Shannon Beador was pictured for the first time since enrolling in an outpatient program stemming from her recent arrest for DUI alcohol and hit-and-run.
The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member, 59, was clad in an all-black ensemble with a fiberglass cast on her left arm as she was pictured in Newport Beach, California Tuesday while talking on the phone.
Beador wore a black hooded sweatshirt over black leggings with black shoes on the chilly fall day in the upscale Southern California city. She wore her blonde locks down while donning glasses with beige frames.
She appeared to be recovering from physical injuries suffered in the incident, as she sported bruising on the left side of her face after authorities said she hit a house, parked in the middle of a street and pretended she was walking her dog Archie.
Beador is in the early steps of moving forward amid the fallout of her DUI crash in Newport Beach last month, in which she drunkenly crashed her car into a home and was arrested for DUI alcohol and hit-and-run.
The latest: Shannon Beador, 59, was seen for the first time since enrolling in an outpatient program stemming from her recent arrest for DUI alcohol and hit-and-run. She was pictured Tuesday in in Newport Beach, California
The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member was clad in an all-black ensemble as she was pictured while talking on the phone
Beador has been enrolled in an ‘outpatient behavioral wellness program with an alcohol component,’ insiders close to Beador told TMZ on Monday.
Beador – who was arrested in the early morning hours of September 17 – will continue performing with her RHOC colleagues Tamra Judge, 56, and Vicki Gunvalson, 61, in their Tres Amigas comedy shows, which involve alcohol.
Beador will refrain from ‘drinking onstage’ at the shows, which include a a pre-show cocktail party, according to the insider.
The next Tres Amigas show is scheduled for November 16 at the Phoenix comedy venue Stand Up Live! Phoenix, where attendees are required to purchase a minimum of two drinks inside of the venue’s showroom.
Beador last month said she will pay for the damage she caused in the incident, which occurred after she was seen at a Newport Beach, California establishment called A Restaurant.
Beador’s attorney Michael Fell has touched base with the owner of the Newport Beach property the reality star damaged while drinking and driving, insiders told TMZ last month.
Beador is looking to ‘help make things right’ in compensating the property owner for the damage caused, the source said, and has said she will pay for any necessary repairs stemming from the incident.
Beador at the time was also looking at different options to receive treatment, but had not yet committed to a course of action, the source told the outlet.
Beador was clad in an all-black ensemble with a fiberglass cast on her left arm as she was checking her phone
Beador appeared to be recovering from physical injuries suffered in the incident, as she sported bruising on the left side of her face
The Bravo star wore her blonde locks down while donning glasses with beige frames
Authorities said Beador hit a house, parked in the middle of a street and pretended she was walking her dog in the incident last month
The crash occurred after she was seen at a Newport Beach, California establishment called A Restaurant
Beador has been enrolled in an ‘outpatient behavioral wellness program with an alcohol component,’ insiders close to Beador told TMZ on Monday
While the situation remains ‘very fresh to her,’ the source told the outlet, Beador is focused on receiving professional help in the wake of the dangerous incident.
According to TMZ, Beador’s vehicle was seized by authorities, and she was was subsequently released without bond.
The Newport Beach Police Department told People that Beador had been ‘arrested at 1:17 a.m. on Sept. 17 after fleeing the scene from a collision that caused property damage.’
She was ‘booked for two misdemeanors – hit-and-run and DUI alcohol;’ and ‘released on a citation.’
Fell told DailyMail.com last month: ‘Shannon is extremely apologetic and remorseful.
‘We will be awaiting the official information on this case as it becomes available, and Shannon is prepared to accept full responsibility for her actions.’
Beador on September 19 was seen visiting with her ex-boyfriend John Janssen, who told DailyMail.com September 20, ‘We are friends, I care about her.’
Bravo personality Jeff Lewis, who is a friend of Beador’s, said that Beador ‘was injured’ and is ‘going to be recovering’ in the aftermath of the incident.
The RHOC personality appeared focused as she walked outside of a building on the weekday
Her cast appeared to bend at her arm’s elbow as she recovered following the crash
Beador is looking to ‘help make things right’ in compensating the property owner for the damage caused, a source told TMZ
The reality star’s lawyer said that she was ‘extremely apologetic and remorseful’ over what had happened
The Real Housewives of Orange County star was pictured on the Bravo series in August
Beador will continue performing with her RHOC colleagues Vicki Gunvalson, 61, and Tamra Judge , 56, in their Tres Amigas comedy shows, which involve alcohol
‘Shannon and I have been friends for a very long time,’ Lewis said on his SiriusXM show last month. ‘I was shocked – she called me yesterday and we talked for awhile – and I was shocked because I’ve never known Shannon to ever, ever drink and drive.
‘I will tell you she’s accepting full accountability. She is ashamed, she’s embarrassed. I personally, as her friend – cause people are like, “Oh she needs rehab,” “Oh she’s an alcoholic” – I don’t think Shannon is an alcoholic.’
He added: ‘I think she’s been going thorough a lot of personal struggles right now, and I think she has been leaning on alcohol – but I don’t think she’s an alcoholic.’
Lewis said that Beador is ‘going to be entering counseling’ following the accident and arrest.
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