Daria Rae reflected on her arrest in New Jersey for gun possession, describing it as an “honest mistake” due to a misunderstanding of reciprocity laws. Speaking on TMZ Inside The Ring, Daria explained that she had obtained a permit in Florida following a home invasion, but failed to realize it was not valid in New Jersey.
“One time, I was taking her [my wife] to the airport in Fort Lauderdale, and all the flights got canceled because of weather, and she had to get home to her kids. So we got on a whim, got my truck. I drove it to Jersey. I left it at her house.”
Weeks later, while celebrating her engagement in Atlantic City, a valet discovered the firearm in her glove compartment.
“They lost my valet stub, and so they said, you know, what’s your name? Fill out this paper. I fill it out. They’re like, All right, we’re gonna search your car to look for your insurance card to verify your identity. I’m like, yeah, no problem. And they open the glove compartment and see my little 380, which is like a little bitch gun. And the man calls 911 on my 380.”
Daria was taken into custody, but noted that the officers were accommodating, given the circumstances.
“They come and arrest me and take me to jail, and the officers were very nice. They offered me Dunkin Donuts. And I just stood in a cell, and it was like a single cell, like it wasn’t the holding cell, like they put me in a real cell, you know, and I stood there for like, maybe, like, three, four hours, while they did my processing and my paperwork.”
She admitted that her primary concern at the time was her status with WWE. The charge was resolved in December after she completed a six-month pretrial intervention program.
“That was the only thing I was worried about. I was like, my job, my job, my job. And I called the powers that be, and they were so great about it. They were like, Listen, the only reason you even have a gun is because you almost got murdered in your home. So crazy, we totally understand. And it was a mistake. It really was a mistake. It really was a dumb mistake.”
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