EXCLUSIVE: Singer DaniLeigh – mother of rapper DaBaby’s child – is arrested and charged with drunk driving and fleeing the scene of a Miami Beach car accident that left one person seriously injured
- DaniLeigh, 28, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and causing bodily harm in Miami Beach
- The singer, real name Danielle Leigh Curiel, was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and has been released on $9,500 bail
- The Miami-based artist, who shares a daughter with rapper DaBaby, was charged with simple assault in November 2021 after accusing her of punching him
Singer influencer DaniLeigh has been arrested for DUI in Miami in an alleged hit-and-run that seriously injured one person, DailyMail.com has learned.
The 28-year-old performer, real name is Danielle Leigh Curiel, was taken into custody at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Miami International Airport around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday after allegedly trying to flee the scene of the crash.
She was booked for three felonies, including leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and injuring a person while driving while intoxicated, arrest records show.
According to a police report obtained by DailyMail.com, DaniLeigh, who began her career as a backup dancer, allegedly speeded and swerved early in the morning in Miami Beach before hitting a motorist on a moped.
Singer DaniLeigh, 28, was arrested Monday in Miami’s South Beach neighborhood for drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident and causing bodily harm
The stars were first linked in 2020 after DaBaby featured DaniLeigh in his music video for Levi High. They are seen together above at the 2019 BET Awards
Officers performed a breathalyzer test after detecting the smell of alcohol during the check, which resulted in a BAC of 0.148 – nearly twice the legal limit.
The victim was taken to the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, including a kidney tear and a spinal fracture.
She has since been released on $9,500 bail.
The incident comes two years after the Miami-based singer, who shares a 20-month-old daughter with the controversial DaBaby, made headlines over an altercation involving her ex.
She was charged with two counts of simple assault in connection with two incidents in November 2021, when DaBaby – real name Jonathan Lyndale Kirk – called the police and claimed she assaulted him.
DaniLeigh shared a series of selfies and videos on her Instagram Story hours before the alleged incident
The Miami-based singer previously made headlines for her legal troubles surrounding controversial rapper DaBaby, with whom she shares a 20-month-old daughter
Officers were initially called to the property on Sunday, Nov. 14, and no arrests were made, but returned the next day after the rap star filed a second domestic violence claim.
At the time, the rapper, 31, took to Instagram to livestream himself trying to kick his ex-partner out of his North Carolina home, saying he was recording her “for his safety.”
DaniLeigh herself later shared her own video of police officers responding to DaBaby’s call on social media.
She can be heard in the clip telling viewers that the Rockstar rapper tried to kick her and their daughter, who was three months old at the time, out of the house.
“It’s so unfair this situation because I’ve only been honest with this guy all along and tried, tried, tried.”
“Nothing but sincere, pure love for this man of the jump,” she told police.
DaniLeigh was first linked to DaBaby with DaniLeigh in 2020 when she appeared in his music video for Levi High.
She is the daughter of Vicky Curiel, the CEO of International Hub Records in Miami, Florida.