We have witnesses. We have witnesses saying that you hit a scooter. No, they're lying. I didn't hit no >> Well, we're going to go for DUI and for hitting somebody and leaving the scene. I just passed all this. Because we're going to A dark street, a Mercedes [music] G Wagon moving at high speed down Washington Avenue in Miami Beach. The G Wagon did not stop. It did not slow [music] down. It did not pull over. It kept driving as if the 17-year-old boy it had just struck was a speed bump and not a person. Minutes later, when police finally pulled the driver over, she stepped out of the vehicle and told the officers something that would make this body cam footage go viral across every platform on the internet. Or at 13th and Washington. How old is he? No, don't don't don't Wait. Wait. How old is he? Is that going to No, no, no. vehicle 20 34 I'm about 17. 17 I'm about 217 years of age. Yeah, rescue is en route. Yeah, the rescue is going to be en route and this is the one of us at 1,100 blocks or 1,300 blocks. He got hit by a scooter. No, he don't. No, he don't. He don't. He don't. He don't. He don't. He got hit by a scooter. He got hit by a scooter. He was on a He was on a scooter. Yeah, white Jeep. He got silver Jeep. All right. Wait. Wait. I can't talk to everybody at the same time. Any one person. It was a silver Jeep that was a He was on the silver Jeep? No, he was on the scooter. And the silver Jeep was a car. All right, it's a car. On the night of May 30th, 2023, Danieley attended a Memorial Day party in Miami Beach. At some point during the evening, she consumed enough alcohol to push her blood alcohol content to nearly double the legal limit. Uh this is him right here. Oh, dude. Dude. Dude. He is lucky to be alive right now. Come come over here. Come over here. Come over here. Stay stay back there. Stay Stay back with my car. Where Where's the guy at? He's on the He's on the ground three lights back. I saw the whole thing. >> back? Drove over his legs and everything. I saw the whole thing. All right, just stay there. Hey bro, hey lower your back window. Lower your back window, man. Lower your back window. Is just you two? Okay, any weapons in the vehicle? No weapons in the vehicle? Okay. And then she got behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz G Wagon, a vehicle that weighs over 5,000 lb [music] and drove onto Washington Avenue. Okay, man. You got your license, registration, insurance on you? You have your insurance? Registration? All right, is this the car? Did you use a a scooter? I don't think so. All right. Can you step out? Step out. Yeah, open the car. I know. Come on. Get up. Come on. Take them out. Give me your stuff. Come on. Come on. Come on. Take everything out. Give me your wallet. Give me your phone. Give me your phone. Come on. Step out. I'm a singer. You can't arrest me. Her name was Danny Lee. She was 28 years old. She was an R&B artist with millions of streams and a famous ex-boyfriend. Turn. Turn around. Put your hands behind your back. Here's your Hi. Yeah, take her out. I'm not arresting her right now. I'm just trying to figure everything out, okay? Love, I'm an artist. I know. Okay. I'm a singer. No, no, you're not. You're a what? I'm a singer. Okay. I'm an R&B singer. Okay. That doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean anything. Go ahead, sit down. Sit down? Yeah, sit. Sit down. Oh my goodness. Sit. I literally at the intersection. He hit him so hard. No, he was little bit a little bit of Yeah, a little bit of crossing. He got all the way Okay. She had just dragged a teenager on a moped [music] for a block and left him with a fractured spine and a lacerated kidney. What's up, homie? Make sure though the vehicle doesn't have any weapons inside. Are there any weapons inside the vehicle? No. No? I'm going to think this is the case. Sit her back by the [ __ ] Put your hands behind your No. No. Mike. Do you want to detain? Yeah. Call her real quick to detain. 242 Arrival at 1600 block of Washington. Do you want to detain? Arrival at 1600 block of Washington. Okay, man. See what I need you to Uh 16th and North We see first I saw the vehicle swerving, weaving in and out of traffic. It was raining. We immediately said to each other like, "Wow, why are they driving like that? They're going to hit somebody." As soon as we said that the like the cyclist made that left turn hit him. Just like that. Was she she was switching lanes and she She was going straight. She was staying straight, but she was but she didn't have time because she was going to It is one of the busiest corridors in South Beach. Bars, clubs, restaurants, pedestrians, ride shares, mopeds, bicycles. The avenue is alive with people who are out celebrating. How fast do you think she was going? Ooh. Maybe 60. Okay. Yeah. 60. Yeah. It was fast because she was like weaving. Weaving. And then she hit him. And then we was like, "Oh." And we saw sparks. I saw I saw underneath the truck. So, "Oh, she hit him. She hit him. She hit him. And then we were waiting for her to stop. But we watched her stop. She kept going. That's when we got involved. Like, oh, we got to We got to follow her. So, we got to the next light. A group of people came over to the truck to the passenger side. They let her know like, you know you got a the the scooter on your your front. You got a scooter right there. And I guess it fell off. The bike was to the side. She kept going. That's when we started chasing at that point. We just All right, we got to go. I'm going to I'm calling 911. Gave them the license plate number. Uh my husband was following us. He started honking as we got We saw We flagged down one cop. The first cop that stopped there, I'm sorry, I don't know who, but we flagged him down. And we're like, look, hit and run, hit and run. And somebody like did that there. We did she They left. They left. And Yeah, that's that's the one. Everything was I saw the scooter laying there on 13th and Washington. Yeah, we didn't hit no scooter. Witnesses would later tell police that she nearly rear-ended a car in front of her. The driver of that car swerved out of the way just in time. If they had not moved, the crash would have happened there. What's happening? What's happening? >> [laughter] >> What's happening? We're doing an investigation. All right? You really got to >> witnesses. We have witnesses saying that you hit a scooter. >> No, they're lying. I didn't >> Okay. Well, we're going to We're going to clarify. We have cameras all over the city. So, we're going to clarify, okay? So, if you're saying what you're Whatever you're saying, if it's the truth, then you'll be out of these handcuffs and you're on your way. Please, I've never been in handcuffs in my life. Okay. It's just It's just protocol. We have to do it for the investigation. >> Really, honestly, it hurts my wrist. It's not okay. 5003, I'm 10-4. 5003, 10-4. 10-4. 10-4. 854, just confirming we have the uh subject vehicle. Yes, sir. Do the same. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, it is. This is a witness. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. I'm telling you. It doesn't matter what law is. that he's part of my investigation. I don't want him talking to anybody. It is a law. Look it up then. Okay, you can't tell me Okay, look it up then. Go look it up then. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Look it up. Look it up. I'm not lying to you. And we're not having this discussion. Near 11th Street, she hit a 17-year-old boy on a moped. The bird's-eye footage captured by a police surveillance camera shows the moment of impact. You're a witness in my investigation. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. I'm going to make this nice and simple. What were you doing tonight? You're impeding our investigation. All right. So, I told you multiple times to go over there or go over there. Now, you're impeding our investigation. I tried to be cool with you, man. I'm trying to be cool with you. But now you're causing a scene for no reason. All right, I'm losing my patience with you, man. I'm losing my patience. All right. So, what do you want to do? You want to keep on impeding our investigation or you want to go somewhere else? Then go somewhere else, bro. It has nothing to concern with you. Go somewhere else. All right then. What He's not Are you driving? Or is he the passenger? Were you driving? None of you guys are No, none of you guys are in here. All right, so have a good night. All right, have a good night. All right, fine. But then do that from a distance right now. No. We didn't know it was part of the investigation. Okay, well, we're letting you know that right now. If you want, you can wait at the corner for right now. Okay. Thank you. I didn't want to be, bro. I know. I didn't mean to be there with us. All right. All right. Well, now we're doing an investigation. All right? I I I explained to you multiple times. I'm losing my patience. I'm trying to be cool, but you have people pulling up here. We can't have that. Okay? Aside from that, I'm sorry. I'm not I'm not trying to give you attitude, but you understand what I'm coming from. Okay? Well, So, I just can't be committed to committing a Regardless of the fact that you're a Regardless Regardless of the fact that you're a celebrity or not, you're still not booked at all. Do you understand what She insisted she was sober. "I'm totally sober," she told the officers, while visibly slurring her words and swaying on her feet. Okay. So, let let us do our due diligence. Let us Let us do our investigation. Then from there, if you're good, you're good. Simple as that. So, what What have you seen? I saw him come driving up the right lane, dragging driving. I didn't see the driver. He never got out. >> Okay. And he was dragging the scooter? Yeah, he was dragging the scooter under his front bumper all the way up from 11th Street. >> Okay. And And I heard it and you know, and then he he stopped over here. He backed up and disengaged, went to 11 Went around it and took off and parked down. And a white SUV that was stopped over there that had a stop for him to pull out followed him. Okay. The He turned on the The white SUV turned on his emergency flashers and the guy took off at like 45 mph and the SUV was following right on his bumper. Do you have your ID? Why do you need my ID? >> Because you're a witness there. So, if anything if there's if there's All All I saw was was him disengage. I didn't get the I didn't get the tag number. No worries. That's what you You saw what happened. I can't driver. Okay. Thank you. We're going to We're done with the crash investigation. What we're going to do now is we're going to do set of tests to determine if you're driving under the influence of alcohol. So, we're starting the criminal investigation, okay? So, just a few more feet and I'll walk over here cuz it's a little bit more stable and there's more light. All right. Come here. Go ahead, walk. Keep going. We'll let you know when to stop. She was asked to perform field sobriety tests. [music] She attempted them. Don't move Don't move the head. Just with the eyes, okay? We're going to do another test. It's just going to be up and down. Same thing. You're not going to move your head. You're just going to follow the stimulus with your eyes, okay? And then I'll have you follow me. You okay? And then I'll have you follow me. Stop. So, now we're going to We're going to put some other part. Do you Are you comfortable with those shoes? Do you want to take the shoes off? Do you have any problems in your legs? I will Okay. So, we're going to this is going to be called it's called a walk and turn. You're going to put your left foot in line. Okay, so we're going to use this line. Okay, the one under your foot over here. Okay. So, you're going to put your left foot on the line and put your right front right foot in front of it. Okay? But, you put your put your arms down. I'm going to tell you what to do. Just follow my And when they were finished, [music] she told the officers she had passed. Look at me for a second. Your left foot in the line, your right foot right in front. Okay, your your your hands on your side at all times. Okay? Again, do not start until I tell you to do so. Do you understand the instructions? Yes. When I tell you to begin, take nine steps nine steps he- heel-to-toe steps on the line. Turn around keeping one foot on the line and return and return nine nine steps heel-to-toe steps. On the ninth step, keep the the the front foot on the line and turn by taking several small steps with one foot or one foot. What While walking, watch your feet at all times. Keep your arms at your side and count steps out loud so I can hear you. Once you begin to not stop the test until it's complete. Do you understand the instructions? You may begin now. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. >> The last test that we're going to do is called the one leg stand. Stand with your foot She had failed. The breathalyzer confirmed it. .145 [music] and .148. Nearly double the LEGAL LIMIT. >> THAT INTERFERING OVER HERE. I don't care what that is. Why is he leaning on the seat? Back him away. Why is he standing next to you? Move him away from the seat, please. Let's go. What do I do? Okay. No, you didn't do anything. No, no. Stand with me. Okay, listen to me. Just stand where we were at the beginning, okay? Put your Put your arms down. Heavy to your side. You're going to be looking at your foot, okay? Ready? Arms Listen to me. Look at me. Arms down. You're going to look at your foot, okay? Until I tell you to stop. So, you may begin the test. You may begin counting. Do you have any questions before she begins? No. Go to Do me a favor. Let's go to the Let's go to the line again. We're We're starting at the line, okay? Okay, ready? The feet need to be pointed out. 1,002 1,003 1,004 1,005 1,006 1,007 1,008 1,009 1,010 11 12 13 14 You got to count the thing. 16, 16 1,000 1,017 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 You can stop now. 22, 23, 24 >> You can stop now. 25 A 17-year-old boy's body is somewhere behind or beneath a Mercedes SUV driven by a woman who will later claim she hit nobody. for any trouble I'm so sorry for any trouble I caused you. I'm sorry. You face that way, ma'am. You have one more test. Are you ready for your test? Come here. This is fine. Just stay Stay the other way. The other way. Could you see me? No, I don't remember you. I'm here. You saw me, right? Yes. Huh? Probably. Oh, I saw you. All right, ma'am. You and you saw here on the first stand and then coming back on the Are you ready for your next test? Very simple one. Walk over to the phone. It is. Get it? So, this guy? Yeah. Okay. You want to do the others? Yeah. How you doing tonight? Fine. Okay. We're going to relax this. We're going to walk over to the car. Okay. Lean forward. Lean forward. [music] You're going to put your hands behind your back. Step down so you don't fall now. Maybe for hitting a child. You know >> even hit nobody. Well, it's on camera. So >> want you to be under arrest for two And the woman who hit him drove five more blocks before police could stop her, told the officers she was a singer and couldn't be arrested, laughed when told the boy might not survive. Ma'am, we're going to see you now for accident and for being under the influence while driving. >> I'm not under the influence. I just passed a field And you fled the scene of an accident and you caused major injury to a to a child. I don't know that's what it is. But we're going to do you know what? We're going to do some more um tests when we get there. And pat her down. You got gloves on? Lean forward. Yes. Can I see the cameras because I Or do you want and for hitting somebody and leaving the scene. Listen, we're going to do We're going to do another test in the in the station, okay? Can I please have a sweater or something because Do you have any sweaters in the car? We'll get that for you, okay? What is your first name again? What's your first name, ma'am? I can't hear you. Danielle? Okay, we'll get you your sweater, okay? If you cooperate, like you said, if you're not This one more test and I'm going to administer that and so we can I got to make sure they don't have any drugs in here. That's fine. Why didn't you say that? Nobody's saying you have a gun. She's going to check between there, yes. You could be hiding something there. So, it's going to be tough. Well, now we know you're not. Really, that's nice. Okay, we'll talk some more with Danielle. Watch your head as you enter the car, okay? Let me help you with your hair. Okay, slide back so you don't hit your head. Bend down. I said we're going to get it for you, okay? Thank you. Leave your camera. Yeah, no, I'm going to take it. I'll meet you. Danielle Lee was booked into the Miami-Dade County [music] Jail on three felony charges: driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury, and DUI damage to property. She was released, she hired attorney Michael Catalano, and the legal process began. In February 2024, Danielle Lee pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge and one count of DUI causing serious bodily injury. The court sentenced her to five years of [music] probation, no jail time, no prison, no ankle monitor, probation. A A spine is not a bruise that heals [music] in a week. A lacerated kidney is not a scratch. These are injuries that reshape a life, that determine what a person can do, how a person moves, what kind [music] of future a person has.