Tiffany Haddish avoids additional jail time after pleading guilty in Georgia traffic case

Tiffany Haddish avoids additional jail time after pleading guilty in Georgia traffic case 1 of 6 | Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from her January 2022 arrest after someone called 911 to report seeing a driver asleep at the wheel of an SUV at a traffic light. 2 of 6 | Chloe Kim, left and Tiffany Haddish present the award for best record breaking performance at the ESPY Awards in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) 3 of 6 | Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom during her DUI trial Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 4 of 6 | Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom for trial on DUI charges Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 5 of 6 | Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish, along with her attorneys, appears via Zoom for her DUI trial Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 6 of 6 | Judge Jason B. Thompson holds up a piece of paper during comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish’s court appearance via Zoom Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 1 of 6 Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from her January 2022 arrest after someone called 911 to report seeing a driver asleep at the wheel of an SUV at a traffic light. Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 2 of 6 | Chloe Kim, left and Tiffany Haddish present the award for best record breaking performance at the ESPY Awards in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) 2 of 6 Chloe Kim, left and Tiffany Haddish present the award for best record breaking performance at the ESPY Awards in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 3 of 6 | Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom during her DUI trial Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 3 of 6 Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom during her DUI trial Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 4 of 6 | Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom for trial on DUI charges Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 4 of 6 Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish appears via Zoom for trial on DUI charges Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 5 of 6 | Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish, along with her attorneys, appears via Zoom for her DUI trial Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 5 of 6 Comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish, along with her attorneys, appears via Zoom for her DUI trial Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 6 of 6 | Judge Jason B. Thompson holds up a piece of paper during comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish’s court appearance via Zoom Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) 6 of 6 Judge Jason B. Thompson holds up a piece of paper during comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish’s court appearance via Zoom Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, in Fayetteville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Fayetteville, Ga. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor alcohol-related driving charge that stemmed from her 2022 arrest in Georgia after someone called 911 about a driver asleep at the wheel at a traffic light.Other charges were dropped. After entering the plea by video, Haddish was placed on 12 months’ probation and told to avoid drugs and alcohol and complete a substance abuse evaluation. She was credited for the brief time she spent in jail following her arrest.Haddish’s films include the comedy “Girls Trip,” “Night School,” “Like a Boss” and “The Kitchen.” She wrote the New York Times best seller “The Last Black Unicorn,” which earned a Grammy nomination. In 2018, Haddish won an Emmy for her appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and a Grammy in 2021 for her special “Black Mitzvah.” At around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2022, someone called 911 to report seeing a person who appeared to be asleep in the driver’s seat of a white Ford Explorer with their foot on the brake in Peachtree City, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Atlanta, according to a court filing. An officer spotted an SUV that matched the description given by the caller and stopped Haddish as she pulled into a neighborhood, according to a police report.Haddish’s lawyers in May asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that waiting more than four years for the case to be resolved had caused personal and professional difficulties and violated her right to a speedy trial. Fayette County State Court Judge Jason Thompson rejected her arguments. The judge found that Haddish and her attorneys had requested some of the delays, including a request for a delay so she could attend a fashion show in Morocco and a request to leave a hearing early to catch a flight. He wrote that she also did not show any evidence of having missed specific performing opportunities or of actual financial harm because of the delay. Haddish also was arrested in November 2023 in Beverly Hills, California, on suspicion of driving under the influence after police received a call and said Haddish appeared to be slumped over the wheel of a vehicle while the engine was still running. Haddish reached a plea deal with prosecutors in that case in February 2024, pleading no contest to a vehicle code violation, and the two misdemeanor DUI charges against her were dropped, according to the Los Angeles Times.