Train Wrecks
Nicole Back Behind the Wheel

The usually shop-happy celebutante, Nicole Richie, has been literally "under wraps" for the past week since her DUI arrest -- but not yesterday.


After a few days of only being seen skulking in and out of houses and parties, Nicole was spotted driving through L.A., resuming her shopathons at Fred Segal on Melrose. She was later joined at the swanky hang for a lunch with rumored boyfriend Joel Madden. The two chowed down on the down low before leaving ... in separate cars. Can ya blame him?

If you live in Los Angeles, consider this fair warning.



Tags: arrest, driving, dui, fred segal, FredSegal, los angeles, LosAngeles, nicole richie, NicoleRichie, shopping

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16. In many states the law allows the person to be issued a temporary drivers permit, which is usually just a pink copy of the permit, which they must keep on them while driving, and is usually good for 30 days after the arrest.

Posted at 1:32PM on Dec 20th 2006 by craig

17. Isn't your licence suspended till arraignment with an admitted DUI??

Posted at 5:18PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Amanda

18. geez !

No wonder those girls continue to F- UP ! Hollyweird and LA have their own set of rules and laws....

RIDICUOLOUS !

Posted at 2:21PM on Dec 20th 2006 by coolmom4pink

19. in nashvegas tennessee if you get a dui you dont lose your license till you go to court. and these days if you pay enough money you wont lose it at all. just driving classes and community service!! i think???? never had a dui even athough i prob should have a couple times!!! ooooops!!!

Posted at 2:56PM on Dec 20th 2006 by jada

20. ok...can I please get a SPELLCHECK ???

sorry ^

Posted at 2:33PM on Dec 20th 2006 by coolmom4pink

21. I wish to hell she'd drive into a tree. It's what she deserves.

Posted at 8:58PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Brother Harold. S.J.

22. Thats ridiculous!! How can she be allowed to drive!?!?!? Any unfamous person would have their license suspened for at least 2 years! And why is she famous anyways??

Posted at 3:23PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Amy

23. WELL I GUESS MONEY CAN BUY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING..CAN YOU IMAGINE THEY ARE ACTUALLY WAITING FOR THE LITTLE SKINNY GIRL KILLS SOMEONE BEFORE THEY TAKE THINGS SERIOUS..WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD....??? ....iF IT WAS ME A POOR GIRL WHO HAD DONE THAT I PROBABLY WOULD BE SERVING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE...WEIRD WORLD.....WELL LETS JUST WAIT UNTIL NICOLE KILLS SOMEONE......RIGHT NICOLE?????????/

Posted at 4:23PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Jamilla

24. Hey Jamilla, quit yelling. Seriously, Caps Lock, figure it out.

Posted at 3:11PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Assmaster

25. To Post #8-Lynn,

See, right there! You're the perfect example of a "regular" person who ends up going through the muckity-muck legal system because of driving under the influence!! But, boy oh boy, when celebrities f*ck up behind the wheel it's like headline news one day, and then you'll see them partying at some froo-froo club the next--AND THEY ARE THE ONES DOING THE DRIVING!! Where's the justice in that?

And (not to get into another tangent/blog discussion) but what ever happened to that LANE GARRISON freak who KILLED SOMEONE while driving under the influence? Last I read on this TMZ site, he gets to fly home to Texas and spend time with his family!!! Why isn't he in jail for man slaughter or something??!!

WHAT THE HELL??!! The world has gone NUCKIN FUTS!!!!

Posted at 3:30PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Lulu

26. I bet her good buddy Vicodin is riding shotgun

Posted at 4:59PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Squibb

27. Hey! Just a quick comment... I mean its already been proven time and time again when celeb's get in trouble they get bailed out with almost slim to no reprecussions! Its sad but unfortunately true! I love Nicole too but recently well more than recently this whole past year has been a bitch on her and I think honestly she needs some major help because there are definitely some major issues going on in her life that she needs to take care of! She's got all she could ever want or imagine and yet these young stars just keep screwing their lives up perfectly.. its just a sad shame! Well thats my 2 cents..

XOXOXOXO
Lori

Posted at 11:01PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Lori

28. What's amazing to me (besides the absurd amount of losers out there who are so miserable they're willing to waste their precious time posting trash here; that they should know Mrs. Richie of SIMPLE LIFE fame isn't ever going to bother to read) is how pretty she still looks: intoxicated, embarrassed, arrested, groggy, at 5:00 in the morning, in a bad police mug shot. Even with all the weight she's lost her eyes still sparkle in such a pretty way that you can tell, she's a star.
Her beautiful complexion, her little mouth and even the little smile she managed... She's gorgeous... she's a star!! Even after all the weight loss.

As a young black man that just came home from being stationed overseas the last 3 and a half years in Baumholder Germany (ETS ed 11M A 1/6 Assassin Hooah!) its crazy to hear how much she parties. She looks so fresh faced and innocent its really hard to believe. Even in her mug shot she looks more like an angel than the amazons in the Victoria's Secret ads. Anyway's this chicks living her life and making her money. So why waste energy shaking your fist in the wind?
I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area but Im spending Christmas to New Years in Vegas at the Bellagio where my Pops got us a balcony facing the Strip and the fireworks on New Years eve. What Im getting to is year in and year out people party till they have to lock all the balcony doors on New Years to keep intoxicated people from falling or jumping off! As a kid I spent New Years in Vegas/Reno, New York, New Orleans, Union Square (SF). Ive partied when the Niner's won they're Super Bowl victories. I've been places where the whole cities are out drinking and celebrating. In Idar Oberstein Germany I saw a guy crash his brand new BMW drunk during the Linden Festival. In Ibiza you should see how crazy the British girls get or how we acted during R&R in Bulgaria. All around the world people party, this isnt some new occurrence or something Nicole Richie has just started or invented. Human beings can make mistakes sober. Nicole Richie is not your leader she's no politician or televangelist so why sweat every little move she makes. She's just a girl who grew up in Hollywood, she not a teacher or congressmen or even anytype of civil servant... What type of moron or horrible parent would go around making what Nicole Richie does out to be all important when you have the president who ""didn't inhale"" having affairs with interns, a President in office we've elected twice who had at the very least a DUI (and he's the head of the military chain of command and ""leader of the free world"".)
Getting behind the wheel of a car intoxicated is crazy but more soldiers (that I was personally friends with) got chaptered or Article 15's for drunk driving than anything else. Nicole's definitely not the first person guilty of driving under the influence. You have teachers sleeping with the kids and politicians propositioning pages... and your wasting time here? Trying to think of something nasty to say about a girl who parties???

Youd probably be more well served teaching Your kids the Golden Rule, forgiveness/compassion temperance i.e.; or if your really that worried how to "just say no" & defensive driving...

Posted at 6:17PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Ricardo Lee W.

29. Gee Whiz #28..most people just post a few sentences and go on with their lives..no one really cares what you did or where you came from. This is a story about Nicole Ritchie not you. If you are spending the holidays in Vegas wouldn't your time (and ours) be better served if you got off the computer and packed for the trip?

Posted at 6:36PM on Dec 20th 2006 by What More Needs To Be Said?

30. To Post #28-Ricardo,

At least the president didn't drive intoxicated and on the wrong side of the freeway while getting his d*ck sucked! Ha ha ha ha!

Posted at 6:40PM on Dec 20th 2006 by Shelika

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