Hayley Hasselhoff, the daughter of “Baywatch” star David Hasselhoff was arrested Saturday, May 13, and charged with driving under the influence. According to TMZ, the twenty-four year old was arrested after police found her passed out behind the wheel on the off ramp of a Los Angeles freeway. The police were able to get the unconscious Hayley to wake up and submit to a sobriety test, which she failed. After being taken to a local hospital for evaluation, she was then transported to jail.
Hayley Hasselhoff is a plus-sized model and actress. She is best known for her role on the show “Huge” and her family’s short-lived reality show, “The Hasselhoffs”. The actress was most recently seen in “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens”.
While Hayley was facing legal troubles, her father, David Hasselhoff 64, was spotted on the beach in Miami with his fiancee, also named Hayley (Roberts), who is almost thirty years his junior. David is most known for his role as a lifeguard lieutenant on the cult hit, “Baywatch”, as well as 80’s hit, “Knight Rider.” He is also a singer, and while he never had much success with his musical career in America, he has a huge following in Germany.
Problems with alcohol seem to run in the Hasselhoff family. In May 2007, a home video emerged of David in a drunken stupor, crumpled on the floor eating a hamburger. The video was taken by David’s other daughter, Taylor Hasselhoff, who could be heard off camera begging her father to stop drinking.
At the time Taylor claimed she shot the video to show her father how he behaved when drunk and as a plea for him to get counseling for his alcoholism. The video resulted in David losing custody of both Hayley and Taylor, both of whom were teenagers at the time.
David also checked himself into rehab later that year. The actor has been in and out of rehab numerous times. The first time was in 2002 when he entered the Betty Ford Clinic, but checked himself out just a few days later. He then went on a drinking binge and almost died of alcohol poisoning. The near death scare was enough to make him decide to get help, but just a few years later he began struggling with sobriety once again.
These days David seems to be in a much happier and healthier place. Hopefully Hayley will get the help she obviously needs for her alcohol problem. So far neither Hayley nor David have commented on the arrest.
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Haley Roberts and David Hasselhoff relax poolside May 15 in Miami