Katherine Nicole Rees after her July 2015 arrest. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police)
A former Miss Nevada USA, who had her crown stripped from her in 2006 after nude pictures of her surfaced, has been arrested on meth-trafficking charges in Las Vegas.
Katherine Nicole Rees, 30, faces four felony charges, according to court records: two counts of conspiracy to violate the uniform controlled substances act, sale of a controlled substance and trafficking in a controlled substance.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. Rees Allegedly Sold 5 Grams of Meth
Rees at an event in 2007. (Getty)
Police said Rees sold 5.3 grams of methamphetamine to person identified as J. Peacock on September 22, 2014, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
Rees was working with unnamed co-conspirators, police said. She was arrested on Wednesday. Her bail was set at $50,000.
2. She Lost Her Miss Nevada Crown After Raunchy Photos From a Night at a Club Were Posted Online
Rees at a party in 2007. (Getty)
Rees, then 22, was stripped of her Miss Nevada USA crown in December 2006 by the Miss Universe organization, and its co-owner, Donald Trump, after racy photos taken three years earlier at a Florida nightclub were posted online. The photos showed her exposing her breasts and kissing women.
“When I saw them I was just devastated,” she said in an interview with Inside Edition. “I was shocked. I’m not proud at all, but what is done is done, and all I can do is move forward.”
Rees told Fox News, the “photographs were from an isolated incident during my teenage years. This incident does not reflect who I am, or who I plan to be. I have no intention of further disgracing the state of Nevada, the Miss Universe organization, or Mr. Donald Trump.”
3. She Was Charged With Resisting Arrest in 2008 After a Las Vegas Traffic Stop & Faced Drug Charges in 2012
A little more than a year after her crown was stripped from her, Rees had her first run-in with the law. She was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with resisting arrest, driving with a suspended license, failure to produce insurance and speeding after a 3 a.m. traffic stop, the Associated Press reported.
Rees eventually took a plea deal to a misdemeanor charge and paid a $1,312 fine, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
She was arrested again, in 2012, and charged with possession of a drug not for interstate commerce, possession of drug paraphernalia and a marijuana charge, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported. She pleaded guilty and was sent to drug counseling.
4. She Had a Drug-Related Run-In With Australian Border Security That Was Featured on a TV Show
In 2009, Rees was featured on the Australian show Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. Rees was stopped by border patrol after she flew into the Sydney airport and agents found traces of cocaine on her bag and methamphetamine on her laptop.
She said she was in Australia for an all-expenses paid trip with her girlfriends from Vegas, and had recently traveled to Hong Kong and Macau, also on trips others paid for.
Rees told the agents she used to be Miss Nevada and said in the United States she is “very famous.”
After the traces of cocaine were found, Rees said, “I don’t do drugs whatsoever. I don’t use cocaine, I don’t use any kind of pill, no kind of Xanax, no anything.”
She was eventually let go after no drugs were found.
“I think I almost just peed my pants, to be honest with you,” Rees told the TV show. “I’m shocked. I’m from Las Vegas, so you never know what the heck is going to be around out there, and I thank gosh I don’t have anything on me because I don’t do any sort of illegal activity, but Las Vegas apparently does.”
5. She Says on Her Facebook Page She Has Worked as a Model & Actress
Rees at a Las Vegas event in 2007. (Getty)
Rees said on her Facebook page that she works as a model and actress for two Las Vegas-based talent agencies, according to the Review Journal.
She also says she is a “peace shaman” and a “Warrior of Light,” which she described as an “Indigo child/starseed, healer, keeper and teacher of ancient wisdom, helping to raise the frequency (vibration) of humanity to the new 5D Earth through enlightenment, peace and love.”
