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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Shannon Beador<\/strong><\/a> is making her first public appearance following her sentence for a DUI and hit-and-run charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n In September, the 59-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County<\/em> star was arrested<\/a> after reportedly crashing into a home in Newport Beach, Calif.<\/p>\n Shannon<\/strong> alluded to the matter in an October 17 Instagram post<\/a>, though said that she was \u201cnot in the position to comment\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n On Friday, Shannon<\/strong> appeared onstage at BravoCon 2023<\/em> and addressed her recent arrest, for which she was sentenced to three years of informal probation and ordered to pay various fines, complete 40 hours of community service, and finish a nine-month alcohol program.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough six weeks but I will tell you that I made a terrible mistake and \u2014 I don\u2019t want to cry. I\u2019m incredibly grateful that I didn\u2019t hurt anyone,\u201d she began, per People<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Shannon<\/strong> then shared that she has been seeking help since the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cI, on my own, just completed a 28-day behavioral wellness program with an alcohol component and I have been able to focus on elements of my life that were unhealthy and toxic and I believe that today, I\u2019m going in a good and positive direction,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Shannon<\/strong> thanked fans for their support and mentioned that she took \u201cinventory of my life\u201d after realizing that she was \u201cabsolutely\u201d drinking too much.<\/p>\n Find out what Real Housewives of Orange County<\/em>\u2018s Gina Kirschenheiter<\/strong> had to say about her costar Shannon Beador<\/strong>\u2018s arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n