Haley Pullos, known for her role on General Hospital, was seen publicly for the first time after completing a three-month jail sentence for a DUI arrest.
The 26-year-old actress looked in high spirits as she was spotted exiting a red Mini Cooper in Los Angeles on Thursday morning.
Dressed in a black tank top and baggy sweatpants, the young star added a touch of style with chunky heeled sneakers and a radiant smile.
She was carrying a large duffel bag and was engrossed in her phone as she walked from the vehicle to the house.
The sighting comes just days after Pullos was immediately placed on probation for five years and ordered to work 200 hours of community service. after completing three months.
Haley Pullos, known for her role on General Hospital, was seen publicly for the first time after completing a three-month jail sentence for a DUI arrest.
The 26-year-old actress looked in high spirits as she was spotted exiting a red Mini Cooper in Los Angeles on Thursday morning.
The star, who in April pleaded guilty to driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway while drunk and high, leading to a near-fatal crash, also lost her driver’s license for a year and must complete a nine-month alcohol education program and undergo mental health treatment.
The sentence was handed down by Judge Terry Smerling at a court hearing in Pasadena, California, on Monday, where he also ordered Pullos to pay more than $8,000 in restitution to the injured driver whose car he crashed.
The judge warned Pullos never to drink and drive again.
He added: “God forbid that in the future you cause an accident and someone dies, because you will be accused of murder.”
Pullos, who has played Molly Lansing-Davis on the popular daytime soap opera since she was 11, was also ordered Monday to pay $8,260 in restitution to Courtney Wilder, 23, whose car she collided head-on with on the Ventura 134 Freeway in Pasadena in April 2023.
Wilder, who was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition for emergency surgery, is now suing the actress in civil court, seeking damages for negligence.
Pullos was charged with a first count of felony driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and a second count of driving with a blood alcohol concentration greater than .08, causing injury. The first count was the one that was dismissed in the agreement.
A hit-and-run charge was also dismissed as a result of Pullos crashing into a parked car just before the highway crash. But even though prosecutors dismissed that charge, she will still have to pay restitution to the owner of the car she damaged.
Dressed in a black tank top and baggy sweatpants, the young star added a touch of style with chunky heeled sneakers and a radiant smile.
Pullos appeared in court Monday in an orange jumpsuit as she was released from jail and placed on probation.
Pullos appeared to be in better spirits as he left the courthouse, although he emerged in a decidedly unglamorous black paper jail release suit.
Police say Pullos, who was discharged from General Hospital a month after the crash, drove her white 2019 Ford Fusion west on eastbound Highway 134 and crashed into Wilder’s Kia, which was traveling east at 60 mph.
Both cars were completely destroyed and when first responders arrived, police say, Pullos was unable to get out of her car, so firefighters had to use the jaws of life to get her out.
Several mini bottles of tequila and edible marijuana wrappers were found in his car.
And police at the scene of the accident reported that he smelled of alcohol, his speech was slurred and his eyes were glassy.
Injured driver Wilder accused Pullos in his lawsuit of “attacking” and abusing first responders in a “fit of rage” at the crash scene, including punching and yelling at a firefighter for touching his expensive designer shirt.
“Haley Pullos acted maliciously and with no regard for the safety of others, as demonstrated by her anger when first responders removed her from her vehicle,” Wilder said in a written statement to the court.
‘She acted maliciously by attacking officers and shouting profanities in front of witnesses and directed at those who were trying to help her.
‘In a fit of rage, Haley Pullos punched a firefighter and yelled at him to take his hands off her ‘fucking $400 shirt.’
‘Despite causing two accidents, one of which resulted in serious life-threatening injuries, he cared more about his overly expensive clothing than the safety and integrity of the victim of his reckless, intentional and despicable conduct.
‘As further evidence of her abhorrent behavior, Haley Pullos continued to fight off 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 while driving, as evidenced by the edible wrappers and empty alcohol bottles found in his vehicle.’
Pullos was discharged from the General Hospital a month after the accident
Pullos was charged with a first count of felony driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and a second count of driving with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08% causing injury. The first count was the one that was dismissed in the agreement.
During the search for Pullos’ white 2019 Ford, which photos show was severely damaged in the crash, marijuana edibles and bottles of tequila were found.
Following the crash, the California Highway Patrol and Pasadena fire officials released photos of the aftermath, showing Pullos’ and the 23-year-old victim’s cars completely mangled and strewn along the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
Pullos, who was spotted by DailyMail.com checking into a luxury rehab facility in Malibu a few weeks after the accident, is fighting Wilder’s civil claim against her, insisting he was to blame, not her.
And she is asking the judge to dismiss the lawsuit and order Wilder to pay her legal fees.
In January, Wilder added Pasadena’s No Comment Lounge (where Pullos was working as a hostess the night of the crash) as a defendant in her civil suit, accusing the popular nightspot of offering her alcohol and then allowing her to drive home.
Wilder is also suing the California Department of Transportation, alleging that the road where the accident occurred is in “dangerous condition.”
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