Celebrity Justice
Nicole Richie Popped for DUI

TMZ has learned that Nicole Richie was arrested for DUI early Monday morning. She was booked at 4:50 AM today and was released around 7:15 this morning. The booking sheet reveals Richie is 5'1" and 85 lbs.

We're told two motorists spotted her SUV going the wrong way on the 134 Freeway in Burbank. The drivers called 911.

When the CHP responded, Richie was stopped in the carpool lane and was alone in the vehicle. When cops approached the vehicle, Richie was on her cellphone.

Law enforcement officers tell TMZ Nicole Richie admitted she had taken Vicodin and smoked pot.

A preliminary alcohol screening device revealed that Nicole was not under the influence of alcohol.

One law enforcement source tell TMZ that while Richie was at the jail she was "very cooperative and very humble."

This is not the first brush Richie has had with substance abuse. In 2003, she pled guilty to heroin possession. The charges were dismissed after she completed the terms of her probation.DUI Busts gallery: Click to launch

A rep for Richie had no comment.

TMZ has learned that Richie hired celebrity lawyer Howard Weitzman to rep her in this latest incident.



Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Nicole Richie

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451. SORRY GUYS IT'S #433 YOU HAVE GOT TO READ IT!!. IT'S FROM "LAUGHING AT ALL OF YOU"( SUCH A JOYI) & THAN YOU'LL KNOW WHERE i"M COMING FROM! & FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN MY RESPONSE, SCROLL THROUGH! I STUCK UP FOR EVERYONE HERE! & I HAVE READ, & DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT! HAPPY HOLIDAY'S!

Posted at 3:04AM on Dec 12th 2006 by unreal!

452. Ms. Richic is is the full throws of addiction, She needs help,an Inervention really before she kills herself or someone else. Last year my nephew was hit in the same situation and he is a quadriplegic, his soon to be wife was buried in her wedding gown. Mr.Lionel Richie.....Please I know what I'm talking about. I'm to in
recovery Oct. 15.2002 Please don;t say hurtful things about her weight she needs help with a lot of issues and needs it now!!!! God Bless Ms. Richie

Posted at 3:11AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Carol

453. you guys are idiots. she passed the breathalizer, she wasnt drunk, she admitted to smoking pot and taking vicodin, which is exactly what she did. its called DUI because it is Driving Under the Influence, so that doesnt mean she has to be drunk. oh and the 85 lb thing kinda shocked me, i would guess she was back to 90 or 95 , but wow. whatever. i smoke pot and take vicodin, who gives a s***. i dont drive backwards on the freeway though that was lame. good luck nicole come on girl you are beautiful pull through!

Posted at 3:20AM on Dec 12th 2006 by kara

454. DUI means Driving Under the Influence. It does not mean alcohol. The question is, which influence? Drugs or Drinks? Does CA. also have DWI (While Impaired). Bottom line, whatever she smoked, drank, or shot, She needs help!

Posted at 3:21AM on Dec 12th 2006 by maryland M.D.

455. Well, "Unreal", I am not surprised that your spelling, grammer or lack of punctuation does not bother you. That is your smoke screen for not being ABLE to write like an adult with an education. Now, on to the matter at hand. IF you read my post and were adult enough to understand, you would have understood that there are people here that have the intelligence level of most 5th graders who make statements about Nicole that are simply NOT TRUE. Yes, it IS a tragedy for Nicole, but I never ONCE condoned her behavior. Anyone who faced her SUV on that freeway was a tragedy. Certainly I KNOW that she could have killed someone. How horrible that would have been had it happened! Thank GOD it did not happen. Does Nicole need help? F-yeah! Should she be punished like every other non celebrity human being? F-yeah! (sorry, the slang is coming out of me here...). Now, did I read EVERY POST? I think NOT, however, I read enough dumb ass blogs to last me a life time. The LOSERS I was blogging about are the ones who are clueless in other aspects of Nicoles life. Calling her a whore, a spoiled brat, using her weight issues, blaming her family and friends, suggesting that she is a heroin addict again, etc, etc...all the stuff that has NOTHING to do with her going up an off-ramp or her DUI. There are only a handful of blogs here that stick to the subject at hand....her BAD for doing what she did. Who are some of these people that suggest something else? Who raised THEM?

I could care LESS what YOUR opinion is. I think you are among the losers that have nothing INTELLIGENT to contribute here. Yes, I put the "losers" into a catagory, and I am glad that you realized that you were one of them, otherwise you would have never responded to me. Now, rather than sit here and re-post, maybe you should spend more time on your spelling, grammer and punctuation.

Posted at 3:24AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Laughing at all of YOU

456. I feel terribly sorry for her. A young, LOST little gal with a problem.
i doubt that this episode in her life will change anything.
she's still cute at 85lbs jack,,,,,,,,,,,,, ask4jack

Posted at 3:26AM on Dec 12th 2006 by jack haberlin

457. I feel terribly sorry for her. A young, LOST little gal with a problem.
i doubt that this episode in her life will change anything.
she's still cute at 85lbs jack,,,,,,,,,,,,, ask4jack

Posted at 3:27AM on Dec 12th 2006 by jack haberlin

458. Everyone in Maryland supports her. She seems like a nice girl with a smart wit about her. She will be fine. Just hope she doesn't use Paris's DUI attorney. Hello!! Conflict of Interest!!!!

Posted at 3:34AM on Dec 12th 2006 by maryland M.D.

459. TO LAUGHING AT ALL OF YOU..)excuse my grammer) hey listen, you know what is so sad about you??? is that I actually was agreeing with you (however you spell it!) in the beginning & than you turned to rage! telling me I am among the losers that have nothing intellegent to contribute! & that your glad I realized that. & that maybe I should work on my grammer. & on & on. I feel sorry for your family, if you have one! you probably screwed that up too, hugh? you need help! & you can post all you want in all the different "names" you want, I won't respond.. get help! see ya

Posted at 4:01AM on Dec 12th 2006 by unreal!

460. No. 52, you're the one that amazes me. The point isn't that she's human and makes mistakes like the rest of us and it's not the end of the world. The point is, she was driving while under the influence of drugs and could have very easily ended her world or, worse, someone else's world. Would you be so forgiving if she had hit one of your loved ones and killed them? These celebrities get a slap on the wrist for their dangerous behavior and as long as that happens, they're never going to learn. They will continue thinking that they will get away with it, whether they kill someone or not. It's not a mistake to get into a vehicle and drive while you're under the influence of drugs or alcohol, it's downright stupidity.

Posted at 4:15AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Rebecca

461. Nicole,
Keep it cool. Your a beautiful young lady.
My wife for 25 years, is 5'-1", she weighed about 100lbs when she was your age, and stunning too. Little girls just weigh this much, and are completely irresistable. She always is...and still is"my little Pumpkin". Although, she never did drugs...I did!!! It takes-one to know one...I guess. Be careful, if you must do drugs because, shit happens!!! If your liver and kidneys are screaming at you, listen to them. 94-100 lbs is ok for you. For example look at Kylie Minogue she is alot like you, at 5'-0" and 6 stone (thats 85 lbs), although she takes much care of herself...call on her as a friend. I think she is (was) a party girl too. You have one thing special over...Paris, Lindsey, Hillary, and all the others. As quoted from lyrics by Danny Elfman from Oingo Boingo "I like Little Girls". You are that cute little chick, AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!!! Us guys just go nuts over. The 20's are for roaring, making mistakes, and living life large. It's just a short while anyway. Just be carefull!!! Reflect later, there is much time. Keep it cool.
A DUDE


Posted at 4:53AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Ed Banda

462. Nicole is going to get out of this one. MARK MY WORDS. It's just as simple as that. The police and legal system in Los Angeles are NOT going to pursue this matter or put away a "celebrity". There may not be rhyme or reason to it, but if you doubt it, just keep watching. It's a guarantee. Whenthe taxpayers' money goes for the salary of a phalanx of L.A.'s finest to "guard" Jennifer Aniston because she wants to walk through the camera gauntlet at the arrival terminal at LAX for publicity purposes, while non-famous people immediately outside have no such response, is it any surprise that this has become the norm? People like Lohan and Hilton and Richie and others are not only further emboldened by each other's behavior, but know that they can't be challenged when an innocent member of the public is victimized by their unlawful actions with a sympathetic police and justice system in Southern California. It's shameful.

Posted at 5:01AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Bill Maher

463. For all the clueless people,
Life is long, and life is short.
Life is happiness and is at time sadness.
Life has meaning even for the meaningless.
Life with purpose is sometime meaningless.
Life sometime takes life, and that is tragic.
Life is tragic, when valued retributively.
Life and death are one in the same, for
Life is a song which has beginning and end.
And only the author claims how long it's to be played.
American's don't understand life, and I'm an American,
and I'm trying too.

Posted at 5:41AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Ed Banda

464. I guess when a very famous million dollar earning star is killed because they do the same dumb stupid stuff as regular young people do THEN SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.LOCK THEM UP THEN REHAB........TO MUCH MONEY SO YOUNG THEY ON A DEADLY COLLISION COURSE.THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO BE LIKE?

Posted at 7:16AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Beau

465. Our country is going down the tubes, but the media cover a talentless, anorexic drug-addict as if she were some kind of royalty. She IS--the royalty of the pathetic.

Posted at 8:08AM on Dec 12th 2006 by Rick

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