24x 2 = Jack Bauer’s time in the pokey
It’s a lot more than 24 hours for Kiefer Sutherland — 48 days (or 1,152 hours in Jack Bauer time) is the recommended sentence he might serve for his latest drunk driving charge.
Kiefer Sutherland pleads guilty to drunk driving
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — “24″ television series star Kiefer Sutherland pleaded guilty to drunk driving Tuesday in a Los Angeles court where prosecutors asked that he be jailed for 48 days.
Sutherland, 40, was arrested September 25 west of Los Angeles for driving with an alcohol-level three times above the legal limit, court documents show.
The actor was on probation for another drunk driving violation in 2004, for which Los Angeles prosecutor Rocky Delgadillo asked the court he be sentenced to 18 days in jail, in addition to 30 days for the current charge.
If the judge adheres to Delgadillo’s recommendations, Sutherland would have to serve the first 18-day sentence on December 21, and the other 30-day sentence on July 1, 2008.
Sutherland’s presence was not required at Tuesday’s hearing. His lawyer entered the guilty plea.
The son of Fellini’s “Casanova” star Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland just finished shooting the sixth season of “24,” whose role as US secret agent Jack Bauer earned him a Golden Globe award in 2002 and an Emmy Award in 2006.
Drunk driving is not only stupid, it’s just so freakin’ typical! What happened to the Kiefer Sutherland who got drunk and attacked a hotel Christmas tree, Jack Bauer style:
Now THAT is what I call celebrity drunken behavior. The celebrity looks like a moron, no one gets hurt, no one goes to jail, and hopefully, some hotel worker got a big tip for cleaning up Sutherland’s mess. (Because even if he claims that he and his drinking buddies put the tree back, you know they didn’t clean up all the mess.) Either that or the hotel keeps it as a stop on some cheesy 24 bus tour.
Still, Sutherland is a giant douche for getting in his car and driving home drunk like an asshole. And if Lindsay Lohan can clean up her act, surely Sutherland can too.
Kiefer Sutherland, 24, drunk driving, Lindsay Lohan
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