Former judge and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was pulled over for excessive speeding in the Southern Tier.

State Police say Pirro was clocked driving 119 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone Sunday afternoon in the Town of Nichols.

According to a report in the New York Daily News, Pirro said in a statement through Fox News, "I had been driving for hours to visit my ailing 89-year-old mom and didn’t realize how fast I was driving. I believe in the rule of law and I will pay the consequences."