Southern Charm star Kathryn Dennis denied being behind the wheel of the car that nearly mowed down a deputy sheriff outside an elementary school, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Dennis told investigators that she and her 2022 Ford Bronco never left her South Carolina home ā despite investigators noticing fresh damage to the vehicleās passenger side and photographic evidence of her car’s license plate taken by a witness at the scene, according to internal documents obtained by RadarOnline.com.
As we previously reported, Dennis became the target of the investigation after her vehicle recklessly barreled down the street and grazed Berkeley County Sheriffās Deputy Michelle Ward who working as a crossing guard clutching a large āSTOPā sign outside the Whitesville Elementary School in Moncks Corner.
The deputy, who injured her hand and foot in the 7:30 a.m. incident, managed to get a partial license plate of the vehicle and a witness āchased down the Bronco and got the full tag,ā according to the email obtained by RadarOnline.com.
Dennis was eventually tracked down at her home near the hit-and-run scene after an aggressive manhunt.
āShe showed him (the trooper) her vehicle which matched the description given, the tag number matched, and the vehicle matched the one seen on the school video,ā stated an email from Lt. Chadwich A. Pearson, the executive officer at Troop 6 which patrols the Moncks Corner area.
āMs. Dennis claimed neither her nor her vehicle had left the property all day,ā the email stated. āThere appeared to be fresh damage on the passengerās side mirror consistent with striking the stop sign that was in the Deputyās hand.ā
āMs. Dennis stated her vehicle did have damage on it but all damage on it was from old events.ā
As RadarOnline.com has previously reported, Deputy Ward, 40, expressed her concerns that Dennisā celebrity status and her familyās deep political ties in the state may have allegedly influenced the stalled investigation.
āI donāt know if itās because sheās a local celebrity or actress or itās because of the family that she is connected to or if itās just they donāt want to,ā Ward told RadarOnline.com in December. āI donāt know if they just feel that they donāt have enough ā I donāt know. I would like to know why just for my own sanity to know why they havenāt done anything.ā