Nepo-baby influencer Gabriella Bardsley blames ‘quasi-celebrity' status and ‘nasty jibe at party' for drink driving
The 23-year-old, daughter of Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley, was more than three times over the limit when stopped by cops near home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, in May.
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Lawyer Gary Hughes claimed she had driven her car after fleeing a pal's party when someone recognised her from ITVX reality series The Bardsley Bunch and made rude comments.
She was pulled over after driving through a police blockade at an accident site.
Mr Hughes said: 'Some people who were uninvited identified her as somebody who was on TV in a TV series.'
'They decided to take it upon themselves to begin making hurtful jibes towards Ms Bardsley.
'She recognises it was a colossal error of judgment to leave the party impetuously and get in her car.'
He added: 'It's wasn't a flagrant disregard for the law.
'It was borne out of a set of circumstances and her quasi-celebrity status.'
Bardsley had previously admitted drink-driving at South Cheshire magistrates' court.
Yesterday, she got a 29-month road ban and must do 200 hours of unpaid work.
Bardsley made no comment as she left court but tried to hide from waiting photographers by using an umbrella.
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