Katie Rees drug arrest: Former Miss Nevada’s lifestyle mars once wholesome look?
Katie Rees, who is a former Miss Nevada beauty queen, is a shadow of herself from her days of walking the runways of beauty pageants. This is very apparent in her latest mug shot, after she was arrested for the second time this summer for possession of drugs.
This beauty queen has lost much of her wholesome girl-next-door looks since leaving the pageant scene and becoming involved with drugs. She is also involved with a boyfriend who was just arrested for outstanding warrants and drug possession.
The car was searched after the cops detected the smell of marijuana. Among Rees’ belongings they found narcotics paraphernalia, including rolling papers and pipes, marijuana and a small amount of methamphetamine.
Rees admitted she had smoked meth earlier in the day before they were pulled over by the police. She also had a Xanax pill and an Oxycontin pill in her bags and acknowledged that the drugs the police found in her belongings were hers, despite her boyfriend trying to take the blame for the drugs.
According to Us Magazine, “Rees is being held on $9,000 bail. Sims was arrested on multiple counts including felony trafficking meth, felony trafficking GHB, and felony cocaine possession.” Rees was just arrested on drug charges back in July. For that arrest she faces felony drug-related charges, which included allegedly possessing and selling meth.
Back in 2006 Rees lost her Miss Nevada USA title when nude photos of her surfaced, according to Us Magazine. It was a scandal back then and it appears that she’s not done much since that time to try and turn things around for herself.
At 31-years-old, this former beauty queen looks to be in a lot of trouble with the law. It is amazing how this lifestyle has changed her once beauty queen-looking features. As you can see in her mug shots above in comparison to the pictures of Rees when she was a contestant in a beauty pageant, also pictured above, her lifestyle is taking its toll on her.
Katie Rees
Born Katherine Nicole Rees
August 11, 1984 (age 31)
St. Petersburg, Florida
Ethnicity Caucasian
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg)
Katie Rees (born Katherine Nicole Rees on August 11, 1984 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is a former beauty queen from the United States who was crowned Miss Nevada USA 2007. She was to compete in the 2007 Miss USA pageant but was dethroned in December 2006 following the release of sexually charged pictures of her taken at a Florida nightclub three years prior.
Miss Nevada USA
Rees won the title of Miss Nevada USA 2007 on her first try in a state pageant held in Las Vegas on October 8, 2006. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Lauren Scyphers. Her “sister” titleholder, Miss Nevada Teen USA 2007, was Danielle Hashimoto.
Pageant scandal
On December 20, 2006, allegations of Rees exhibiting lewd behaviour in a Florida nightclub, three years prior while away at college, were made, and several photographs of Rees, kissing other women, and simulating sexual acts were released to the media. This followed a scandal involving Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner, in which news reports claimed Conner had been drinking underage, using illegal substances and photos of her kissing Miss Teen USA; Conner was sent to rehab and allowed to retain her title.
On December 21, 2006, Rees was stripped of her crown by the Miss Universe Organization[2] with the approval of pageant co-owner Donald Trump. She was succeeded by pageant first runner-up Helen Salas, who represented Nevada in the Miss USA 2007 pageant in March.
Life after Miss Nevada USA
On January 27, 2007, Celebrity Web Site TMZ.com published one of the sets of photos that got Rees in trouble with the Miss Universe Organization.
On August 6, 2007, Rees appeared on the television show Dr. Phil on an episode entitled “Caught in the Act.”
On February 6, 2008, Rees was arrested for resisting arrest after allegedly assaulting a police officer after a traffic stop at 3:00 a.m. in Las Vegas. On September 20, 2009, Rees featured on the Australian television show, Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. During the programme, she was shown being questioned by Customs Officers at Sydney airport after swabs of her bag and laptop gave positive readings for cocaine. No drugs were found and the officers were able to verify the story with the friend. She was later cleared to enter the country. In describing the event, the Customs officer stated that they, “went and spoke to [Rees’] travelling companion. Their stories were similar, but not textbook rehearsed, so what she was saying added up. Even though – to me – it seemed bizarre, the world’s a funny place. People do unusual things and that doesn’t always mean they’re drug couriers, but it was certainly something that had to be investigated thoroughly. And we did and she’s gone now, on her way”. Speaking to the camera crew outside in the arrivals hall, Rees said “I think I almost just peed my pants, to be honest with you. I’m shocked! I’m from Las Vegas, so you never know what the heck’s going to be around out there! And thank Gosh I don’t have anything on me because I don’t do any sort of illegal activity – but Las Vegas apparently does”.
On September 22, 2014, Rees was caught selling methamphetamines and a month later she was found with 5.3 grams of methamphetamines in her possession. On June 8, 2015, a warrant was issued for her arrest. Rees is charged with four felonies. They include trafficking in a controlled substance, sale of a controlled substance, and two counts of conspiracy to violate the uniform controlled substances act. The criminal complaint filed stated that she conspired with “unknown co-conspirators.”
Rees was arrested again Tuesday (Sept. 1, 2015) after her boyfriend of 10-months, Kevin “DJ Kulprit” Sims, was pulled over by Las Vegas Police for allegedly speeding and failing to signal when changing lanes. Reese was charged with five drug counts, including felony possession of methamphetamine. Officers found rolling papers, two smoking pipes and a canister containing what police believed to be marijuana in a bag that she said was hers. They also found Xanax and Oxycontin as well as a substance that tested positive for meth.