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‘Love Island USA’ personality Hannah Smith accused of threatening to kill cop
“Love Island USA” personality Hannah Smith was arrested in Atlanta late last month and accused of threatening to kill a police officer, police said in an incident report.
Smith, 26, a North Carolina native who appeared in the sixth and most-watched season of the dating show, was arrested Sept. 30 at a Gracie Abrams concert at the Coca-Cola Roxy and accused of being disorderly, Cobb County police said.
According to the incident report, Smith was escorted out of the concert venue by security for allegedly yelling and screaming. Officials said she was intoxicated.
While she was being escorted out, Smith punched a member of emergency medical services who was assisting, according to a Cobb County officer supervising the situation. Once they were outside the venue, the officer advised Smith and her friends to leave the premises, according to the report.
“Smith, who was still yelling, cursing, and dropping items out of her purse, began to walk toward me and attempted to punch me,” the officer said in the report. “However, before she made contact I grabbed her arm and put her on the ground and placed her under arrest.”
Once she was on the ground, Smith tried to kick the officer “multiple times,” the report alleges.
On the way to the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Adult Detention Center, Smith is alleged to have threatened to kill the officer and the officer’s sister. It’s not clear from the report what relevance the officer’s sister had to the incident.
Smith was placed in custody and charged with two felonies — terroristic threats and obstruction or hindering an officer, police said. She was released on bond the next day, according to online records.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Smith had an attorney Tuesday.
Smith debuted as an OG member of this summer’s season of “Love Island USA,” hosted by fan favorite “Vanderpump Rules” star Ariana Madix.
She coupled with Kendall Washington on Day 1 before he was eventually chosen by bombshell Nicole Jacky, leaving Smith vulnerable and resulting in her exit from the island on Day 10.
Washington and Jacky went on to date before they called it quits after the show’s reunion.