Matt Keough, estranged husband of “Real Housewife of Orange County” Jeana Keough, was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail and three years probation for drunk driving in Coto de Caza.
The former Major League Baseball pitcher pleaded guilty in July to felony driving under the influence of alcohol and felony driving with a blood-alcohol level exceeding .08. At that time, he was sent to Chino State Prison for a 90-day diagnostic program to see if he was eligible for probation.
The incident — his second DUI — happened on Aug. 15, 2009. Keough was returning to his Coto de Caza home with beer when sheriff’s deputies saw him make a “rolling stop” at a stop sign. According to O.C. Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Armomino and a report on Wikipedia.org, the deputies tried to pull him over, but Keough drove home and ran inside. Deputies followed him inside and arrested him. His blood-alcohol content was .30 — neary four times the legal limit of .08.
At his court appearance Thursday, Jeana Keough asked the judge to give her husband, whom she’s divorcing, probation. She said he would have a strong support network, including two sons, Shane and Colton, who reside at home.
“I don’t think taxpayers need to pay any more for him,” she said. “He doesnt need to be in the prison system for any longer.”
Keough told the judge that the crime was a “stupid” infraction, and that she was unaware that Matt started drinking again.
“He’s not a threat to society at all,” she said.
Keough will probably end up serving three to four months of jail time — depending on credit for good behavior — because he was given 194 days of credit for time already served in Chino State Prison.
Read more about Matt Keough’s sentencing in The Orange County Register.
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