Chris Souleshas been sentenced for his involvement in a2017 car crashthat left one person dead.
On Friday, theBacheloralum, 37, accepted a suspended two-year prison sentence to serve two years on probation, accordingE! News.
In November 2018, Soulesentered a conditional guilty plea.
In the documents, the State of Iowa moved to amend the trial information — to charge Soules with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury — and Soules “filed a written guilty plea to the amended charge, conditioned his plea of guilty upon the court’s acceptance of the terms of the parties’ plea agreement.”
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But, “if the court rejects the plea agreement, the defendant will be afforded the opportunity to withdraw his guilty plea,” the documents state.
On April 25, 2017,Soules was arrested at 1:16 a.m. after a fatal car crashin Iowa, where he lives.
According to the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, Soules was charged with leaving the scene of the fatal car accident that left 66-year-oldwar veteran Kenneth Mosherdead.
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Souleswas arrested in Iowa after he allegedly crashed his truck into a tractor, running it off the road into a ditch. His vehicle was later found at a home that he was present at, andSoules allegedly refused to leaveuntil officers obtained a search warrant several hours later.
In his written conditional guilty plea, Soules detailed the crash and admitted his wrongdoing to not providing his vehicle’s registration number to police.
Iowa State Patrol alleged that he fled the scene, violating the Iowa code that states: “If the accident causes the death of a person, all surviving drivers shall remain at the scene of the accident except to seek necessary aid or to report the accident to law enforcement authorities.”
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Afterentering a not guilty plea in May 2017 to the charge, Soules’ legal teamfiled a motion to dismissthe “failure to remain” charge on constitutional grounds, refuting the last sentence of the Iowa state code.
Their request to dismiss wasdenied in January 2018before being brought to the Iowa Supreme Court. That February, multiple outletsreportedthat an Iowa Supreme Court had denied an appeal.
Soules placed third onAndi Dorfman‘s season ofThe Bachelorettein 2014 before starring on season 19 ofThe Bachelorin 2015. Dubbed “Prince Farming,” he gave his final rose to nurseWhitney Bischoff, to whom he wasengaged for six months.
“This is a very sad situation,” Bischofftold PEOPLE in a statementafter her ex’s arrest. “I’m keeping everyone in my thoughts and prayers, especially the victim and his family.”
source: people.com
