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Gina Kirschenheitermade headlines on Thursday when an Orange County Superior Court judge issued an arrest warrant in her name forfailing to appear in court for a hearing related to her DUI arrest.
TheReal Housewives of Orange Countystar, 34, was listed in the system as a “fugitive,” but a representative for the star confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday that the warrant has since been recalled.
So what happened? According to a source familiar with the situation, Kirschenheiter’s lawyer had filed a motion to move the reality star’s court date to May, but made an error when filing — unbeknownst to Kirschenheiter. “On the advice of her attorney, Gina was told not to appear in court,” the insider said.
“Mr. Fell appeared in the Orange County Superior Court, Harbor Justice Center this morning and was able to have the warrant recalled and all traffic cases against Ms. Kirschenheiter dismissed,” Kirschenheiter’s rep said in a statement to PEOPLE. “Her new arraignment has been scheduled for April 16.”
Added Fell in a statement: “Not only does my client intend to take full responsibility for her actions, but is committed to using this opportunity to educate the public about the dangers of drinking and driving and the laws associated with it.”
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Kirschenheiter, a Long Island native who made her debut onRHOC‘s 13th season, was arrested in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, for driving under the influence in the early hours of Feb. 1, a representative for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department told PEOPLE. She was stopped for a traffic violation and arrested for driving under the influence. The mother of three was released from jail at noon later that day.
In a lengthy note on Instagram, Kirschenheiter then apologized to her fans and vowed that this would never happen again.
“Bad choices have bad consequences… I am disappointed in myself… Especially since everyone who knows me knows I’m the queen of Uber/Lyft,” Kirschenheiter wrote, in part. “This didn’t happen to me. I wasn’t ‘unlucky’ I made a conscious decision to do something especially stupid. One time is one time too many. I am awake now. I can promise this will NEVER BE ME again.”
Days later, Kirschenheiter was pulled over again for using her phone while driving. She will have to pay a $160 fine.
Last April, Kirschenheiterfiled for divorcefrom her husband, Matthew Kirschenheiter, just as filming onRHOCbegan.
The couple met before they graduated college and had been together for 11 years and married for eight. They share three kids — sons Nicholas, 6, and Luca, 3, and daughter Sienna, 4
Ultimately, the pair simply grew apart, the reality star said. Looking back, she realized they wed when she was far too young.
“It’s a huge, huge decision — one of the biggest ever — and I was 23 years old?” she said. “I wasn’t ready to make a decision about who I was going to spend the rest of my life with at 23. No wonder! We made it work because we made it work. But I’m a completely different person than I was then.”
“On Long Island, marriage is a community thing,” she added. “Your parents, your in-laws, your siblings, your friends, your family — they’re all a part of your relationship. You don’t think about breaking that up. So when we moved to California, it was like, now you only have each other. And you really have to validate that relationship and say, ‘Are we really functioning and working well? Are you really my soulmate who I want to spend the rest of my life with in that way?’ “
source: people.com
