Kimber Lee (Kimberly Frankele) is set for a pre-trial hearing after she was arrested in May in Sebring, Florida.
She worked for WWE from 2016 through 2018, making her NXT debut during a December 2016 episode of NXT, losing to Ember Moon before signing with the company the following month. She went under her real name and worked various matches before competing in the May Young Classic 2017. She made it to the quarterfinals before losing. She was released in March 2018. During her wrestling career, she’s also worked for Impact Wrestling, Shine, CZW, Shimmer, and Chikara.
Pwinsider reports she will have a hearing on October 24th after being arrested and charged with DUI, Resisting an Officer with Violence, and Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer.
The police report states Lee’s vehicle was found facing the wrong way on the road and then drove over the lane, almost colliding with a guardrail. A police officer pulled her over in a parking lot.
The officer wrote that Lee had “bloodshot watery eyes, and she slurred as she spoke” and that Lee kept asking why she was being pulled over and thought the officer was messing with her. It was suspected she was under the influence.
While handcuffed, the officer alleged that “she struck in the chest to prevent me from doing so.” The officer informed Lee that she was under arrest for battery on a “LEO” (Law Enforcement Officer), and while putting on the restraints, Lee “began kicking me in the chest and in my face, busting my lip and the gums in my mouth. At one point, the subject grabbed the cell phone and after I removed it from her hands and after I removed it from her hands, again I tried to place the restraints on her, and she my left hand twice hard enough to break my skin.”
After the arrest, Lee gave an alcohol sample of .140 five hours, with the legal limit in Florida being .08, and she failed to comply in providing a second sample.
The following month, she pleaded not guilty on July 7, waived her right to a speedy trial, and filed for a public defender. Should she be found guilty, a conviction for a first-time DUI offense in Florida could see her serve six months in jail, revocation of a driver’s license, 50 hours of community service, and fines of up to $1,000.
A conviction for Resisting an Officer with Violence is considered a third-degree felony in Florida and could face up to five years in prison or five years of probation, as well as a $5,000 fine.
Finally, the battery of a law enforcement officer charge is also considered a third-degree felony; she could face a maximum of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
