Haley Pullos of General Hospital is released from prison after 90 days

Updated 7/30/24/10:11am ET

General Hospital alum Haley Pullos has been released from prison after serving 90 days for her involvement in a drunk driving accident in 2023.

Pullos, 26, appeared in court in an orange jumpsuit to receive her sentencing on Monday, July 29. A judge ruled that the former soap star will be released and serve five years of probation after spending her three months behind bars.

“Haley was sentenced to probation with 90 days in jail and 90 days in jail,” Pullos’ attorney said. Then Melnicktold People On Monday, he noted that Pullos will also have to complete a nine-month DUI program and a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) program, as well as continue to receive “private counseling.”

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Soap opera actress Haley Pullos has officially been jailed for a drunken car crash in 2023.

Pullos, 25, was sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading no contest to charges she faced following an April 2023 collision on a California highway that resulted in injuries and car damage on Monday, April 29.

“Haley is very grateful to the court for a minimum sentence and for recognizing her remorse and the progress she has made in her sobriety,” Pullos’ attorney said. Mark Daniel Melnickshared in a statement to We weekly.

In addition to serving prison time, the first General Hospital Star will reportedly serve 200 hours of community service, five years of probation and pay more than $8,000 in restitution to the crash victim. Courteney Wilder. She will appear in court again on July 29.

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Actress Nancy Lee Grahn responded to news of her former co-star’s conviction via X on Monday I wrote, “As Haley’s TV mom, I can tell the truth about her as I have loved her since she was a little girl. She made a HUGE mistake, knows it, owns it and has done EVERYTHING imaginable over the past year to take responsibility for it.

She continued: “It’s not that I’m against prison. It is that I am against this prison.” (Grahn, 68, has portrayed Alexis Davis General Hospital since 1996.)

Pullos had been involved in a car accident in April 2023 after driving the wrong way on a Pasadena freeway and colliding head-on with another vehicle. Pullos, who was discovered to have marijuana and alcohol in her possession at the time of the crash, is believed to have been involved in another traffic accident prior to the incident. TMZ reported.

Wilder was hospitalized with serious injuries as a result of the crash and filed a lawsuit against Pullos in June 2023. In the filing, Wilder claimed the crash also caused serious damage to his car, which he said was totaled at the scene. TMZ.

That same month, Us confirmed that Pullos had been charged with two felony counts of causing injury while driving under the influence and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence resulting in property damage. She pleaded not guilty to all three charges at the time, and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for the following month.

After Wilder demanded damages for the crash, Pullos reportedly filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against her in March. According to multiple points of salePullos allegedly blamed Wilder for the incident and denied Wilder’s claims that she was to blame.

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In the months following the April 2023 crash, Pullos reportedly spent time in a rehabilitation center, and she General Hospital character was recast. “Unfortunately, I was involved in a car accident and I am doing well, but will need some time to recover,” she said in a statement to Soap Opera Digest. “I’ll be back as soon as possible!”

Pullos played Molly Lansing-Davis on General Hospital from 2009 to 2023 and was initially replaced by Holiday Mia Kriegel. The role was recast for a second time in July 2023 Brooke Anne Smith take over the role. The character’s current actress is Kristen Vaganos.