After being spotted driving in the wrong direction on the 134 Freeway in Burbank, California, Hollywood celebrity Nicole Richie was arrested on DUI charges last Monday. She was later booked at the California Highway Patrol's Glendale-Verdugo Hills Station on the single misdemeanor charge. "
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The star of the hit reality television show “The Simple Life” was then taken to Glendale City Jail. She was released 2 hours and 25 minutes later after posting a $15,000 bail.
Residents, who saw Richie’s 2005 black Mercedes Benz speeding on the wrong way, called 911 to report the incident. When the CHP officers arrived, the star had already stopped in the carpool lane and her vehicle was observed to be facing the right direction.
Breathalyzer test revealed that the star was not drunk. When questioned, Richie admitted that she had smoked marijuana and taken the painkiller Vicodin.
This was not the first time that the 25-year-old star was arrested. In February 2003, Richie was arrested in Malibu for possession of heroin and for driving with a suspended license. She was sentenced to spend time in rehabilitation.
The charges were later dropped when she completed the terms of her probation. Still, there are no reports whether Monday’s DUI arrest violated terms of her previous probation.
She is due to appear in the municipal court in Glendale on Tuesday and will be represented by Howard Weitzman, a popular celebrity lawyer.
“It is what it is,” a representative told E! News, but would not confirm whether the star had admitted to smoking marijuana.
Richie has been in the headlines for most of the year due to rumors of an eating disorder. Last October, she checked herself voluntarily in a treatment center to find out the reason behind her “continued weight loss”, her publicist stated.
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