Get Lost 24 hours before your Prison Break
In a Shameless ploy to keep up with the Joneses, the Joneses being the FOX network, ABC is sending former Lost star Michelle Rodriguez to jail. Not to be outdone by FOX’s 24 star Kiefer Sutherland’s spankin’ new jail time, Rodriguez has selflessly agreed to do time for the cause. The “straight” actress was sentenced Wednesday to at least 120 days in jail for violating probation in a DUI case.
“(She) admitted violating her probation by failing to provide proof of completion of her community service and for consuming alcohol three times while wearing an alcohol-monitoring device,” said the L.A. City Attorney’s office in a statement.
But we know the Girl Fight star was just taking one for the team to get on the good graces of ABC execs. She’s doing this knowing that this time won’t be a slap on the wrist neither. Superior Court Judge Daviann L. Mitchell ruled that the actress is not to be granted an early release, despite L.A.’s jail overcrowding. She was also ordered to complete 30 days of road clean-up duty.
If you recall, in May 2006, she served only four hours and 20 minutes of a two-month sentence at the Lynwood, Calif., jail for violating probation, stemming from a DUI arrest in Hawaii in December 2005.
The City Attorney’s office had alleged that Rodriguez turned in a false document showing that she completed one day of service on Sept. 25, court filings show. The actress later stated that she was in New York on that date. C’mon homes, she was acting like she was there, isn’t that good enough?
Rodriguez, must report to L.A. County jail by December 24, 2007. Merry F’in Xmas ABC!
Michelle Rodriguez, DUI, Kiefer Sutherland, Lost, 24, ABC, FOX
October 11th, 2007 at 7:44 am
Why is it that these celebs just can’t stay on the right side of the law?
I wonder if she thought she could get around the wristband by sticking a bit of toilet roll underneath it… what an idiot!
November 1st, 2007 at 2:31 am
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