Popsquire is MADD
It’s only Tuesday, yet Popsquire has two celebrity drunk driving updates. Oh, why can’t these people just have a V8?!?
Yesterday…
- Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets forward): arrested in Colorado on suspicion of DUI at 4:00 a.m., Monday morning.
- Richie Sambora: reports from TMZ and People conflict about charges stemming from Sambora’s March 25 DUI arrest. People claims that police have recommended that Sambora be charged with DUI and child endangerment, while TMZ reports that the police are divided over the child endangerment charge.
Last week…
- Thomas Jane pleaded not guilty to DUI charges and is expected back in court on May 19.
- Barron Hilton (brother of Paris): pleaded no contest to DUI charges and was sentenced to (a) visit the L.A. County Morgue, (b) three years probation, and (c) one year without a driver’s license.
- Redmond O’Neal (son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal) pleaded not guilty to charges of DUI, felony possession of heroin and methamphetamine.
The recent past…
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Nicole Richie: sentenced to four days…served 82 minutes.
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Paris Hilton: sentenced to 45 days…served 22 (drama-filled) days
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Lindsay Lohan: sentenced to two days…served 84 minutes.
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Michelle Rodriguez: sentenced to 180 days….served 17 days.
- Kiefer Sutherland: sentenced to and served 48 days.
- Rebecca DeMornay: sentenced to (1) participate in a three-month program for DUI offenders; (3) serve three years of probation; and (3) pay a $350 fine.
- Mischa Barton: sentenced to: (1) three years probation; (2) nearly $2,000 in fines; and (3) a three-month alcohol education class.
