General Hospital star Haley Pullos has denied responsibility for a horrific highway accident, despite allegedly driving drunk on the wrong side of the road.
Instead, she claims the man whose car she crashed in the accident is to blame, even though she is preparing to admit to DUI charges.
Pullos hit the other car so hard that firefighters had to pull him from the mangled wreckage with the “jaws of life” on Highway 134 in Pasadena, California.
Police alleged she was involved in another hit-and-run moments before the crash on April 29 last year and was driving on the wrong side of the highway.
General Hospital star Haley Pullos has denied responsibility for a horrific highway accident, even though she was driving drunk on the wrong side of the road.
After the crash, the California Highway Patrol and Pasadena firefighters released photos of what happened, showing Pullos and the 23-year-old victim’s cars completely destroyed and dumped along the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
The 25-year-old has pleaded not guilty to DUI and leaving the scene of an accident, but her attorneys are working to reach a settlement. She faces up to three years in prison.
Courtney Wilder, the driver of the other car, sued Pullos after he suffered serious injuries in the crash and was rushed to hospital.
Pullos’ defense in the lawsuit denied “generally and specifically each and every accusation” and insisted that Wilder was negligent.
Pullos wore an ankle brace for several weeks after the accident.
Their lawyers argued that the accident was “profoundly caused by the negligent and/or intentional conduct of the plaintiffs.”
If any damages were awarded to Wilder, they should “be reduced by an amount proportional to the amount by which plaintiffs’ negligent and/or intentional conduct contributed to the alleged damages,” they said.
Pullos’ defense also denied that Wilder “suffered or will sustain any loss or damage in the manner or amount alleged.”
The document also stated that his injuries were “caused in whole or in part, intentionally or negligently by persons, companies, corporations or entities” outside of Pullos’ control.
He demanded that the lawsuit be dismissed and that Wilder be ordered to pay his legal fees along with “other and further remedies.”
Wilder accused Pullos in his lawsuit of “attacking” and abusing first responders in a “rage” at the accident scene, and even punching and yelling at a firefighter for touching his expensive designer shirt.
“Haley Pullos acted maliciously and without any regard for the safety of others, as evidenced by her anger when first responders removed her from her vehicle,” Wilder said in a written statement to the court.
Marijuana edibles and tequila bottles were found during a search of Pullos’s white 2019 Ford, photos of which show severe damage in the crash.
‘She acted maliciously by attacking officers and shouting profanities in front of witnesses and directed at those who were trying to help her.
‘In her rage, Haley Pullos punched a firefighter and yelled at him to get his hands off her ‘damn $400 shirt.’
‘Despite causing two accidents, one of which resulted in serious life-threatening injuries, he cared more about his expensive clothing than the safety and well-being of the victim of his reckless, intentional and despicable conduct.
‘As further evidence of her abhorrent behavior, Haley Pullos continued to fight medical staff and was forced to be sedated.
“Not only was he driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but he was also drinking behind the wheel, as evidenced by the edible wrappers and empty alcohol bottles found in his vehicle.”
Wilder added Pasadena’s No Comment Lounge, where Pullos was working as a hostess the night of the accident, as a defendant in her civil suit, accusing the popular nightspot of plying her with alcohol and then letting her drive herself home.
He also sued the California State Department of Transportation, alleging that the road where the accident occurred was in “dangerous conditions.”
Wilder accused Pullos in his lawsuit of “attacking” and abusing first responders in a “rage” at the accident scene, and even punching and yelling at a firefighter for touching his expensive designer shirt.
If Pullos changes his plea to guilty, prosecutors would be more likely to accept a lower sentence that would result in less or no jail time, a suspended sentence or even house arrest.
At a hearing in Pasadena, north of Los Angeles, last month, Judge Terry Smerling heard that the Los Angeles district attorney and Pullos’ lawyers were working on a “possible deal.”
The judge scheduled another hearing for April 8, which he said, after numerous unresolved hearings since last July, “should be the final one.”
Deputy Prosecutor Melany Avanessians told Judge Smerling that if a plea deal is not reached by April 8, “we will send her to a preliminary hearing,” meaning Pullos would be on track for a full trial.
Pullos, who has played Molly Lansing-Davis on the popular daytime soap opera since she was 11, was not present in court for that hearing.
Weeks after the accident, Pullos, whose own injuries have never been revealed in detail, told Soap Opera Digest that he was taking a break from his role on the long-running daytime show to recover from the accident.
“Unfortunately, I was involved in a car accident and I’m fine, but I’m going to need a little time to recover,” she told the publication at the time. ‘I’ll be back as soon as possible!’
Shortly after, in May 2023, DailyMail.com spotted her checking into a luxury rehab center in Malibu.