Can you get me your driver's license, please? >> Don't touch me. >> All right. Don't go anywhere, then. >> Don't touch me, Karen. Please, >> don't touch me. >> I'm not touching. Listen, >> let's go. >> No, ma'am. You're not free to leave. >> The chaotic scene you're about to witness is the immediate aftermath of the crash that happened on March 19th after Real Housewives star Karen Hooer drove her white Maserati off the road, across the median, and into a tree. Huger could be seen swaying on her feet and refusing treatment from medical personnel. She eventually made her way to a waiting ambulance when police approach and that's when things start becoming hostile. >> Okay, ma'am. How are you? Just so you're aware, we all wear our cameras to put on video. Okay. >> I don't care. >> I need to see her driver's license. >> Okay. >> Karen. Okay. >> Sir, sir, she's not free to leave. >> I understand. Okay. >> No, I have >> No, Ray, I am your bag here. I didn't >> I didn't do this. I know. >> Watch out. There's some bar phone up there. >> Throw up on up there. >> Do you remember? >> I think you Okay. Ma'am, can you get your driver's license for us, please? >> No, you cannot. You ready, >> Karen? Okay. Okay. Let me ask you a question. >> She's not free to leave. >> I understand this. I'll talk to her. Okay. So, so you're saying to >> What do you need to know, sir? Let me let me answer his questions and >> No, I am the person that was driving. >> Okay. You were the person that's driving. I understand that. But I need your driver's license. Can you get me your driver's license, please? >> Okay. Why? >> No, because I can't find it. >> What? >> I'll look for it. Karen, can you stop? Can you stop? >> You were in an accident. There's no way to get around that. >> Okay. >> Where they drove me off the road. >> Who drove you off? Like the people? Somebody? >> Yes. Oh, >> and that was not my >> Where, ma'am? Where are you coming from? Let's start with that. >> What is your point? >> Where where are you driving from? >> Why are you interviewing me? >> Because uh you were in an accident. You appear to be impaired. >> Well, I'm not. No, I appear, but I'm not. >> That's right. That's why I'm asking questions. >> Let's go. >> Okay. No, ma'am. You're not free to leave. >> Honey. Honey, >> you are not free to leave. You can't go until we answer some questions. >> You answer the question. >> I'll answer the question. Okay, then you stay right there then for me. >> Don't touch me. >> All right, don't go anywhere then. >> Don't touch me, >> Karen. Please >> don't touch me. >> I'm not touching her. >> Listen. Listen. >> You good? >> I'm I'm good. >> You have it? >> I'm I'm good. But you >> answer. >> I will help you answer the questions. Okay. >> Where is she coming from? >> Okay. She was visiting a friend, I guess. What was it? Was it was it even called? You know, >> she's husband or something. >> She understands that she's not free to leave. >> All right. But you can take over. >> You have to go through this certain car. >> Can Can she talk to this officer while I talk to you? Is that okay? >> No, we're not separated. This is my husband. >> Can you get her driver's license for me, please? It's in her wallet. >> Okay. I got it, baby. Okay. Watch out. There there's parts back there again. Okay. I would rather I'd rather her >> not do a lot of talking at this point anyhow cuz she's probably a little bit upset after thing. So she's >> Can I ask you where you coming from? >> She said she was coming from a friend's house. >> Okay. >> Which way were you driving on? >> Uh Oakland. >> Were you coming from Bradley? >> Yeah. >> I'll take a look. >> Yes. >> You're coming from Bradley. >> Oh wait, you see it? Yes. Thank you. >> You were driving on Bradley or from Bradley. >> You remember remember the accident? >> Yes. >> Okay. What happened? >> Actually, nothing really. Um, can you hear me? >> Yeah. Touch that. Somebody ran you off the road. >> They did. >> Someone ran you off the road. Okay. >> Yeah. >> You remember that vehicle at all? >> No, you don't. Okay. I understand it's dark out here. Yeah. Yeah. Um, >> are you okay? Not too hot. >> He's okay. He's still looking for your license, baby. I don't need him to do anything. >> Karen, hold it. I'm looking for your license, babe. >> How much are you drinking? >> I'll give you my license if you want. Are you >> I'm looking to see if your license is in here. It should be on it. >> Ma'am. Ma'am, answer his questions. Okay. >> Yeah. Huh? >> Yeah. Want to stand up? >> You have it. You have my >> Make sure he doesn't have it already. >> I think does. >> Oh, does somebody have one? >> I think so. >> Oh, yeah. I think one of my >> All right, I'll check. >> I think so. >> Come on. Come over here. >> Okay. Is that the woman that you saw right there? >> Yeah. In the car. Okay. Can you can you write that the officer that the off the person that the officer spoke to was the driver of the car or you know something to that effect. But put it in your own words though. >> Yeah. I did this for 30 years. >> Oh, okay. A little bit out of practice. >> Okay. Here. I'm going to leave my flashlight right here. Try it. I got to run back here. I'll be right back. You have her license? >> Okay. Can I see it? >> Yeah. >> We're We're over there trying to get it from her. >> I'm sorry. That's a second. >> All right. So, do you know if I'm have an ID or something like that? Can you just give me your information? >> Yeah. You know, I just grabbed all my stuff. I work right here. I put it in my truck. >> Okay. >> And then heard smash cam right over here. I got everything. >> No, no, I just need your name. >> What's that? >> I just need your name. >> Thank you. Appreciate your help. After receiving all of the necessary information, the recording cop heads back to talk to Karen and her husband to see if there's anything he can do to provide more clarity on the situation. >> Sir, >> I can answer your questions. Come over here with me. >> She's got to go with him. >> Huh? >> She's going to have to go with us. >> I will go. Can I go? >> You can drive behind us, but you can't drive in the car with her. >> Okay. >> Okay. But if you come over here, I will answer the questions that you have. >> Okay. Have a good >> hostile either. Ma'am, don't be hostile, honey. Relax, okay? >> Try to relax. >> You just you just touched me with that thing. >> I know you did. I know you didn't do it on purpose. Would you like some gloves? >> Actually, I have some gloves. >> So, look. So, let me explain to you. Just Just a reminder, you're on camera. Okay. Okay. >> Um, she's been arrested for driving under the influence. All right. She's going to be brought to the Montgomery County Bethesda Police Station. She'll be advised of her rights and uh we're going to ask her to submit to a breath test. Okay? She's not required to. If she chooses not to, that's fine. It just means her license will be suspended for a longer period of time. Okay? She's going to get some traffic tickets related to driving under the influence and also the wreck and she's going to be released. Okay? You can come to the station and sit in the lobby and wait for her. Processing in this in this uh for this type of arrest usually takes anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half. >> Okay. Do you have any other questions? We're going to write an accident report associated with the vehicle because obviously it's going to have to be, you know, it's probably going to be total, but regardless, it's going to have to be covered by your insurance company. It's going to be towed by us and we're going to get give you an accident report number so your insurance company because that's the first thing your insurance company's going to say. Did they did the police write a report? You're going to say yes and they're going to say, do you have the report number? And you're going to get it. Okay. >> All right. All right. >> Do you have any other questions? But she will be released tonight. It's not a criminal charge. is just a traffic charge. >> Okay. >> She's going to go to the Bethesda station, not the jail, and she'll be released from there. >> You said I can follow you to >> You can follow us to the station. You can't come in into the processing room with us. You'll have to sit in a lobby, but you can do that. >> Okay. >> Do you know where the Bethesda station is? >> No. >> Okay. Um, >> what's the address of it? >> It's 40 That's what I was going to say. You want to get your phone and like type it in? >> Yeah, we can I can walk over. >> Tell me what it is. I can see if I >> How about if I write it down for you? It's 4823 Rugby Avenue. Oh, I don't know. >> In the central business district. >> Oh, downtown. >> Yeah, downtown. >> Does she have a drinking problem? >> No. >> Okay. >> Cuz she's she's pretty intoxicated, as you can tell. >> I'm uh surprised. Uh cuz you know she I mean if she goes out with friends or whatever have a couple of beers she normally would have you know take a Uber home or stay you know with the friends or you know sometimes the girls stay at a hotel or something you know but that's occasionally um but uh you know shock I'm really I mean that's >> but but it doesn't take much if you get off the road Yeah, why don't you go sideways? Okay. So, I just want to make sure you can read my writing. 4823 Rugby Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Okay. >> That's the phone number for the station in case you get lost and want to listen. >> Could you give me your name down here? >> All right. And there's a lobby there. The the door will be locked, but there's a camera and a like a doorbell. If you ring that, uh a receptionist will say, you know, can I help you? And just say, my wife's been arrested. I'm just going to sit here and wait for her. And they'll open the door. >> Is this really an arrest? >> Yeah, this is an arrest. This is a for driving under the influence is an arrestable offense. It's an offense for which we arrest. >> Okay. It's not a criminal arrest, but it is an arrest. Yes. >> We could do the different levels of it that make sense. No person. >> Just one level. She's she's hammered. She's obliterated. So, you know, there's not much. I mean, you know, fieldy. >> We'd like to do field sobriety, but it's really not necessary when somebody just can't stand and they can't talk. She was she was standing and she was talking. >> I thought so. >> Most jury members are not. Although >> Okay. Yeah, she wasn't down. >> Yeah, she was she was basically following. >> She was uh do you know the reg? >> Yes, Geico. >> Do do you have the policy number on hand for you or is it on our phone? >> I have it. >> Can I get that for I got to do the report because the poll will say it's going to come down. >> I was going to say whenever Here we >> car is over there. Is it in your car sir? Yeah, >> if you have it if you have it uh on your phone or your car that >> following the incident, The Real Housewives of PTOIC Star was sentenced in February 2025 to 2 years in prison with one year suspended for a March to 2024 DUI, resulting in 1 year of mandatory jail time and 5 years of probation. She served 6 months in Maryland's Montgomery County Detention Center and was released early on September 2nd, 2025. Thanks for staying till the end. 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