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Luann de Lessepscan finally put her December 2017 arrest behind her.
According toTMZandRadarOnline, a Florida judge has officially approved theplea dealthat theReal Housewives of New York Citystar struck in July in which she pleaded guilty to three charges: battery, trespassing and disorderly intoxication. As a part of the deal, de Lesseps, 53, will avoid jail time.
Additionally, de Lesseps was required to write an apology letter to Deputy Steven O’Leary, which she has reportedly already completed.
On Dec. 24, de Lesseps wasarrested in the early morning hoursand released on her own recognizance that same day after allegedly attacking a police officer in Palm Beach. The reality star had been discovered trespassing in a hotel room with an unidentified man, according to a police report. The pair had allegedlyentered the wrong roomat the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach and refused to leave. Police said de Lesseps slammed a door and kicked at least one officer, allegedly telling cops, “I’m going to kill you all.”
She laterchecked into rehabandapologizedfor the incident, admitting that being back in Palm Beach for the first time since shetied the knot with Tom D’Agostino Jr.there beforedivorcing him seventh months laterhad “brought up long-buried emotions.”
Months after the first stint in rehab, De Lesseps relapsed. On July 16, PEOPLE exclusively broke the news that she had checked into rehab again. She left the facility a little under three weeks later, on Aug. 2, in time for herCountess and Friendscabaret dates.
Appearing onMegyn Kelly Todayearlier this month, de Lesseps said she“fell off the wagon”after she found out about the lawsuit in the press.
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Speaking to PEOPLE backstage at her cabaret show in Atlantic City, New Jersey, over the weekend, de Lesseps said sheisn’t worried about relapsing again.
“I’m in a really good place,” she said. “I don’t feel like drinking. I’m committed to my sobriety. I want it more than anything.”
“I have temptations and I go, ‘Wait, that’s the old Luann.’ Because you’re so trained… it’s like second-hand,” she continued. “But I feel like I’m in the driver’s seat now. I feel free of the shackles of alcohol. Not to say it’s not a struggle, but for the moment, I don’t feel like drinking at all. It’s this new freedom and I love my freedom.”
source: people.com
