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.



Reader Comments

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91. 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

92. 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

93. 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??

94. Nicole was much better when she was thick.

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

95. 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

96. Stupid is as stupid does

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

97. 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

98. 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

99. Well I think this answers the questions. First of all, I lived in LA and cannot imagine how you can end up going the wrong way on the 134 Freeway unless you are totally wacked. Second, she was taking Vicodin? Well of course, thats why she doesn't eat, she's always high! Who gave her the drugs? If it was a Doctor, what injury does she have that she needs a painkiller for? Did she buy them illegally? She weighs 85 pounds because she is a DRUG ADDICT plain and simple and now the truth comes out, and while we are at it, lets throw a little, probably a lot of cocaine into the mix. I am usually asleep at that hour. As a former user, I know the game. She needs rehab and NOW!

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

100. She is so fat.

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

101. 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

102. She is so fat

Posted at 12:25PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Kim from Palo Alto

103. POst #47 MJM: You're a very sick individual. NIcole is inches away from dying. Is that what you want other young girls to aspire to be ? You have some mental and emotional issues that need to be addressed. 3 models have now died because they have starved themselves to death. It looks like Nicole Richie may be next. I hope you were being SACRASTIC when you made that remark

At Nicole's weight that vicodin must have hit her like " a ton a bricks ". I 'm sure that the POT she is smoking is very powerful too. It's not like it was in the 60's that's for sure.

She must have been so disorientated.........far more impaired than what alcohol would have done . What a dumb-ass. She will be the " Next Garrison " if she doesn't kill herself 1st by starvation.

Posted at 12:26PM on Dec 11th 2006 by the wise old owl

104. You know what...if you people are going to comment...at least read the article first and not JUST the headline. THANK YOU!!! The article clearly says that she was tested and HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING!!!!

To #11..to answer your question. A DUI is Driving Under the Influence. So it can be any substance that affects your motor functions. It doesn't have to be alcohol speciffically. You can get a DUI driving a boat or any other motorized vehicle in most states.

Posted at 4:02PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Malissa

105. I have no interest in Nicole Ritchie whatsoever. She is just another poor child that I see fading away on the cover of various tabloids. Her claim to fame, whether she ate a salad leaf or a radish for lunch at some posh eatery. But people if you are going to take the time to comment on the latest article about her at least get the facts straight. And I quote " A preliminary alcohol screening device revealed that Nicole was not under the influence of alcohol".

Posted at 12:28PM on Dec 11th 2006 by Greta Shefers

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