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TikTok Star Avoids Jail After Crashing McLaren and Skipping Court for Almost a Year
Sullivan received a one-year suspended sentence, a two-year driving ban, and must complete 300 hours unpaid work after crashing at 71mph in a 40mph zone, court records show.
On Friday, Harrison Sullivan appeared at Staines Magistrates' Court and was given a one-year suspended custodial sentence after pleading guilty last month to dangerous driving and driving without insurance following a March 2024 crash in Virginia Water, Surrey.
After the crash, Sullivan spent 12 months abroad in Dubai, Thailand and Spain while continuing to post social media content and was detained in Spain in August before being returned to the UK.
Data from the McLaren indicates he was travelling at 71mph in a 40mph zone, a witness estimated 'at least 100mph or more', and prosecutor Kane Alexander said 'It was going 30mph over the speed limit on a single carriageway in broad daylight with other road users.'
The court ordered an electronic tag for three months, 300 hours of unpaid work, and a costs hearing on January 15, with prosecutors seeking £1,000,000 to cover Surrey Police's chartered flight.
Several family members and friends attended the hearing and were warned to keep their phones switched off, and he is reportedly due to feature in a Louis Theroux documentary for Netflix.