Shannon Storms Beador.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Shannon Storms Beadoris taking accountability for her actions.
“I spent quite a bit of time with Shannon yesterday,” Fell tells PEOPLE in a statement on Monday. “She is extremely apologetic and remorseful. We will be awaiting the official information on this case as it becomes available, and Shannon is prepared to accept full responsibility for her actions.”
Earlier on Monday, PEOPLE confirmed that the reality star was “arrested at 1:17 a.m. on Sept. 17 after fleeing the scene from a collision that caused property damage,” according to the Newport Beach Police Department. The NBPD also confirmed that Beador had been “booked for two misdemeanors — hit-and-run and DUI alcohol. She was released on a citation.”
Shannon Storms Beador.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty
The same day that PEOPLE confirmed Beador’s arrest, her friend and fellow Bravo starJeff Lewisgave an update on the situation, via his SiriusXM talk show.
“Unfortunately [Shannon] got a DUI on Saturday night. She was also in a car accident. She was injured, so she’s going to be recovering,” he said, noting that “Shannon and I have been friends for a very long time. I was shocked — she called me yesterday and we talked for awhile — and I was shocked because I’ve never known Shannon to ever, ever drink and drive.”
“I will tell you she’s accepting full accountability,” Lewis, 53, continued. “She is ashamed, she’s embarrassed. I personally, as her friend — cause people are like, ‘Oh she needs rehab,’ ‘Oh she’s an alcoholic’ — I don’t think Shannon is an alcoholic. I think she’s been going thorough a lot of personal struggles right now, and I think she has been leaning on alcohol — but I don’t think she’s an alcoholic.”
Lewis added, “She’s going to be entering counseling this week. So I’m happy about that. Aside from Shannon, nobody was hurt in the accident. I’m not justifying it, I’m not condoning it. I’m just sharing with you what I know.”
Shannon Storms Beador and John Janssen.Albert L. Ortega/Getty
Albert L. Ortega/Getty
Months later, Beador was allegedlyremoved from a barafter a shouting argument with Janssen’s daughter. Initial reports claimed she was “screaming” which resulted in her dismissal from the establishment.
In August, Beador addressed the reports during an appearance onWatch What Happens Live, saying, “Unfortunately, I don’t have a positive relationship with John’s daughter as happens often in blended families. We had an argument, there was an argument.”
“The lights were up [and] they were saying, ‘Everybody wrap it up,'” Beador said, explaining that the establishment was nearing closing time. “I wasn’t kicked out, but I asked security to help me with my Uber. That was it. … I absolutely was not kicked out.”
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source: people.com
