Heather Locklear's driving under the influence case has been dismissed, TMZ.com reports.http://omg.yahoo.com/news...-dui-case-dismissed/17106
The actress' lawyer entered her no contest plea for a misdemeanor reckless driving charge Friday morning in a Santa Barbara, California court, the Web site reports. A judge placed Locklear -- who was not present -- on three years probation ,and ordered her to pay a $700 fine and attend a 12-hour drug education class.
Locklear was arrested in September for allegedly driving under the influence of prescription medicine. The district attorney said her blood tests showed no trace of alcohol.
Meanwhile, E! says she's been approached to reprise her role in the upcoming Melrose Place spinoff.
"The CW is courting Heather Locklear," a source tells the network. "I don't think anyone else from the original has been approached yet."
A rep for Locklear denies the report.
Heather Locklear's DUI Case Dismissed
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Posts: 7096 (01/02/2009 4:11 PM) |
Pays to be a celebrity.
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Posts: 408 (01/02/2009 4:23 PM) |
As terrible of an actress she is, and as bad as she looks lately, they couldnt do melrose without her, then or now!
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Posts: 20008 (01/03/2009 12:09 PM) |
So every other celebrity goes to jail but hers gets dismissed?
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Posts: 6573 (01/03/2009 12:30 PM) |
As an attorney, what blows my mind more than the plea bargain as that is not unusual, a reduction to reckless when no alcohol was involved (as it was
prescirbed drugs), is the fact that she didn't have to appear in court! I used to handle drunk driving/drug driving defense cases, and other traffic
offenses when I first started practicing, and if the Defendant didn't appear, even when I did, the court issued a warrant for their arrest! Eveyone has
to show up....except celebs I guess.
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Posts: 453 (01/03/2009 12:55 PM) |
Is probation and a fine the same as dismissing the case? She has no history so that seems reasonable to me.
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Posts: 6574 (01/03/2009 1:19 PM) |
No probation and fine is not the same as dismissing the case. There was a plea bargain. They dismissed the charge of DUI but she plead no contest to reckless
driving, which means she was not contesting that charge. So she will have reckless driving on her driving record. For this conviction, she got probation and
a fine.
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