Actor Lee RG Liston, former star of TLC’s “My Little Life” television series, appears in a promotional video for the show’s 2018 season. Screensaver image: ‘My Little Life’ / TLC / Discovery / Facebook
PROVO, Utah, Aug. 21, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) – Former My Little Life star Lee RG Liston, who describes himself on Twitter as an “actor, singer, freestyle rapper and just everyone’s best friend,” was announced on Monday arrested overnight and charged with DUI after police said he drove in the wrong direction on Interstate 15 before colliding with other vehicles and injuring a soldier who used a PIT maneuver to prevent Liston from escaping.
Provo Police Department officials were dispatched to assist the Utah Highway Patrol with a “white limousine traveling north on I-15 toward Provo,” according to a probable cause statement filed in Utah County.
Traffic going north was stopped and the officer was notified that the vehicle had crashed at mile marker 264.
“… when I arrived, I watched the suspicious vehicle trying to leave the crime scene. UHP troops attacked the white Ford Focus, ”the official wrote in the indictment for Lee Richard Grant Liston.
Liston was unharmed, but was still medically cleared and had “admitted that he drank vodka,” wrote the official.
According to the document, Liston had slurred speech, poor balance, and “blew a 0.144 BAC,” which is nearly three times the Utah legal limit.
Three vehicles at the scene showed serious damage, and one UHP soldier “suffered injuries to his neck and back,” the document says.
Liston was admitted to the Utah County Jail for drinking and / or drug driving, a Class A misdemeanor.
Image: Utah County Sheriff’s Office
Lee starred in the 2018 TLC production of “My Little Life,” a spin-off from the popular TLC show “Little People, Big World.” The hour-long, six-episode series followed, “five young little people from across the country working to overcome the struggles of a world made for average-sized people in addition to the usual growing-up challenges,” TLC wrote prior to the series launch 2018.
According to imbd.com, Liston is an actor and producer, best known for “Out of the Ground” (2017), “The Next Door” (2016) and “Thorn, Thank You for Coming” (2017).
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