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Wynonna Judd’s daughter, Grace Pauline Kelley, was arrested in Alabama following allegedly flashing motorists off the freeway.
Kelley, 27, was taken into custody on Friday, April 5, at 5:05 p.m. neighborhood time by the Millbrook Police Office, in accordance to her reserving report received by Us Weekly.
Kelley is remaining charged with two misdemeanors, like “indecent exposure,” following reportedly exposing her breasts and “lower body” at the intersection of Interstate 65 and Freeway 14.
Her next cost is “obstructing governmental operations,” which stemmed from Kelley’s refusal to discover herself when approached by law enforcement. Kelley did not sit down on the roadside or comply with officers, in accordance to AL.com, which was to start with to report the information.
Kelley’s bond was set at $1,000 and a court day has been established for Thursday, April 11.
Grace is the only daughter of Judd, 59, and her ex-husband, Arch Kelley III. The previous spouses, who had been married from 1996 to 1998, also share son Elijah Judd, now 29.
Friday’s arrest isn’t the to start with time Wynonna’s daughter has gotten into hassle with the regulation. In June 2016, Grace was arrested on drug fees. She pleaded responsible in Could 2017 to meth manufacturing, shipping and delivery, sale and possession with intent.
Grace was sentenced to 11 months and 29 times in jail, according to The Sun, which was later knocked down to 30 days in jail. She was purchased to total a drug program and experienced to serve the rest of her sentence on probation.
Soon after breaking probation, Us Weekly verified that Grace was sentenced in 2018 to 8 several years at West Tennessee State Penitentiary. She was unveiled in November 2019 and granted parole for the sentence.
Wynonna addressed her daughter’s ups and downs in February 2020. “I will convey to you this. My daughter is the strongest Judd female in our herstory,” she explained in the course of an visual appearance on The Pursuit! with John Wealthy.
“She’s healthier than I was at 23,” the state singer claimed of Grace. “How she received there — I would not go that way, but I was also sequestered. … That could have been me if I did not have music.”
Regrettably, Grace’s problems didn’t conclusion there. She was arrested in April 2020 for a probation violation connected to her 2016 meth case. A person yr later, Grace was granted parole and specified supervised release.
Grace ongoing the cycle for yrs, with her most new arrest coming in Might 2023. At the time she was taken into custody for violating an buy of defense and a restraining buy in addition to violating her parole. She was introduced in October 2023.
Grace is a mother to daughter Kaliyah Chanel, whom she welcomed in April 2022. Wynonna is an lively portion of Kailyah’s lifestyle, telling These days in October 2022, “She’s 6 months old and she doesn’t converse nevertheless but she seems to be appropriate via me.”
Wynonna included: “She gives me hope. …. [Grandkids] they give you anything to assume about other than on your own. For the reason that so significantly of what we do is about us, so it is awesome to be with her because she does not treatment what I seem like.”
Kaliyah has been a bright light for Wynonna’s family in latest years. Wynonna and sister Ashley Judd suffered a massive reduction in April 2022 when their mom, Naomi Judd, died by suicide at age 76. (Naomi and Wynonna were tunes companions for decades, accomplishing as The Judds.)
“Today we sisters skilled a tragedy. We missing our wonderful mom to the condition of psychological ailment,” the sisters shared in a assertion at the time. “We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we beloved her, she was liked by her community. We are in mysterious territory.”
