PHOTOSLuAnn De Lesseps Pleads Not Guilty Following Drunken Hotel Room Arrest!
Jan. 2 2018, Published 7:29 p.m. ET
OK! can confirm that Real Housewives of New York City star LuAnn De Lesseps has pleaded not guilty in her alleged drunken hotel room case, which finds her facing five separate charges, one of which involves kicking a police officer. Click-through for all the details.
LuAnn was arrested on Christmas Eve morning in Palm Beach, Florida after she was found with an unidentified man in a hotel room that didn’t belong to them.
OK! confirmed from the Palm Beach County clerk that "She pleaded not guilty on five charges on December 29, the state has until January 25 to file the charges and at that time they will give her a court date for to appear at. One is battery on law enforcement officer. Count number two is disorderly intoxication. Count three was resist officer with violence, count 4 and 5 is corruption by threat."
She voluntarily entered an alcohol treatment facility shortly after her arrest.
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Sources have told PEOPLE that her arrest will be integrated into her story line of the upcoming RHONY season, saying "It’s reality. They follow their real lives. So if this is happening while filming is happening, they’re going to talk about it. They'd didn’t shy away from Tinsley’s arrest. They didn’t shy away from Bethenny’s court drama.”
LuAnn has tried to stay hopeful about the new year since her arrest. She is still planning on doing her own cabaret type show in New York City called “Countess and Friends” that is set to debut in late February, unless she is still in rehab or isn’t permitted to leave Florida by the judge presiding over her case.
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