‘Glee’ star Blake Jenner arrested in California on DUI charge

Glee
alum
Blake Jenner
was arrested for driving under the influence,
United states of america Weekly
confirms.

The thespian, 29, was stopped by police in Burbank, California, on Thursday, July ix, at 11:30 p.chiliad. PT for a traffic violation.

“Mr. Jenner was pulled over after he failed to finish at a solid red light,” the Burbank Police Department said in a statement to
The states. “During the traffic stop, Mr. Jenner displayed the objective signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication and was asked to perform a series of standardized field sobriety tests, which he consented to. Mr. Jenner did not perform the tests every bit demonstrated and instructed.”

Officers determined that Jenner “was under the influence of an unknown alcoholic beverage and unable to safely operate a motor vehicle.”

He was charged with driving under the influence, which is a misdemeanor. He was later released with a citation to announced in court at a later engagement.

Us
reached out to Jenner’s reps for comment. They did non immediately respond.

Jenner — who is not related to the Kardashian-Jenner clan — found success after winning the second flavour of
The Glee Projection
in 2012. The Oxygen reality show awarded winners with a office on Play a trick on’s
Glee.

After existence introduced on the musical comedy as Ryder Lynn, a recurring character in season 4, the Florida native was upgraded to series regular status in season five. He also fabricated a cameo in the series finale with other returning stars.

Off screen, the
Edge of Seventeen
thespian made headlines in November 2019 afterwards ex-wife
Melissa Benoist
seemingly accused him of intimate partner violence (IPV). The onetime
Supergirl
star, now 33, never named the perpetrator, but made references to certain injuries, such as an eye injury that happened in 2016, that placed the events within the timeline of her spousal relationship to Jenner.

“Breaking the cycle was the most rewarding, empowering selection I’ve ever made for myself,” Benoist said in the xiv-minute video. “I experience an indelible strength and self-assurance that has dug its roots deep within me. I will be healing from this for the rest of my life and that’s okay.”

Jenner took to Instagram nearly a year afterwards to address the accusations in a lengthy statement.

“I accept full responsibleness and accountability for the hurt that I inflicted during my relationship with my past partner—emotionally, mentally and yes, physically,” the histrion wrote.

The
What/If
actor, who referred to himself as a “victim,” claimed that he suffered “the mental and emotional abuse,” which allegedly included threats most chore opportunities and his female costars. (Benoist admitted that she “started fighting back because rage is contagious” in her initial video.)

“I am pitiful,” Jenner connected. “In that location are many things that I wish I could accept done differently; and while I wish it did not take the pain that was suffered throughout the course of our relationship, I will never regress to making the same mistakes ever once more. I volition never end doing the piece of work necessary to better myself in all areas of my life. I wish you and your family nil simply good health, joy and beloved.”

The
Billy Male child
costars started dating while playing love interests on Glee in 2013 and married in 2015. Their divorce was finalized in December 2017.

The
Waco
extra has since moved on with actor
Chris Forest, whom she married in September 2019. They welcomed son Huxley in September 2020.

If you or someone y'all know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at i-800-799-7233 for confidential support.

With reporting by Diana Cooper

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