CJ Perry opened up about a past run-in with the law, revealing that she was arrested on her 25th birthday. During an episode of TMZ Inside The Ring, the former WWE star detailed the incident that took place in Georgia while she was driving to Florida State University.
Perry explained that she was pulled over for speeding and admitted to officers that she was smoking marijuana.
“On my birthday, I was speeding. I was going 91 in a 75 area. Talk about stupid. My tags were expired. My light was out. And then on top of it, in the state of Georgia, I’m smoking weed, which is illegal, right? While driving. So I got pulled over. I admitted to it. They’re like, it smells like weed. And I’m like, I’m smoking weed. I’m so sorry.”
Perry was taken to jail, where she remained for three days because her parents decided not to bail her out immediately. She credited the experience as a turning point in her life.
“I went to jail. I’m nine hours from Nashville at this point in Georgia, and my dad and my mom just let me sit there for three days. And that was, honestly, this was the greatest moment in my life, because it really changed my I became way more grateful because there’s women in this jail for over a year, and you only go outside for one hour a week outside, and I just made I’m like, Why do I complain about shit?”
Perry noted the timing of the event in relation to her WWE career, viewing it as a necessary lesson.
“And three years later, I got my job in WWE on my birthday. And I really thought that was a gift from the universe of being like, Hey, do the right thing.”
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