
Normal Hospital is getting one other new face after Haley Pullos exited the sequence earlier this 12 months.
Brooke Anne Smith was tapped to take over enjoying Molly Lansing-Davis — who was briefly portrayed by Mia Kriegel — in accordance with Soaps.com. Smith, 39, made her onscreen debut on Wednesday, July 19, after Kriegel, 23, was initially solid after Pullos’ departure.
Pullos, 25, originated the position of Molly in 2009. She introduced in April that she was leaving Normal Hospital, telling Cleaning soap Opera Digest, “Sadly, I used to be concerned in an car accident and I’m doing OK, however I’m going to want just a little time to get well. I will probably be again as quickly as doable!”
Two months later, Us Weekly confirmed that Pullos was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor following a near-fatal automotive crash. The actress was formally charged by the Los Angeles County District Lawyer on June 28 for one felony rely of driving underneath the affect of an alcoholic beverage inflicting damage, one felony rely of driving with a .08 % blood alcohol content material inflicting damage and one misdemeanor rely of hit-and-run driving leading to property injury.
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Pullos pleaded not responsible to all three costs. In response to a police report, Pullos drove her automotive the fallacious manner on a Pasadena freeway and hit one other automotive head-on that was touring at 60 miles per hour. The cleaning soap star was additionally named in a separate hit-and-run visitors collision earlier than the crash on the freeway.
“Pasadena Hearth items responded to a visitors collision requiring rescue on the 134 Freeway/Orange Grove exit early this morning,” the Pasadena Hearth Division wrote by way of Fb on the time. “Arriving items discovered two autos concerned, with one particular person trapped, after a reported head-on collision. Hearth personnel extricated one particular person from a car and supplied affected person care and hospital transport for the occupants of each autos. Trigger is unknown however at all times a reminder to remain throughout the velocity restrict, keep away from consuming and driving and by no means be distracted by passengers, telephones, and so forth.”
Forward of Pullos’ upcoming preliminary listening to, which is scheduled for Thursday, July 27, she was sued by the opposite driver concerned within the crash, Courtney Wilder. Per TMZ, Wilder claims within the lawsuit that Pullos was driving drunk and marijuana.
Wilder accused Pullos of inflicting lasting accidents to his physique and extreme injury to his automotive. Pullos has but to reply.