BREAKING NEWS: Michelle Bridges pleads guilty to drink driving after she blew 0.86 in her Range Rover at 11am with her son, 5, in the car following a messy breakup with The Commando
- Biggest Loser star Michelle Bridges pleaded guilty to mid-range drink driving
- Bridges, 49, blew 0.86 while behind the wheel of her Range Rover 4WD
- Her son, Axel, five, was in the car at the time she was stopped for a random test
- Bridges blamed ‘very difficult time’ after break-up with Steve Willis
- She faced Waverley Local Court on Tuesday where she entered the guilty plea
Biggest Loser star Michelle Bridges arrives at court on a drink driving charge on Tuesday
Former Biggest Loser star and celebrity trainer Michelle Bridges has pleaded guilty to mid-range drink driving.
Bridges, 49, blew 0.86 when she was pulled over in her Range Rover with her five-year-old son in the car, at about 11.25am on Australia Day.
Bridges looked stressed as she emerged from a car with a team of lawyers and supporters on Tuesday morning, and made her way into Waverley Local Court in a black suit, heels and a frilly pink polka-dot top.
She entered the guilty plea just after the lunchtime break.
After she was charged, Bridges released a statement claiming she was going through a ‘very difficult time … dealing with the break-up of my long-term relationship’ with Steve ‘Commando’ Willis at the time.
‘I would like to express my deep regret for breaking the law, this was a terrible mistake and an error of judgment,’ Bridges said in a statement.
‘This behaviour is inexcusable, and I am absolutely devastated and embarrassed to find myself in this position.
‘It has been a very difficult time for me the last few weeks dealing with the break-up of my long-term relationship.’
Her ex-partner Willis posted a cryptic Instagram message to Instagram earlier this week, saying: ‘So many things to be grateful, joyous and happy for in this very moment. What are you grateful for right now in this very moment?’
Bridges pleaded guilty to a charge of mid-range drinking driving, after she was stopped for a random roadside breath test in Sydney’s east on Australia Day
The fitness guru was supported by several minders as she arrived at Waverley Local Court on Tuesday morning
Bridges with her ex-partner Steve Willis who shared a cryptic post to Instagram on Sunday saying ‘So many things to be grateful for’
Bridges and Commando, her on air colleague, went public with their relationship in 2013, after years working together on The Biggest Loser.
Bridges has written several weight loss and fitness books and started the 12 Week Body Transformation online business.
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