Ex-NBA cheerleader reduced to tears in newly released video of DWI arrest
The YouTube page @TransperancyBodycam recently released footage from the March 8, 2025, arrest that showed Bry Atchison crying after being discovered by the police around 8:19 p.m. ET.
A good Samaritan told the officer — identified as Evan Bringas, per the YouTube channel — after he arrived that they had driven to the parking lot roughly five minutes prior with Atchison behind them, and he then motioned his finger in a rolling manner while the officer said, 'and then fell out of the car.'
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8 Atchison on the ground in a parking lot.
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Bringas attempted to wake Atchison, nudging her while repeatedly saying, 'ma'am,' before she finally responded with a 'what?'
Atchison responded with some indecipherable statements before the officer asked if she knew where she was, which she did not, and he then informed her she was on the ground outside her vehicle.
8 Atchison gets emotional during the incident.
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A second officer arrived at the time, while Atchison said she was fine, and Bringas then asked why she was on the ground and her car was on the curb.
Atchison eventually asked what time it was and where they were before getting to her knees, while the camera revealed an open car with the engine seemingly still running.
When the officer asked what brought her to the ground, Atchison appeared to mention her 30th birthday before saying she had previously been at an Edgewater bar.
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8 The car with the door open and the engine seemingly running.
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Atchison then appeared to stumble, which caused Bringas to grab her and ask if she was OK.
'I just need to get home,' Atchison said while revealing she lived nearby. 'I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was this drunk.'
Atchison eventually rose to make a phone call and then started crying while apologizing, and Bringas revealed he had to perform tests since she told him something 'alarming.'
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8 Atchison during the incident.
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She responded that she can't drive, but she just wanted to get home.
'I know that, but you just kind of admitted to me you were drunk,' Bringas said.
Atchison responded that she wanted to make sure her son was OK and later asked if she could call her son's father, while Bringas told her he had to perform tests.
8 Atchison begins to tear up after making a call.
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'Now standing close to you, I smell alcohol on ya, OK,' Bringas said.
Atchison kept pleading to call the father of her son, stating the pair was together, and repeatedly said she wanted to make sure her son was OK.
They ultimately performed a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test before placing her under arrest for driving while intoxicated, according to the video.
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8 Atchison during the conversation.
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She was cited for operating under the influence and refusing to submit to a breathalyzer/chemical test, per the video.
Bringas noted to a fellow officer that they only performed an HGN test since 'she can't do the rest,' and revealed that Achison said, 'I didn't realize I was this drunk.'
She threw up in the car while being transported, Bringas told a fellow officer.
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8 Atchison was a member of the Cavaliers dance team.
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Bringas reportedly noticed she worked for the Prosecutor's Office when they saw her badge while in the processing room at the police department.
Atchison was released to her brother, according to the channel, which added that her case was still pending as of four days ago.
She remains employed by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, spokesperson Carmen Martin told the Daily Mail.
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'Ms. Atchison self-reported an incident that occurred in March, and we are monitoring the matter closely. Appropriate adjustments have been made to her case assignments as warranted,' Martin told the outlet. 'While we cannot comment on personnel-related administrative matters, any administrative action, if necessary, would be taken after the case has been adjudicated.'
8 Atchison dancing in 2015.
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An October 2015 article by Case Western Reserve noted how Atchison had become a new member of the Cavaliers' dance team.
She competed in the 2016 Miss Ohio competition, per the competition's Facebook page.
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