INFLUENCER Gabriella Bardsley blamed her “quasi-celebrity”; status and hurtful jibes made at a party for her drink-driving, a court heard.
, daughter of star , was more than three times over the limit when stopped by cops near home in Wilmslow, , in May.
Lawyer Gary Hughes claimed she had driven her car after fleeing a pal’s party when someone recognised her from ITVX series The Bardsley Bunch and made rude comments.
She was pulled over after driving through a blockade at an accident site.
Mr Hughes said: “Some people who were uninvited identified her as somebody who was on TV in a TV series.”;
“They decided to take it upon themselves to begin making hurtful jibes towards Ms Bardsley.
“She recognises it was a colossal error of judgment to leave the party impetuously and get in her car.”;
He added: “It’s wasn’t a flagrant disregard for the law.
“It was borne out of a set of circumstances and her quasi-celebrity status.”;
Bardsley had previously admitted drink-driving at South Cheshire magistrates’ .
Yesterday, she got a 29-month road ban and must do 200 hours of unpaid work.
Bardsley made no comment as she left court but tried to hide from waiting photographers by using an umbrella.
