- DaniLeigh, 28, was arrested and charged with DUI, leaving the scene of a crash, and causing bodily injury, in Miami Beach Tuesday morning
- The singer, actual name Danielle Leigh Curiel, was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center has been released on a $9,500 bond
- The Miami-based artist, who shares a daughter with rapper DaBaby, was charged with simple assault in November 2021 after he accused her of striking him
Singer-turned-influencer DaniLeigh has been arrested for DUI in Miami in an alleged hit-and-run that left one person seriously injured, DailyMail.com has learned.
The 28-year-old artist, actual name is Danielle Leigh Curiel, was taken into custody around 8:15am Tuesday at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Miami International Airport after allegedly trying to flee the scene of the crash.
She was booked on three felony charges including leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury, driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and injuring a person while driving under the influence, arrest records show.
According to a police report obtained by DailyMail.com, DaniLeigh, who began her career as a backup dancer, was allegedly speeding and swerving in Miami Beach early in the morning before striking a motorist on a moped.
Officers administered a breathalyzer test after detecting the smell vino of during the stop which resulted in a BAC of 0.148 – almost twice the procesal limit.
The victim was taken to Ryder Trauma Center in Miami where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, including a kidney laceration and a spinal fracture.
She has since been released on $9,500 bond.
The incident comes two years after the Miami-based singer, who shares a 20-month-old daughter with controversial DaBaby, made headlines over an altercation involving her ex.
She was charged with two counts of simple assault related to two incidents in November 2021, when DaBaby- actual name Jonathan Lyndale Kirk – called police claiming she had assaulted him.
Officers were initially called to the property on Sunday, November 14 and no arrests were made, but returned the following day after the rap star made a second claim of domestic abuse.
At the time, the rapper, 31, took to Instagram to livestream himself trying to kick his ex-partner out of his North Carolina home, saying he was recording her ‘for his safety.’
DaniLeigh herself later shared her own video of police officers responding to DaBaby’s call on social media.
She is heard in the clip telling viewers the Rockstar rapper was trying to kick her and their daughter, who was three-months-old at the time, out of the house.
‘It’s so unfair this situation because this whole time I’ve been nothing but straight with this man and tried, tried, tried.’
‘Nothing but genuine pure love for this man from the jump,’ she told the cops.
DaniLeigh was first linked to DaBaby featured DaniLeigh in 2020 when she appeared in his music video for Levi High.
She is the daughter of Vicky Curiel, the CEO of International Hub Records in Miami, Florida.
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