, comic and host of Who the BLEEP Is That? on Fox, was arrested and charged with a DUI on Sunday, according to PEOPLE.
PEOPLE reviews that Dye was arrested by the Burbank Police Division in California at 9:56 a.m. on Sunday, and was taken to Burbank Jail shortly thereafter earlier than being launched with out bail at 1:04 p.m.
Sgt. Stephen Turner of the Burbank Police Division informed he outlet that authorities responded to a site visitors collision round 9:30 a.m. “Witnesses relayed the driving force of a white Tesla collided with a tree and the driving force fled on foot,” Sgt. Turner said. “Based mostly on witness description, the driving force was positioned only a few blocks east of the scene and detained pending [an] investigation.”
The comic’s lawyer Andrew B. Leventhal tells EW, “Though nobody was injured, it is a traumatic occasion for Jeff. We ask that you just reserve judgment and respect his privateness as I maintain this matter. He’s presumed harmless.”
Michael Tullberg/Getty Jeff Dye
Dye first gained prominence from his look on the sixth season of the truth comedy competitors sequence Last Comic Standing on NBC in 2008, the place he positioned third behind runner-up Marcus and winner Iliza Shlesinger. The comic then hosted Numbnuts and Cash From Strangers on MTV, and likewise appeared in 21 episodes of Lady Code on the identical community. In 2016, Dye was an everyday on Better Late Than Never with Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman, William Shatner, and Henry Winkler, and returned for the second season the subsequent 12 months.
Dye has additionally appeared in reveals like The Masked Singer, American Ninja Warrior, Is It Cake?, Lip Sync Battle, and The Tonight Show. He presently hosts two podcasts: Wrestling with Freddie alongside Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jeff Dye’s Friendship Podcast. He is additionally set to make his movie debut with the upcoming Stealing Jokes.
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