9:43 pm - 06/05/2012
Amanda Bynes was charged on Tuesday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs – then took her case directly to the White House.
"I don't drink," the actress, 26, said in a Tweet to the Barack Obama presidential campaign. "Please fire the cop who arrested me."
The misdemeanor charge filed Tuesday relates to her April 6 arrest, when Bynes was pulled over at 3 a.m. in West Hollywood after allegedly sideswiping a police car in her BMW when she tried to make a right turn.
The criminal complaint also alleges that Bynes refused to complete a Breathalyzer or drug test.
If convicted she faces a maximum penalty as a first-time offender of 48 hours in jail, three years probation and a nine-month alcohol program. She could also lose her driver's license for a year.
This was the beginning and most serious of several other recent driving mishaps for the starlet.
About a week after her arrest, she backed over a curb while texting, right before going to a West Hollywood nightclub, and a week later was spotted holding up traffic while making a slow three-point U-turn.
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Amanda Bynes Asks President Obama to Fire Cop Who Arrested Her
Amanda Bynes was charged on Tuesday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs – then took her case directly to the White House.
"I don't drink," the actress, 26, said in a Tweet to the Barack Obama presidential campaign. "Please fire the cop who arrested me."
The misdemeanor charge filed Tuesday relates to her April 6 arrest, when Bynes was pulled over at 3 a.m. in West Hollywood after allegedly sideswiping a police car in her BMW when she tried to make a right turn.
The criminal complaint also alleges that Bynes refused to complete a Breathalyzer or drug test.
If convicted she faces a maximum penalty as a first-time offender of 48 hours in jail, three years probation and a nine-month alcohol program. She could also lose her driver's license for a year.
This was the beginning and most serious of several other recent driving mishaps for the starlet.
About a week after her arrest, she backed over a curb while texting, right before going to a West Hollywood nightclub, and a week later was spotted holding up traffic while making a slow three-point U-turn.
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Obvz the most important issue in the US right now.
Like, really?
gurl you know that's a lie.
i'm on this new diet/workout plan and the thought of not drinking makes me sad. i mean, i will on my cheat day but only like one or two vodka sodas. which makes me even sadder with pride weekend coming up
eh, it is what it is
:(
Now I realize she was in therapy because she's really messed up. And it's not helping.
Side note, I miss her clothing line Dear. And I miss Steve and Barry's, which sold that line.
If she received at least a high school education, she would know that parking tickets are handled at the City/local level. The president doesn't deal with municipality issues.
girl you have GOT to be joking
if she was arrested and took a breathalyzer that said she was intoxicated, she was drinking! and driving. fucking dumb.
In reality, it's assumed that if you refuse the breathalyzer test, you fail the test.