Wynonna Judds daughter, Grace Kelley, charged with soliciting prostitution and indecent exposure
Christie DZurilla April 12, 2024 Grace Kelley
, the
27
-year-old daughter of country singer
Wynnona Wynonna
Judd and her businessman ex-husband
, Arch Kelley III
, has been charged with soliciting prostitution
,in addition to
indecent exposure and obstructing government operations after an April 5 arrest in Elmore County, Ala., sheriff ‘ s online records confirm.
Kelley was arrested
by in
Millbrook, Ala.,
police
after
she held holding
a sign
reading that read
“A Ride for a Ride” alongside a busy highway
in that town
. Her chest and private parts were unclothed,
Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson told
the Daily Mail
reported
. Prior to the arrest, she had been hassling patrons at local businesses along the highway and
at a Circle K told shoppers at
Circle K that she had been robbed,
Police Chief P.K.
Johnson told the Mail. Officers initially approached her at one of the businesses.
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“When she made contact with our officers, she argued with them about the legality of what she was doing. And that it was not illegal for her to offer herself in exchange for rides,” Johnson
said, per told
the Mail. The officers did not arrest her then, but she allegedly continued her
odd
behavior and
ultimately
was
ultimately
arrested where the highway intersected with an interstate route.
Kelley had no drugs or drug paraphernalia on her when she was arrested, Johnson told the U.K. outlet, but added
,that if a person were to look at her booking photo, “if you look at the booking photo,
it hadn’t been long.” Johnson spoke to
her Kelley’s
father earlier this week, he said, but noted that only a Judd representative had reached out on her mother’s side.
She remained behind bars Friday in lieu of $2
,
000 bail,
whichthat
reportedly may
go higher increase
due to the new solicitation charge.
The Times was unable to reach
the
Millbrook Police
Department
immediately for
confirmation and
comment.
Judd and Arch Kelley divorced in 1998, when Grace Kelley
, whose older brother is Elijah Judd,
was around 2 years old. As a juvenile, she was sent by her mother to spend
six
60
months days
in a “behavioral camp” starting in December 2012, per RadarOnline. She later petitioned for her aunt Ashley Judd to take custody of her, and the actor was granted temporary custody. It’s unclear when that
temporary
agreement ended.
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Kelley’s arrest record
goes dates
back years and includes drug-related arrests in 2015, 2016 and 2017 in Alabama and Tennessee, per RadarOnline.com.
Finally, A
fter making an early exit from a 180-day court-ordered rehab program, she was sentenced in June 2018 to
in
eight years in prison
after she left that court-ordered drug treatment program early
, People reported.
Her release date was supposed to be in August 2025, but, per People, she was eligible for parole starting in February 2019. She was paroled in December 2022, according to the Daily Beast.
After being released, she was arrested
again
in August 2021 for a probation violation related to a 2016 meth arrest and again in May 2023 for
a
parole
violation
and
for violating a
restraining order
violations
, per the Daily Beast.
Grace gave birth to
daughter Kaliyah, Wynonna’s granddaughter,
in 2022. “She’s 6 months old and she doesn’t speak yet
,
but she looks right through me,”
the singer Wynonna Judd
said of Kaliyah on the “Today” show in October of that year. “She gives me hope.”
