Singer DaniLeigh Charged With DUI After Hit & Run In Miami Beach

DaniLeigh, 28, was arrested and charged with a DUI in Miami Beach, Florida on Tuesday. The incident was an alleged hit-and-run on a man riding a moped that occurred around 2 a.m.

According to the police report, witnesses claimed the singer was speeding in a Mercedes-Benz when she hit the man’s moped and did not stop. They said they attempted to let DaniLeigh know about the moped caught underneath her car, which she had dragged behind her for about a block, but she kept driving.

A police officer got DaniLeigh to pull over, and when he approached the car, he smelled alcohol. DaniLeigh had “sluggish” motor skills, and the passenger in her car seemed to be “highly intoxicated.” The pair were placed into police custody despite DaniLeigh claiming that “she never hit a motorist” and had not “consumed any alcoholic beverages.” Police found an empty tequila bottle in the car.

She failed various different sobriety tests and had a breath alcohol level of 0.145. According to Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the legal limit in Florida is 0.08.

The victim in the hit-and-run suffered two injuries, including a spinal fracture and a kidney laceration. Reports indicate that they are both non-life-threatening.

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DaniLeigh was cited with three felony charges – leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury, damage to property or person and driving under the influence. After being held in jail through the rest of Tuesday morning, she was released on a $9,500 bond.

The singer initially worked as a backup dancer before sharing covers of herself singing popular songs on YouTube. She first gained notoriety when she directed Prince‘s 2013 music video for “Breakfast Can Wait.” She then released her first single as a music artist in 2015 and was signed to Def Jam Records in 2017. She has since released the albums The Plan (2018) and MOVIE (2020).

She also shares a 20-month-old daughter with rapper DaBaby.