Recent celebrity DUI cases
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Outcomes of recent celebrity driving-under-the-influence cases in Los Angeles County: •Lindsay Lohan: Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine. Pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08% and one count of reckless driving. Sentenced to three years probation, 10 days of community service and a drug treatment program. •Nicole Richie: Pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence of drugs, her second DUI. Sentenced to nearly four days in jail. Served 82 minutes. Also placed on three years probation. •Paris Hilton: Pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving. Sentenced to three years probation, alcohol education and fines. Violated probation by driving on a suspended license. Sentenced to 45 days in jail. Released to electronically monitored home confinement after serving just over three days. Ordered back to jail and served 2 1/2 more weeks. •Mel Gibson: Pleaded no contest to misdemeanor driving with a blood-alcohol level above the limit. Sentenced to three years probation, months of frequent Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and a first-offender program. •Ty Pennington: Pleaded no contest to driving with a blood-alcohol level above the limit. Sentenced to three years probation, a 90-day alcohol program and a meeting of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. •Eve: The rapper-actress pleaded no contest to misdemeanor driving with a blood-alcohol level above the limit. Sentenced to three years probation, wearing an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet for 45 days, a three-month alcohol education program, 10 AA meetings. •Haley Joel Osment: Pleaded no contest to misdemeanor driving under the influence and misdemeanor marijuana possession. Sentenced to three years probation, 60 hours in an alcohol rehabilitation and education program, 26 AA meetings, and fines. |