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Woman accused of killing twin in Maui crash arrested for DUI in New York

Craig Gima
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NEW YORK STATE POLICE

The New York State Police released this mugshot of Alexandria Duval, who was arrested on Monday for drunk driving in New York.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Anastasia, left, and Alexandria Duval, known as Alison and Ann Dadow before they changed their names, stand in the window of their yoga studio in West Palm Beach, Fla.

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MAUI COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA AP

This June booking photo released by the Maui County Police Department shows Alexandria Duval. Prosecutors say Duval, who is also known as Alison Dadow, intentionally caused the death of her identical twin sister, Anastasia Duval, also known as Ann Dadow. The incident took place on May 29.

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MAUI COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA AP

This June booking photo released by the Maui County Police Department shows Alexandria Duval. Prosecutors say Duval, who is also known as Alison Dadow, intentionally caused the death of her identical twin sister, Anastasia Duval, also known as Ann Dadow. The incident took place on May 29.

A Maui woman who drove through a rock retaining wall and over a 200-foot cliff on the Hana Highway in May, killing her identical twin, was arrested again in upstate New York for drunk driving.

New York State Police said Alexandria Duval, 37, nearly hit a police investigator’s vehicle before she was pulled over in the Village of Stamford in Delaware County, New York Monday afternoon.

Police said Duval was driving with a Hawaii driver’s license and had a blood alcohol content of .26, more than three times the legal limit.

Police said officers saw Duval driving too closely to another vehicle, nearly hit a police investigator’s vehicle and cross the center line of State Route 23 at about 4:25 p.m.

Duval was arraigned in the Town of Stamford court for aggravated drunk driving and other traffic violations. She was taken to the Delaware County jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 property bond and is scheduled to return to court on Aug. 23.

Duval and her sister, Anastasia, ran what were once the hottest yoga studios in the upscale Palm Beach, Fla., area.

But after a reality TV show project on their Twin Power Yoga studios fell through, their glamorous, high-profile life crashed around them in a series of failed businesses and drunken escapades and arrests that culminated in Alexandria being charged with second-degree murder for the death of her sister in the May 29 crash.

On June 8, after a preliminary hearing, Maui District Judge Blaine Kobayashi ruled that there was no probable cause to support the charge. Duval was released and flew to New York for her sister’s funeral.

In court documents, a witness reported the sisters were arguing before the crash and the vehicle’s air bag control module shows the driver didn’t try to brake before the Ford Explorer accelerated, made a hard left turn and crashed through a wall before plunging over the cliff.

Anastasia Duval’s lawyer, Todd Eddins, said the incident was a tragic accident.

Anastasia Duval was pronounced dead at the scene. Alexandria Duval was hospitalized in critical condition

The sisters, then known as Alison and Ana Dadow, declared bankruptcy in 2014 and left town, leaving unpaid employees and hundreds of clients with unrefunded memberships.

The sisters moved to Utah and opened a yoga studio in the high-end ski town of Park City. They had several run-ins with the police during the two years they lived in the state, and faced charges including drunken driving, intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident.

In January 2014, they were kicked out of a restaurant when their drinking got out of hand, according to police. Officers said the twins fought with each other and with police who arrived after their car slid into a ditch.

The twins legally changed their names in Utah in 2014 to write a book together, according to court documents. Both women filed for bankruptcy at about the same time and reported around $150,000 in debts each, including two 2013 Porsche Boxsters.

Looking for a new start, they moved to Maui in December and planned to open yoga studios, according to Eddins. But they were soon charged with disorderly conduct and terroristic threatening over a Christmas Eve incident.

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Star-Advertiser reporter Michael Tsai and the Associated Press contributed to this story.

13 responses to “Woman accused of killing twin in Maui crash arrested for DUI in New York”

  1. chris617 says:

    “Studies” or “studios”?

  2. residenttaxpayer says:

    Too bad she didn’t bite the dust also as she will continue on until one day she will kill someone because of her drunk driving…..

  3. 808comp says:

    She needs to get help.

  4. fiveo says:

    Sad story which likely will lead to a bad ending for her unless she gets the help she obviously needs but then it may be too late.

  5. Hodad says:

    Just line her up and shoot her before she kills again. Trash.

  6. ryan02 says:

    A murder-suicide that half-fails is still murder. All I can hope for is that this grifter stays in a mainland jail to relieve Hawaii’s taxpayers.

  7. HanabataDays says:

    Off the rails.

  8. allie says:

    She is a danger to herself and everyone around her. I hope that she gets the help she needs.

  9. mazie says:

    Now why am I not surprised that she is in the news again. How can she still have a drivers license?

  10. akkman says:

    Wow! How would you like to go on a blind date with her and she’s the one that’s driving? OUCH!!!!

  11. KB says:

    another politically correct /too much using the word or the law /lawyers waiting for the answer on her previous case????please work on this justice system vs no more time to research the case

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