The second arrest happened on a Tuesday night in Charleston.
Grace Lilly, 27, was pulled over, and when officers searched her purse, they found a small container with the words "Happy Pills" printed on the lid. Inside: 12 white circular pills stamped with the letter "P," and half of a blue pill with no identifying markings. She told police the white ones were birth control and the blue one was Xanax. She said she had a prescription. She could not produce it.
She was booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor under South Carolina law, and released the same day on a personal recognizance bond of $10,575. Her next court date is May 1, 2026. TMZ first reported the arrest after obtaining legal documents.
It was not her first time at that detention center. Not even close.
Grace Lilly's December 2025 Arrest: A Cat, a Restraining Order, and 211 Phone Calls
The arrest on December 29, 2025, started the same way the March one did — a traffic stop on the wrong side of midnight in Charleston. TMZ obtained the police report from that first arrest, which began when license plate cameras flagged her 2012 Mercedes-Benz near the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge as she merged from Morrison Drive, failing to signal. Officers pulled her over at the Circle K on Coleman Boulevard at 11:20 p.m. They ran her name. There was an active warrant.
The warrant was for second-degree harassment. And the story behind it is not what anyone expected.
Grace Lilly's ex-boyfriend called the police on October 12, 2025, claiming she had been harassing him for two years — over a cat. The two had dated in late 2022 and early 2023. He bought the cat during the relationship. After they split, Lilly reportedly took it. He sued her through a Claim and Delivery suit and won back ownership in court.
That is when the calls started.
According to phone records obtained by detectives, Lilly called her ex 211 times between July 7, 2023, and the date of the investigation. On 164 of those calls, she blocked her number. Security footage captured her attempting to enter his apartment building on multiple occasions and showing up in the parking lot uninvited. The ex-boyfriend told police she had also contacted two of his subsequent girlfriends, which he said ended both of those relationships. On November 4, 2025, a judge granted him a restraining order against her.
Seven weeks later, she was in handcuffs at a Circle K at midnight.
Grace Lilly's Criminal History Before Southern Hospitality
The December arrest was not Grace Lilly's first run-in with Charleston County, either.
Jail records show she was arrested in June 2016 and charged with two counts of manufacturing and distributing crack cocaine at the first-degree level, as well as possession with intent to distribute marijuana. She was a teenager. Both charges were later dismissed in August 2017.
She never talked about it publicly. She moved forward. She built a career in Charleston's nightlife world, working VIP service at Republic Garden and Lounge and later at Bourbon and Bubbles. She got cast on a Bravo reality show. She appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. She became the kind of face that people in Charleston recognised at bars.
Then the calls started. Then the arrests started. And now a judge will hear the case on May 1.
Before Southern Hospitality: Who Grace Lilly Was Before Bravo Found Her
Grace Lilly was born on May 23, 1998, in Georgetown, Kentucky, to Joseph Lilly and Traci Messer Lilly. She has a younger brother, Luke. She grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and by her mid-twenties had built her entire professional identity around the city's hospitality industry.
She stands 5 feet 6 inches tall. Her nickname, "Wavy Baby," is plastered across her Cameo profile, where she offers birthday shoutouts, motivational messages, and personal tarot readings to fans. She describes herself as someone who radiates good vibes. In the months before her December arrest, she told her followers she was on a healing journey.
She joined Southern Hospitality when it premiered on Bravo on November 28, 2022 — a spin-off of the long-running Southern Charm, set inside the world of Charleston's Republic Garden and Lounge. The show follows the staff, their friendships, their rivalries, and the chaos that inevitably follows young people working in nightlife. By the time of her December arrest, Lilly had appeared in nearly 30 episodes across multiple seasons.
Her Season 1 storyline involved a falling-out with castmate Maddi Reese so significant that her boss, show matriarch Leva Bonaparte, moved Lilly to a different venue entirely. She transferred to Bourbon and Bubbles and kept filming. Drama followed her there, too, which is, after all, the point of the show.
Will Grace Lilly Return to Southern Hospitality After the Arrest?
Bravo has not commented on either arrest.
That silence is not unusual. The network has a long history of casting talent with complicated personal lives and letting the drama speak for itself. Reality television has always operated in the space between entertainment and spectacle, and two arrests in three months is exactly the kind of thing that keeps people searching names at midnight.
Whether Lilly returns to Southern Hospitality for another season has not been confirmed. The show has not been officially renewed or cancelled for a new season as of March 2026. Leva Bonaparte, the show's central figure and executive producer of her own story, has also stayed quiet.
Bravo's track record suggests legal trouble rarely ends a cast member's run on the network. If anything, the opposite tends to be true.
Whether Lilly has been asked to leave the show has not been confirmed.
Grace Lilly in 2026: What Happens Next
Grace Lilly is 27 years old. She has now been arrested three times in Charleston County — once as a teenager on drug distribution charges that were eventually dismissed, once last December on a harassment warrant tied to a restraining order, and once this week on drug possession.
What happens in court on May 1 will determine what comes next legally. What happens with her career depends on Bravo, on Leva Bonaparte, and on whether the audience that follows Charleston drama treats this as a reason to stop watching or a reason to keep watching.
Based on how reality television works, it is probably the latter.
For readers following other Bravo-adjacent stars navigating personal turbulence this year, Hailey Glassman's RHONY Season 16 arc offers a different kind of story — one where the camera caught everything her publicist would have preferred to keep quiet.
Grace Lilly Fast Facts
| Full name | Grace Lilly |
| Date of birth | May 23, 1998 |
| Age | 27 |
| Birthplace | Georgetown, Kentucky |
| Raised | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Parents | Joseph Lilly, Traci Messer Lilly |
| Brother | Luke Lilly |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in |
| Show | Southern Hospitality, Bravo (2022 to present) |
| Also appeared on | Southern Charm, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen |
| Job | VIP Host, Bourbon and Bubbles, Charleston |
| Nickname | Wavy Baby |
| Arrests | June 2016 (dismissed), December 29, 2025, March 10, 2026 |
| March 2026 charge | Possession of a controlled substance (misdemeanor) |
| Bond | $10,575 personal recognizance |
| Court date | May 1, 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions About Grace Lilly
Who is Grace Lilly?
Lilly is a 27-year-old VIP host and Bravo reality television personality from Georgetown, Kentucky, raised in Charleston, South Carolina. She has been a cast member on Southern Hospitality since the show premiered in November 2022 and has appeared in nearly 30 episodes. She was arrested on March 10, 2026, on a drug possession charge, her second arrest in three months.
Why was Grace Lilly arrested in March 2026?
She was arrested on March 10, 2026, in Charleston, South Carolina on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Officers found a container labelled "Happy Pills" in her purse during a traffic stop. The container held 12 white pills and half a blue pill. Lilly told police the pills were birth control and Xanax, but could not provide proof of prescription. She was released the same day on a $10,575 bond.
What was Grace Lilly's December 2025 arrest for?
Grace was arrested on December 29, 2025, in Charleston on a second-degree harassment warrant. The warrant stemmed from a two-year harassment complaint filed by her ex-boyfriend, who said she called him 211 times, repeatedly attempted to enter his apartment, and interfered in his personal life after their 2022 to 2023 relationship ended. The dispute originated over ownership of a cat. A judge had granted the ex-boyfriend a restraining order against Lilly on November 4, 2025.
Has Grace Lilly been arrested before 2025?
Yes. Jail records show Grace Lilly was arrested in June 2016 in Charleston County on two counts of manufacturing and distributing crack cocaine and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Both charges were dismissed in August 2017. She was a teenager at the time of that arrest.
Is Grace Lilly still on Southern Hospitality?
As of March 2026, Bravo has not confirmed whether Southern Hospitality has been renewed for another season. Lilly has not been removed from the cast publicly, and Bravo has declined to comment on her March 2026 arrest. Her future on the show depends on renewal decisions and any network response to her ongoing legal situation.
When is Grace Lilly's court date?
Grace Lilly is scheduled to appear in court on May 1, 2026, in connection with her March 2026 drug possession charge in Charleston County, South Carolina.