‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson , Dralin Carswell. MEGA TheMegaAgency.com
Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson‘s boyfriend, Dralin Carswell, was arrested for driving beneath the affect and fleeing from the authorities, Us Weekly can affirm.
Carswell, 21, was behind the wheel with Thompson within the passenger seat on Tuesday, February 28, when Monroe County deputies tried to make a visitors cease. The motive force fled from the scene and sped away for 3 miles earlier than he was stopped by the cops in Georgia.
The officer disabled the automobile and Carswell was arrested for a DUI, fleeing, following too carefully, failing to take care of lanes and a dashing quotation, in accordance with native paper The Reporter.
Thompson, for her half, was not arrested and was taken to the Monroe County Jail the place sister Lauryn “Pumpkin” Shannon picked her up.
The previous pageant queen, who rose to fame after showing in TLC’s Toddlers and Tiaras and Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo, went public with Carswell in 2021. Shortly after they confirmed their romance, information broke of the faculty pupil’s previous authorized woes.
In Might 2019, Carswell was arrested for statutory rape, in accordance with In Contact. The incident occurred lower than two years earlier than he started relationship Thompson.
‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson , Dralin Carswell. MEGA TheMegaAgency.com
In a police report obtained by the outlet, Carswell was accused of climbing by means of a 15-year-old lady’s window and having intercourse together with her when he was 18. The lady’s mom reported the incident to the authorities and the teenager later said that the intercourse was consensual.
Carswell was additional accused of creating a false assertion throughout questioning when he claimed he didn’t go to the lady’s dwelling. The cost was later adjudicated in a June 2021 pretrial diversion settlement when Carswell agreed to devour no alcohol, see an dependancy specialist, do drug and alcohol screens, don’t have any contact with the sufferer and attend an ethical reconation class. The case was later closed.
Forward of his arrest on Tuesday, Thompson’s supervisor solely confirmed to Us that she was present process a “non-surgical” weight reduction process alongside her boyfriend.
“Alana and Dralin have been dropping pounds on their very own however really feel this may assist them lose extra and preserve it off,” the rep informed Us in an August 2022 assertion, noting that Carswell would additionally endure the process so as to help in his personal weight reduction journey.
