Haley Pullos, known for her role on General Hospital, was first spotted in public after serving a three-month prison sentence for a drunk driving arrest.
The 26-year-old actress appeared to be in a cheerful mood as she stepped out of a red Mini Cooper in Los Angeles on Thursday morning.
The young star wore a black tank top and loose-fitting sweatpants, adding a touch of style with chunky heeled sneakers and a beaming smile.
She carried a large canvas bag and was engrossed in her phone as she walked from the car to the house.
The observation comes just days after Pullos was immediately placed on probation for five years and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service after serving her three-month sentence.
Haley Pullos, known for her role on General Hospital, was spotted in public for the first time after serving a three-month prison sentence for a drunk driving arrest
The 26-year-old actress appeared to be in a cheerful mood as she stepped out of a red Mini Cooper in Los Angeles on Thursday morning
The star, who pleaded no contest in April to driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway while drunk and high, causing a near-fatal crash, has 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 imposed Monday by Judge Terry Smerling during a court hearing in Pasadena, California. He also ordered Pullos to pay more than $8,000 in damages to the injured driver whose car she rammed.
Pullos was warned by the judge never to drink and drive again.
And, he added, “God forbid you cause an accident in the future where someone dies, then you will be charged with murder.”
Pullos, who has played Molly Lansing-Davis on the popular soap opera since she was 11, was also ordered on Monday to pay $8,260 in damages to 23-year-old Courtney Wilder, whose car she collided head-on with on the 134 Ventura Freeway in Pasadena in April 2023.
Wilder, who was taken 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 causing injury and a second count of driving with more than 0.08 blood alcohol content causing injury. The first charge was dropped in the plea deal.
Also dismissed was a hit-and-run charge that stemmed from Pullos hitting a parked car on the freeway just before the crash. But even though prosecutors dropped that charge, she still has to pay damages to the owner of the car she damaged.
Dressed in a black tank top and loose-fitting sweatpants, the young star added a touch of style with chunky heeled sneakers and a beaming smile
Pullos appeared in court Monday in an orange jumpsuit as she was released from jail and placed on parole
Pullos appeared to be in better spirits as she left the courthouse, though she walked toward freedom in a decidedly unglamorous black, paper-based jail release suit
Police said Pullos, who was taken from General Hospital a month after the crash, was driving her white 2019 Ford Fusion westbound on the eastbound 134 Freeway when she struck Wilder’s Kia, which was traveling eastbound at 60 mph (96 km/h).
Both cars were completely destroyed and when emergency services arrived, police said, Pullos was unable to get out of her car. Firefighters had to use all their might to free her.
Several mini bottles of tequila and edible marijuana packaging were found in her car.
Police at the scene of the accident reported that she smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and glassy eyes.
Injured driver Wilder accused Pullos in his lawsuit of “attacking” and insulting emergency workers at the scene of the crash in a “fit of rage,” even punching and yelling at a firefighter for touching her expensive designer shirt.
“Haley Pullos acted maliciously and without regard for the safety of others, as evidenced by her anger when she was removed from her vehicle by emergency responders,” Wilder said in a written statement to the court.
‘She behaved maliciously by attacking the officers and shouting abuse in front of witnesses and those who tried to help her.
‘In her fit of rage, Haley Pullos punched a firefighter and yelled at him to get his hands off her ‘$400 f***ing shirt.’
‘Despite having just caused two accidents, one of which resulted in serious, life-threatening injuries, she cared more about her overpriced clothing than the safety and well-being of the victim of her reckless, willful and despicable behavior.
‘As further evidence of her horrific behavior, Haley Pullos continued to resist medical staff and was forcibly sedated.
“Not only was she driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but she had also been drinking, as evidenced by the edible packaging and empty alcohol bottles found in her car.”
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 causing injury and a second count of driving with more than 0.08 blood alcohol content causing injury. The first charge was the one that was dismissed in the deal
A search of Pullos’ white 2019 Ford turned up edible marijuana and bottles of tequila. Photos show the car sustained extensive damage in the crash.
Following the crash, the California Highway Patrol and the Pasadena Fire Department released photos of the aftermath, showing the cars of both Pullos and the 23-year-old victim completely destroyed and strewn along the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
Pullos, who was spotted by DailyMail.com checking into a luxury rehab center in Malibu a few weeks after the crash, is fighting a civil lawsuit filed against her by Wilder, who insists he is to blame, not her.
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 his civil lawsuit, accusing the popular nightspot of plying her with booze and then making her drive home.
Wilder has also sued the California Department of Transportation, saying the road where the accident occurred is in a “dangerous condition.”