Rapper/actress Eve charged with DUI
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City prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges Friday against Eve stemming from a traffic accident in Hollywood last week. The rapper-actress (real name: Jihan Jeffers) was charged with driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or above, and failure to provide proof of insurance, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office. The charges stem from an April 26 arrest in which officers stopped Eve at 2:40 a.m. after her car struck a raised concrete center median on Hollywood Boulevard. A breath test showed her blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit, Mateljan said. Eve, 28, is scheduled to be arraigned May 17. She faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Mateljan said a statutory minimum sentence would include a minimum of three years’ probation, a fine of at least $390, and an alcohol education program, among other DUI-related conditions. Phone messages left Friday for Eve’s publicist, Amanda Silverman, and her attorney, Matthew Johnson, were not immediately returned. Eve, a protege of gangsta rap trailblazer Dr. Dre, has released several solo albums and won a Grammy in 2001 for the single Let Me Blow Ya Mind with Gwen Stefani. Her movie credits include Barbershop, and she once had her own self-titled sitcom. |