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.



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76. jeeez !


what a dumb @ss...I'm sick of these worthless, self centered girls who offer NOTHING positive to society or the youth who admire them.....

at least Lohan and Jessica Simpson entertain with movies and/or music.....
those 2 do not bother me like Paris and Nicole....I do not get it, what is the deal w/ these 2 worthless turds ????

Posted at 12:14PM on Dec 11th 2006 by get over it !

77. My God. I've never liked Nicole Richie personally, (and right now it's to the point where the very mention of her name makes me want to puke) but I used to feel sorry for her. I saw her on "The E! True Hollywood Story" about three years ago, the one about "Rock Star Daughters", and I actually felt kind of sorry for her and even believed her when she said she'd learned her lesson after the heroin bust. But after this latest caper of hers, (I know this is going to sound really heartless) she can either waste away to nothing or zonk out on drugs and I don't care which way she goes. I'm through with having any sympathy for this train wreck that cares nothing about anyone or anything but herself.

Posted at 12:15PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Azuree

78. What in the world does anyone expect from a child that's been lost for a while now, she's been in denier since the news break about her being so thin, if she cannot admit that she's sick who are we to say she has a problem and find a solution for her problem? I consider her a lost soul and there is nothing more to add, other than that we all wait and see where this all ends, I pray for the likes of her and her friends whom the society has allowed to waist away in the name of fame. If only this society will stop glorifying thin as beautiful we would not have to be talking about this issue, where a living being would have to purge herself to look beautiful. Lets quit talking about this lost souls.

Posted at 12:15PM on Dec 11th 2006 by anita waziri

79. Hi nicole, Sorry to here of your trouble with the law. You will be ok i am a mother of 3 and i would advise you to say n be close to your family. Family is the most important .I am a fan of you n your Dad, if i can be any help at all please feel free to e mail me. God Bless you n your family thur this time. and, remember everything happens for a reason. A Fan And Mother, cathy. D.

Posted at 12:17PM on Dec 11th 2006 by cathy

80. Nicole was much better when she was thick.

Posted at 12:18PM on Dec 11th 2006 by David

81. Another ratpack addict bites the dust. Arrested at 0450 and out of the can by 0715? I am not shocked by the arrest, for the drinking and the "sans panties" brigade, alitte pot and vicodan does not suprise me....
What does suprise me is this chick dosent do 3 hours in the can?
The normal joe would be in for a minimum of at least 12 hours here in Vegas...Longer elsewhere. Does she have to kill someone to make 6 hours?
Hummmmmmm...What good green money will do.

Posted at 12:18PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Libby

82. DUI means under any influence- Driving under the influence is influence of anything- Im suprised with her weight she could handle that combination- obviously she wasn't doing it well but I am 5'5" and weight 125 and I would have been knocked out just off the pill. Crazy!!

Posted at 12:19PM on Dec 11th 2006 by When do you finally say when Nicole??

83. she is STILL on the road to Nowhere!!!!

If she keeps on this destructive path with her weight issues, drugs, drinking, etc.....she will die very young......

c'mon Lionel ! get her some damn help ! not a nutritionist or wtf ever you TRIED to do...Paris, Joe Francis, Greasy Bear....all BAD people in your daughters life....time to help and take some control !

Posted at 12:19PM on Dec 11th 2006 by hotmama

84. God, this troll-looking sicko is one disgusting looking soul. Just looking at that picture makes me want to vomit. Maybe next time she can run her car into a tree so we won't have to look at that nasty face.

Posted at 12:19PM on Dec 11th 2006 by J Roberts

85. Gees!! Grow up, get some help, and act civilized!! Stop denying your problems especially to yourself.

Posted at 12:19PM on Dec 11th 2006 by marianne

86. Stupid is as stupid does

Posted at 12:21PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Charles in florida

87. Thinking when your using drugs and alcohol and your fine doing ok is not a wise choose , shes a addict , when she feels it 's time to admit it ,,, then and only then will she start the recovery process I have some advice maybe is that a real friend or someone close to her should talk to her not someone that is active in drinking and drugging and she could ask for help,,, god helps people that help themselfs, it 's been said '' seek and ye shall find'' ask for help and you will be helped praying helps to not only when times of trouble ,she needs support at this time and compassion from people that care and has to stay away from people that . it's sad when your caught in the grips you can't see nothing and you have no hope . you don't need to live a life of this there is another way and it's all about surrendering and getting help you need .

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Posted at 12:21PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Phil Fiumano

88. Nicole, has a problem just because you're rich, don't immune you to alcoholism
i know from personal experience

Posted at 12:23PM on Dec 11th 2006 by jake

89. DUI, does not mean alcohol influenced. Driving Under the Influence/ Intoxicated can be any substance that inhibits visual and motor skills. .

Posted at 12:24PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Officer Dan

90. She is so fat.

Posted at 12:24PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Kim from Palo Alto

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