Caleb Kennedy — the previous “American Idol” finalist who was arrested after a deadly DUI crash in 2022 — has been sentenced to eight years … TMZ has confirmed.
Kennedy, who appeared on season 19 of the hit singing present, pled responsible to a felony driving underneath the affect the place loss of life outcomes cost earlier this week. He’ll additionally pay a effective of simply greater than $15K.
The 20-year-old singer will serve 5 years behind bars earlier than serving the subsequent 3 years in house detention. He is additionally required to serve 5 years of probation after his launch, attend psychological well being and substance abuse counseling, and bear random drug and alcohol testing.
Caleb was arrested in 2022 after he drove his 2011 Ford pickup truck right into a constructing … killing an unsuspecting man inside.
Pictures confirmed a truck lodged inside what seems like a non-public storage … having burst by one of many partitions, destroying a lot of the within of the constructing.
Authorities alleged he took hits from a weed pen earlier than stepping into the automotive.
You might bear in mind Kennedy was kicked off ‘AI’ after video surfaced of him sitting subsequent to somebody carrying a Ku Klux Klan-like hood.
We have reached out to Caleb’s lawyer … thus far, no phrase again.
