Wynonna Judd talks about daughter Grace's battle with meth addiction and release from prison
Wynonna Judd has spoken out about her daughter Grace Pauline Kelley's release from prison following sentencing for violation of probation resulting from her conviction on meth charges.
The 55-year-old country music singer spoke to The Pursuit on Monday and lauded the 23-year-old for her strength.
'My daughter is the strongest Judd woman,' said The Judds star.
Wynonna Judd has spoken out about her daughter Grace Pauline Kelley's release from prison. Judd seen here in 2018
Kelley was released from the Tennessee State Penitentiary on November 8, and is now under parole, according to People.
She was sentenced to eight years in 2017 for violating probation after leaving a recovery program.
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Share 150 shares'She's healthier than I was at 23. How she got there – I would not go that way, but I was also sequestered,' Judd told the show's host John Rich.
The half-sister of Hollywood actress Ashley Judd first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother Naomi in the country music duo The Judds.
'I was on a bus with my mother. Kind of hard to get in trouble,' explained Wynonna.
Kelley, 23, was released from the Tennessee State Penitentiary on November 8, and is now under parole, according to People. Seen here in her 2015 mug shot
Kelley was sentenced to eight years in prison for violating probation after she left a recovery program in November 2017.
The daughter of Wynonna and the singer's first husband Arch Kelley, Kelley has been in and out of jail for more than two years in Tennessee and Alabama on drug-related charges.
The troubled young woman's legal saga stems from a December 18, 2015 arrest at a Walgreens in Nashville, Tennessee.
Police noticed a car with two occupants that had been parked there for a lengthy amount of time.
The half-sister of Hollywood actress Ashley Judd first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother Naomi in the country music duo The Judds. Seen here January 2018
Noticing the car had an improperly installed license plate dangling from a single screw, the detectives approached the car and found Kelley in the driver's seat and a man, Richard Wilcutt, in the passenger seat, according to arrest affidavits.
During the questioning, a concerned citizen handed the cops a bag they'd seen someone throw from the car's passenger side, which contained a torn up box of pseudo-ephedrine and a receipt for Coleman fuel.
Recognizing these as ingredients used in making meth, the wily detectives ran the pair's names through a national database and found they'd made a pattern of psuedo-ephedrine purchases consistent with cooking meth.
Using security camera footage, they found that Kelley had purchased the pseudo-ephedrine, which they found in Wilcutt's possession when he was searched.
Both were arrested and charged with promotion of meth manufacture, but Kelley later pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of possessing meth.
Kelley must report to parole officer P94F for the duration of her sentence, which will end September 22, 2024, according to People, citing records.
'She's healthier than I was at 23. How she got there – I would not go that way, but I was also sequestered,' Judd told the show's host John Rich of her daughter's plight. Judd seen here in 2006
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