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Former ‘American Idol’ Singer Caleb Kennedy Pleads Guilty in DUI Case, Gets 8 Year Sentence

Caleb Kennedy, a former 'American Idol' contestant in 2021, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Former American Idol contestant Caleb Kennedy was sentenced to eight years in prison this week for a 2022 DUI car crash in South Carolina that killed 54-year-old Larry Duane Parris. According to WSPA, Kennedy, 20, plead guilty to driving under the influence resulting in death on Monday and was sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined $25,100 just before the case was slated to go to trial. Kennedy was arrested in Feb. 2022 after the deadly crash in Spartanburg County, S.C., where the highway patrol said drove his pickup truck onto a private driveway, where he struck Parris and pinned the victim to a building.

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