A WWE star arrested in Atlantic City on a gun charge earlier this year was allowed to complete a diversion program to clear the charge.
Sonya Deville — whose real name is Daria Berenato — was visiting the Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa on Feb. 19, when the valet parking her vehicle found the weapon and police were called.
The department put out information about the arrest after TMZ broke the story earlier in the day.
Deville, now 30, got the weapon for personal protection after a 24-year-old man allegedly attempted to kidnap her during a 2020 home break-in, the outlet said, citing sources.
She was accepted into pretrial intervention in May. The program allows those without a criminal history to avoid jail time by completing a program. Hers was six months, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
Gun charges often are not allowed to be diverted through pretrial intervention, but certain ones are.
Deville may owe the option to a single mother from Philadelphia, a former prosecutor and an acting attorney general.
Shaneen Allen was arrested Oct. 1, 2013, on the Atlantic City Expressway in Hamilton Township. She told the state trooper she had her gun and a concealed carry permit with her, but the Philadelphia mom was unaware that the permit did not transfer to New Jersey.
Then-Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain originally denied Allen pretrial intervention because he said a 2008 directive that expanded the state's Graves Act did not allow for an exception.
That's when then-acting Attorney General John Hoffman released a clarification.
While it did not mention Allen by name, it noted that in cases like hers where the person is otherwise law-abiding, "imprisonment is neither necessary nor appropriate to serve the interests of justice and protect public safety."
Deville's attorney, Lou Barbone, declined comment on the case.
