The Seattle city attorney filed a court order Friday requiring the infamous driver of the “Belltown Hellcat” to pay $83,619.97 in civil penalties and other fees after he failed to respond on time to a lawsuit filed against him earlier this month.
Miles Hudson is known for accelerating and revving his modified tiger-striped Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT loudly through Seattle, angering some residents and racking up various traffic and city citations for excessive noise.
“Hudson cultivated online infamy by blatantly breaking Seattle laws and waking up his neighbors with excessive noise,” City Attorney Ann Davison said in a statement. “It’s time for him to face the consequences.”
Hudson’s attorney, Sheley Anderson, said she and Hudson declined to comment Friday.
On March 29, the city’s Department of Building and Inspections ordered Hudson to remove modifications to its Hellcat’s muffler and exhaust system by April 15, or face penalties of up to at $1,300 per day. Hudson did not comply, according to the city attorney’s office.
Hudson also allegedly continued to drive the Hellcat after a Seattle Municipal Court judge barred him from driving it in April, weeks after he was charged with two counts of reckless driving. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Davison filed a lawsuit against Hudson on May 7, ordering him to respond within 20 days and comply with the requirements of the various traffic and city citations he had accumulated over the months.
Hudson did not respond by Thursday’s deadline, according to a copy of the motion for default judgment provided by the city to The Seattle Times.
Friday’s court filing asked that Hudson be ordered to pay the $1,300 daily fine for the excessive noise violation multiplied by the 64 days he failed to comply with the notice, totaling about $83,200 of penalties plus additional costs and city attorney’s fees.
A hearing is scheduled for June 18.
A 23-year-old woman filed for a protective order in King County Superior Court against Hudson on May 22, alleging he followed her after work and harassed her outside her home on May 28. April and sent “revenge porn” of her to several other people. Days later, court records show.
The motion asked Hudson to stay away from the woman, delete all “intimate images and recordings” of her in his possession and submit to a mental health evaluation, according to the filing.
A hearing on the temporary protection order is scheduled for June 5, according to court records.