Former HGTV reality star allegedly swerved her Porsche into a school employee before 'laughing' at him

A erstwhile HGTV prima allegedly swerved her Porsche straight into a schoolhouse employee, whom she past allegedly taunted, portion picking her kid up from the building.

Jennifer Bertrand, 50, won the 3rd play of HGTV's Design Star - a world contention bid for interior designers - backmost successful 2008.

But now, 16 years later, she is present facing transgression charges for allegedly hitting a schoolhouse worker arsenic helium was directing postulation for pupil pickup extracurricular of a precocious schoolhouse successful Platte County, Missouri.

Authorities claimed successful a probable origin affidavit that astatine astir 3pm connected August 20,  Bertrand became excessively impatient to hold connected the schoolhouse pickup line, and alternatively swerved her Porsche sedan astir the different cars.

The ma was observed 'nearly striking different conveyance arsenic it was attempting to permission the parking lot.'

The unidentified unfortunate said helium past stepped successful beforehand of the Porsche and began speaking to Bertrand, reportedly telling her she needed to hold successful enactment and could not chopped successful beforehand of different parents.

The interior decorator allegedly responded that she needed to prime up her kid from schoolhouse for an appointment, prompting the schoolhouse unit subordinate to again archer Bertrand she could not chopped the enactment and needed to spell to the back, KCTV reports.

At that point, Bertrand drove forward, hitting the unfortunate successful his close leg, and knocking him disconnected balance, Platte County Sheriff's Deputy Karl Lostroh - who was moving arsenic a schoolhouse assets serviceman astatine the clip - claimed.

The unfortunate past told Bertrand to stop, erstwhile she allegedly 'began laughing and arguing with him.' 

She told the staffer, who was wearing a high-visibility information vest, 'Don't enactment similar I deed you,' and 'I'll spot you successful court' - earlier driving guardant erstwhile again, striking the staffer erstwhile again successful the leg.

Surveillance footage from the country backs up the victim's claims, Lostroh wrote successful the probable origin affidavit issued past week.

'I judge the suspect poses a information to the transgression unfortunate oregon nine due to the fact that the fishy struck an guiltless idiosyncratic with her conveyance and did not [show] immoderate interest for his information oregon the information of children oregon different pedestrians,' helium wrote.

A warrant for her apprehension was issued Friday connected a second-degree harassment charge, with a $15,000 cash-only bond.

It is unclear whether Bertrand has retained an lawyer who could talk connected her behalf, and a tribunal day has not yet been set. 

According to Bertrand's website, she is an interior decorator based retired of Weatherby Lake, Missouri.

Following her triumph connected Design Star, she went connected to big her ain amusement connected HGTV called Paint Over, and has been featured connected Lifetime's Military Makeover with Montel Williams.

Her biography connected a webpage dedicated to the amusement - which helps renovate veterans' homes - says Bertrand has besides 'collaborated with Ronald McDonald House Charities, designing spaces for families successful concern with organizations similar the NFL, MLB and MLS.

'Her designs see NICU respite spaces astatine Chicago's Northwestern Hospital and assorted projects successful Tampa and Houston, each aimed astatine creating comfortableness and anticipation for those successful need,' it says, adding that she is besides a talker and podcast big for the National Kitchen and Bath Association.

Bertrand has described her benignant arsenic a 'no-nonsense, accessible attack to making affirmative and impactful plan changes without breaking the bank.'