BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – A reality star with Lowcountry roots will spend the next 30 days behind bars following her recent DUI conviction. Kathryn Calhoun Dennis, who previously starred in Bravo’s hit show “Southern Charm” for eight seasons, was booked into the Hill Finklea Detention Center on Friday, jail records show.
The conviction stems from the 34-year-old’s DUI arrest last year in Goose Creek where she was charged with driving under the influence and transporting alcohol in a motor vehicle with a broken seal.
According to court records, the crash happened on May 20, 2024, when the driver of a 2012 Honda sedan was stopped in northbound traffic on Highway 52 in Goose Creek. Investigators say Dennis, who was driving a 2018 GMC pickup truck, failed to slow down and rear-ended a 2017 Nissan pickup. The impact pushed the Nissan into the back of the Honda, causing a chain-reaction crash.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of the Honda driver states that the victim, “suffered serious bodily injury, pain and suffering, and will continue to do so in the future.”
That driver is seeking punitive damages and has requested a jury trial in Berkeley County Common Pleas Court.
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Dennis is the granddaughter of the late Rembert C. Dennis of Pinopolis. He served in the South Carolina Senate as a member of the Democratic Party from 1943 to 1988 and the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1939 to 1942, representing Berkeley County. She is also a direct descendant of the seventh vice president of the United States, John C. Calhoun.
Dennis left “Southern Charm,” a series that chronicles the personal and professional lives of several socialites who reside in Charleston, in 2023. She has two children with disgraced former politician Thomas Ravenel, who also starred with Dennis on the show.
