General Hospital star Haley Pullos claims the VICTIM is to blame for horror car crash 'despite her driving the wrong way on a freeway while drunk' as she tries for DUI plea deal

General Hospital star Haley Pullos has denied responsibility for a horror highway smash, even though she was allegedly drunkenly driving on the wrong side of the road.

Instead, she claims the man whose car she plowed into in the crash is to blame, despite her preparing to admit to DUI charges.

Pullos hit the other car so hard that she had to be extracted from the mangled wreck with the 'jaws of life' by firefighters on the 134 Freeway in Pasadena, California.

Police alleged she was involved in a separate hit-and-run moments before the crash on April 29 last year and was driving on the wrong side of the freeway. 

General Hospital star Haley Pullos has denied responsibility for a horror highway smash, even though she was drunkenly driving on the wrong side of the road 

After the crash, California Highway Patrol and Pasadena fire officials released photos of the aftermath, showing both Pullos' and the 23-year-old victim's cars completely totaled and sprawled along Arroyo Seco Parkway

The 25-year-old pleaded not guilty to DUI and leaving the scene of an accident, but her lawyers are working towards a plea deal. She faces up to three years in prison. 

Courtney Wilder, the driver of the other car, sued Pullos after he suffered serious injuries in the crash and was rushed to hospital.

Pullos' defense to the lawsuit denied 'generally and specifically each and every allegation' and insisted Wilder was the negligent one.

Pullos wore a brace on her ankle for several weeks after the crash 

Her lawyers argued the crash was 'proximately caused by either the sole negligent and/or intentional conduct of plaintiffs'.

Should any damages be awarded to Wilder, they should be 'reduced by an amount proportionate to the amount by which plaintiffs’ negligent and/or intentional conduct contributed to the alleged damages', they claimed.

Pullos' defense also denied Wilder 'sustained, or will sustain, any loss or damage in the manner or amount alleged.'

The document also claimed his injuries were 'either wholly or in part, intentionally or negligently caused by person, firms, corporation, or entities' outside Pullos' control.

She demanded the lawsuit be dismissed and Wilder be ordered to pay her legal fees along with 'other and further relief'. 

Wilder accused Pullos in his lawsuit of 'attacking' and abusing first responders in a 'rage' at the accident site, and even hitting and yelling at a fireman for touching her expensive designer shirt.

'Haley Pullos acted maliciously and without any regard for the safety of others, as evidenced by her rage when she was pulled from her vehicle by first responders,' said Wilder in a written declaration to the court.

Marijuana edibles and tequila bottles were found during a search of Pullos' white 2019 Ford, which photos show sustained severe damage in the accident

'She acted maliciously by attacking the officers and yelling profanities in front of witnesses and directed toward those who were trying to help her.

'In her fit of rage, Haley Pullos battered a firefighter and yelled at him to take his hands off her '$400 f**king shirt.'

'Despite having just caused two accidents, one of which resulted in serious, life-threatening injuries, she cared more about her overpriced clothing than she did the safety and all-being of the victim of her reckless, intentional and despicable conduct.

'As more evidence of her abhorrent behavior, Haley Pullos continued to fight medical staff and was forced to be sedated.

'Not only was she driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but she was drinking behind the wheel, as evidenced by the edible wrappers and empty alcohol bottles which were found in her vehicle.'

Wilder added Pasadena's No Comment Lounge – where Pullos was working as a hostess the night of the accident – as a defendant in his civil lawsuit, accusing the popular nightspot of plying her with booze, then letting her drive herself home.

He also sued the State of California Transportation Department, claiming the road where the accident happened was in 'dangerous condition.'

Wilder accused Pullos in his lawsuit of 'attacking' and abusing first responders in a 'rage' at the accident site, and even hitting and yelling at a fireman for touching her expensive designer shirt 

If Pullos changes her plea to guilty, prosecutors would be more likely to agree to a lower sentence resulting in less or no jail time, a suspended sentence or even house arrest.

At a hearing in Pasadena, north of Los Angeles last month, Judge Terry Smerling heard that the LA District Attorney and Pullos's attorneys were working on a 'potential settlement'.

The judge scheduled another hearing April 8 which he said – after numerous unresolved hearings since last July – 'should be the final'.

Deputy District Attorney Melany Avanessians told Judge Smerling that if no plea agreement is in place by April 8, 'we will send her to a preliminary hearing' meaning Pullos would be on her way to a full trial.

Pullos – who has played Molly Lansing-Davis on the popular daytime soap opera since she was 11 - was not in court for that hearing.

Weeks after the crash, Pullos – whose own injuries have never been revealed in detail – told Soap Opera Digest she was taking a break from her role on the long-running daytime show to recover from the crash.

'Unfortunately, I was involved in an automobile accident and I'm doing OK, but I am going to need a little time to recover,' she told the publication at the time. 'I will be back as soon as possible!'

Shortly afterward, in May 2023, she was spotted by DailyMail.com checking into a luxury rehab facility in Malibu.