case to trial, which resulted in her being discovered responsible of a number of driving offenses, together with driving underneath the affect.

Later, stunning physique digital camera footage of her arrest hit the web, seemingly showcasing the tv persona in an altered state of being.

Huger’s unique sentencing date of January 29 was rescheduled for February 26, and he or she could possibly be sentenced to 2 years in jail.

Suggestive physique digital camera footage of Huger’s March 2024 arrest was launched publicly following the information of her responsible verdict in December. The video reveals Huger’s wrecked automobile and totally different exchanges the truth star had with legislation enforcement officers.

In a single dialog, she described herself as “lit,” and in one other, Huger known as herself “Thomas Jefferson’s concubine.” Huger additionally displayed some aggressive conduct, cursing on the Maryland cops and telling them she would not thoughts spending a “12 months or two” in jail as a result of she’s “wealthy.”

Earlier than her trial, Huger fought to have the footage of her arrest and her feedback suppressed, saying they had been gathered unlawfully; nevertheless, a decide dominated in favor of the prosecution, who argued Huger’s remarks had been made voluntarily.

All through season 9, Huger maintained her innocence, assuring her co-stars that she’d be vindicated as soon as a courtroom of legislation noticed the proof in her case. Nonetheless, along with the driving underneath the affect cost, Huger was additionally discovered guilty of negligent driving, reckless endangerment, and driving with a suspended registration.

Following the courtroom’s resolution, Huger addressed the result, admitting that it wasn’t what she and her authorized crew had been hoping to listen to after months of getting ready their case.

“Though we’re upset within the jury’s verdict, we, in fact, respect their resolution and respect their time listening to our case,” Huger’s then-lawyer, A. Scott Bolden, stated. “We proceed to order Mrs. Huger’s proper to an attraction and intend to totally pursue justice on her behalf.”

Based on InTouch, Huger fired the attorneys who represented her throughout her two-day trial in Maryland in December, which resulted in responsible verdicts and damaging physique digital camera footage being launched on-line.

The fact star employed two new authorized representatives with 30-plus years of expertise to assist get her out of this sticky situation.

Of their movement requesting Huger’s sentencing be rescheduled, they talked about needing ample time to totally overview the “nature of the case, the procedural historical past, the proof that was introduced at trial, and the consumer’s private {and professional} historical past.”