The children of famous people are in the spotlight, whether they like it or not. If they foul up, the spotlight is even more relentless. That seems to be what happened to Grace Kelley, 28, the daughter of Wynonna Judd. She has had another skirmish with the law. In October, she allegedly swiped a van belonging to a pastor in Virginia. Per dailymail.co.uk, Kelley "was arrested on October 27 for allegedly stealing a $3,800 van from Kent Hart, 31, leader of the Ground Zero Church of the Nazarene in Charlottesville, Virginia."
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In what sounds like something from a movie, Hart, 31, supposedly went after the van clad in his pajamas. Kelley reportedly crashed the vehicle into a ditch.
Pastor Kent Hart Was Shaken By What Happened With Grace Kelley
He Thought His Quiet Rural Home Was Safe
Hart seemed stunned by the whole calamity. He told the outlet, "I never thought this would happen to me. The fact we were all the way out in the country... My place is about a mile off the road. We always viewed it as a bit of a sanctuary. Nothing really happens here. It made me question reality. This is a safe place. I'm thankful that Grace wasn't violent - but if somebody violent was in there it could have been bad. It could have been catastrophic."
He said Kelley ruined the van. She somehow got it out of the ditch she drove it into, thus causing one of its wheels fall off.
How Kent Hart And Grace Kelley Crossed Paths
It's Scary To Hear Him Tell The Story
Hart surmises that Kelley sneaked undetected into his trailer at a local ballpark. She might have been in there even while he was driving his van along with his three young kids. Later on at home, he was shocked to see the van moving. Hart jumped into another vehicle of his while still in his nightclothes and went after Kelley.
He confronted her. "I'm like, 'You stole my van, get out of my van,' [while] beating on the door. And at this point, I see her very clearly. I saw her buzz cut and face tattoo. She didn't say anything. The window was shut. She looked at me as I was beating on the door and shook her head 'no.' I never heard her say a word."
At that point, Kelley took off again in Hart's van and subsequently wrecked it. According to a police officer per the outlet, "Kelley tested positive for heroin during tests at the University of Virginia Medical Center later that evening."
A GoFundMe Page Is Intended To Help The Church Purchase A New Van
No Anger Toward Grace Kelley, Just Hope For Healing
On the GoFundMe page, it states, "We want the community to know that on a personal level, we have forgiven Grace Kelley....We hold no animosity towards Grace and we hope and pray the best for her and her family."
The fundraising goal is $30,000. So far, $4,853 has been raised as of Friday evening.
