Shannon Beador Breaks Silence On DUI Case After Sentencing, ‘Learned So Much’

Shannon Beador is lastly breaking her silence about her DUI and hit-and-run … this after getting 3 years of probation for her harmful drive.

The ‘RHOC’ star tells TMZ … “I’m grateful that nobody else was injured moreover me on this incident. I’ve realized a lot from my horrible mistake that evening and notice that driving any distance whereas impaired is simply too far.”

As we reported, Shannon pleaded no contest Thursday and prevented jail time in her DUI case … however was sentenced to three years of probation — plus charges, fines, 40 hours of group service and a 9-month alcohol program.

Orange County D.A. Todd Spitzer tried to get the decide to offer her a harsher sentence for the accident, together with 30 days in jail, however the decide dominated in another way — and likewise dismissed one depend of hit-and-run with property injury.

Shannon’s lawyer, Michael Fell, tells TMZ … the decide denied the D.A.’s jail time request and dropped the hit-and-run cost after receiving “authorized arguments from each side,” including, “Shannon had made full restitution to the home-owner on this matter, who didn’t need prosecution.”

He says Shannon already admitted her wrongdoing “at an early stage of the proceedings,” taking full accountability for her actions.