DaBaby assault On November 15, 2021, Curiel was charged with two counts of assault by then-boyfriend DaBaby. The latter then posted a statement on Instagram moments following the incident, confirming that he just wanted Curiel to be "peacefully removed" from his home. Shortly after, Curiel posted a story on Instagram in response, claiming that she refused to leave because she and her child were staying in Charlotte, North Carolina, and had no friends or family living nearby who could support her. Curiel stated: "[I’ll] learn and [I’ll] grow…And I’m sorry to my baby that her father is kicking her out her home at 3 months." In February the following year, DaBaby and his crew assaulted Curiel's brother Brandon at a bowling alley in Los Angeles after the latter confronted him for the mistreatment of his sister.
DUI hit and run Curiel was convicted of DUI|
hit and run and sentenced to five years probation on February 1, 2024. She committed the crimes just before 1 a.m.
Eastern Daylight Time May 30, 2023 in
Miami Beach, and shortly afterwards was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a crash including serious bodily injury, driving under the influence and damage to property or person while driving under the influence. The victim was a then-seventeen-year-old, riding what some reports called a
moped and others a scooter, who sustained injuries including a
lacerated kidney and fractured spine and was transported by emergency services to the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami for treatment. Curiel was reported by multiple witnesses to be weaving through traffic at high speed in a grey
Mercedes-Benz G550 before hitting the victim, then continued driving, dragging the victim's moped/scooter under her vehicle for several blocks while witnesses attempted to flag her down. Responding police attempted to pull Curiel over, but she refused at first, requiring multiple attempts. When she eventually pulled over, police noted sluggishness, the strong smell of alcohol and damage to the car possibly arising from the collision. Curiel was detained for investigation, during which she denied the collision and consuming any alcohol, though claimed to be driving from a
Memorial Day party. She agreed to
standardized field sobriety exercises, which indicated that she may be impaired. A search of her car was conducted by police who found
an open bottle of tequila. She was arrested and transported to a police station where she was
breathalyzed with results of 0.145% and 0.148% in two tests (meaning a
blood alcohol content of 0.145g and 0.148g of alcohol for every 100 of blood), nearly twice the legal limit in Florida of 0.08%. Curiel was issued a US$1000
bond. On February 1, 2024, Curiel pleaded
no contest to one
misdemeanor DUI charge and one
felony DUI causing serious injury charge in front of a
Miami-Dade County judge, while one charge for leaving the scene of a crime and one additional DUI charge were
adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, to be dismissed if Curiel completes her probation without violations. Curiel's defense attorney, Michael Catalano, spoke with
XXL stating: [Curiel] wasn't really at fault in the accident and she didn't know she [hit] somebody, but there was damage to the car. She wants to say, 'I'm really sorry about this,' but [the victim] has a lawyer and we never let people talk because it can be held against them. The truth of the matter is, the gentlemen who got hurt, was at fault in the accident. She's very apologetic about it and feels horrible that somebody got hurt. The victim filed a civil lawsuit against Curiel. Since Curiel's conviction, police
bodycam and
CCTV footage has been released and published, showing her arrest and the collision; Curiel can be heard making repeated comments about her fame as a singer during her detention, investigation and arrest, as well as laughing as she denies her crimes and claiming witnesses are lying. ==Discography==