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Haley Pullos Released From Jail After Receiving Sentencing for DUI and Wrong-Way Crash
General Hospital actress, Haley Pullos (ex-Molly Lansing-Davis) was in court on Monday appearing in an orange jump suit from serving her three-month jail term as she sat across a judge for her sentencing, and to learn if she would be released to go home.
Pullos learned she would be released from jail today, but the judge then placed her on probation for five years and ordered to work 200 hours of community service.
Dan Melnick, Pullos’ attorney, clarified the sentencing to PEOPLE, “Haley was sentenced to probation with 90 days county jail with time served, a nine-month DUI program, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) program and continuing private counseling.”
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According to the Daily Mail, at the sentencing, the judge warned Pullos to never drink and drive again. He also added, ‘God forbid you cause an accident in the future and somebody dies, you will be charged with murder.’
All of Pullos’ legal woes came from when she finally pleaded no contest to driving the wrong-way on an LA freeway while she was drunk and under the influence and causing a near-fatal car crash. The former GH star also lost her driver’s license for a year and was ordered to pay more than $8,000 in restitution to the injured driver who she collided into.
Pullos was first arrested in April 2023 after that resulted in bodily injury and property damage. She initially fled the scene but was later found to be under the influence. The crash found Pullos trapped inside her car and needing the jaws of life to get her out, while the other drive, Courteney Wilder was hospitalized for major injuries.
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In June of 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged Pullos with one felony count of DUI causing injury, one felony count of driving with a .08 BAC causing injury as well as one misdemeanor count of hit-and-run resulting in property damage. Then in January of 2024, Wilder hit her with a lawsuit.
When Pullos was released today not only were her parents Alex and Judy Pullos present, but so too was her on-screen mother, GH’s Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis). The actress first played GH’s Molly in 2009, and was with the show till May 2023 when Holiday Mia Kriegel became the first of three Molly’s until GH settled on Kristen Vaganos in the role.
So, what do you think about Haley’s release and final sentencing? Do you hope she one day returns to GH? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
I don’t care what she does as long as she doesn’t come back to GH. I’m loving nuMolly. I’d honestly just drop the whole Molly/Kristina/baby story and FF it if Pullos comes back.
I never cared for the Molly character until the current actress came along to play her. This Molly is believable as a young assistant DA who
wants to be a mother. So while I am happy Pullos has served her time and will serve probation, I don’t feel the need for her to come back to GH just yet. Let her work on her recovery.
I appreciate your comment, Harry—so heartfelt. Haley has her whole life in front of her.—I wish her the best.
And, I do agree—new Molly is amazing —very credible. I like her a lot, especially because she looks so much like my sister-in-law. LOL
Just one thing—I am very confused. How is Sonny Molly’s uncle??
Molly’s dad is Rick Lansing who is Sonny’s brother. That is how he is her uncle.
Thank you
Ric Lansing, Molly’s father (who is coming back next month) is Sonny’s half brother. They share a mother (Adela, deceased).
It was the recent scene at the court house. I now see her as Molly.. and a strong Molly too!
And yes to Harry’s thoughts.
Yeah—She fit into the character like a glove!!
Hi Celia, have missed your comments, I’m hanging in there, getting it from both sides, zI know we can’t agree with everyone. FYI, Kristina and Molly’s dad’s are half- brothers, and Molly’s dad is returning to start trouble, his specialty. I guess the new Molly must be a good actress, probably why I don’t like her, ha,ha.
Thanks, Violet—I’ve missed everyone, as well—
I don’t think I’ve ever met Rick. I wasn’t watching when he was on, I guess. Everyone is related to everyone else on soaps—how typical. LOL,
So, Molly and Kristina are both sisters and cousins? Whoa!! LOL—Later
I agree Harry although I thought she was good in the role as a child. I just can’t take her as the older Molly; her voice, that whine, her Valley Girl attitude even though she’s supposed to be a social justice warrior type; just got on my last nerve. This current actress (who still reminds me of Lisa LoCicero a bit, is just excellent in the role. She has a whole different vibe: mature, professional, grounded, and I think she and Kate Mansi play very well off each other.
Where we disagree is I have no desire to see Pullos come back at all. I, lol, just really couldn’t stand her. I read some of her tweets, I’ve seen her IG page, and she just comes off so full of herself to me. Her entire profile is one vampy selfie after another. Maybe she’ll grow up and shift her focus of herself. I know Nancy Grahn is very loyal to her which is why I’m hoping she’s not pushing Frank to bring her back.
To add Kristen Vaganos, as Molly, feels about Pullos being released. Can’t be reassuring to know how close Nancy Grahn is to Pullos; so close that she went with Pullos’s parents to her release. I selfishly hope this doesn’t mean that the show will take her back.
I doubt KV feels slighted because Nancy is so supportive of Haley. She probably understands they have a close relationship seeing as Haley and Nancy have spent nearly 15 years working together. But I don’t think GH will bring Haley back to the show.
I’m glad you made sense of what I wrote. I just reread it and I see I left out a word or two. To clarify, I didn’t mean KV should feel slighted. I just wondered if she was concerned that Haley might be returning and that Nancy was pushing for it. As great as KV is I have a feeling Nancy would love to have her back. And we know how quickly recasts can get screwed if the original wants to or is available to return. Look what happened to Billy Miller (I miss him; still can’t believe he’s gone) when he was cast out of the role of Jason. Thankfully they kept him on the show but it seems he wasn’t happy with the way they wrote for Drew (or so it seemed from some cryptic message Kelly Monaco tweeted back when Billy left, but she decided not to elaborate).
So sad hope she learned her lesson!
I hope this will have been a learning experience for her and she continues her counseling and community service. I wish her the best. However, I think the current actress who is playing Molly is doing a great job and I hope General Hospital does not fire her to bring Haley back. They didn’t bring Tyer back and they shouldn’t bring Haley back either.
It was kind of Nancy to be there for her.
Yes it was
I have always liked this actress, best Molly ever. I hope she can pull her life together. Everyone makes mistakes, it’s not the end of the world for her. Lucky that she had the lovely Nancy Lee Grahn there for support.
I really think she should never drink and drive. She made a huge mistake which she has paid for.i hope she has learned her lesson It’s time for her to move on with her life. Everyone should get a second chance. Good luck to this beautiful talented actress.
I hope she does come back with Rick Hearst returning, it would nice.
It would really be nice if she came back. I loved her as Molly
Hopefully, she’s now on the path to a better life.
There’s no need for her to return to GH. After 2 duds, Kristen Vaganos has brought Molly a maturity and style that will work well in the long term.
Agree
I adored Haley as Molly. I still remember when she first came on GH. I miss her on the show. I lost a family member to a drunk driver, so I don’t condone her behavior. But everyone deserves a second chance. If she sincerely has remorse for her actions, as Nancy stated, and she follows the judges/courts orders, then I hope she gets another chance to work again.
Kudos to Nancy for supporting Haley and not turning her back on her. They have spent years working together and obviously built a strong relationship/friendship.
I totally get Nancy is very close to her onscreen daughters and I’m sure if she could, she would fight tooth and nail to have Molly back on the show but the actress playing Molly now is terrific and it would be an injustice to let her go just to bring Molly back in the role.
The other side of the coin is that ABC/Disney might have a “No Tolerance” rule on their actors getting slapped with a DUI as severe as Molly’s was.
Nobody has spoken about that I don’t think?
I’m glad to see her on the road to recovery, and that she has the support of Nancy, who has know her since she was a kid, everyone deserves a second chance, wishing her only the best moving forward. maybe down the line she will return to GH, never say never. But current Molly is doing an awesome job, she was on fire on yesterday episode in the scene with NuJagger (whose now a psycho villain) she stood up to him and was great, and her reaction when uncle sonny tried to hit jagger was on point. NuMolly and NuKristina are doing a great job and in their current storyline I’m on Molly side, Kristina went back on her word and her reason is weak.
Good luck, Haley. I truly hope your life has taken a positive turn—it’s worth living., God Bless.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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