Celebrity Justice
Nicole Pissed Off Over Piss Test

Sources tell TMZ the test that allegedly proves Nicole Richie was under the influence was a urine exam-- not blood.
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In a declaration filed today and obtained by TMZ, Nicole's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, challenged the urinalysis on grounds that it's unreliable -- blood is generally considered the more accurate test.

The cops say Nicole confessed that she had taken Vicodin and smoked pot before driving the wrong way on an L.A. Freeway last December.

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61. #STC

The breathalyzer can only test for impairment from the influence of alcohol. I'm sure she was not given the breathalyzer test after failing the field sobriety test because she confessed to smoking marijuana and taking Vicodin before the traffic stop. She was suspected of and charged with driving under the influence of drugs, not alcohol.

The expert they hired will challenge the reliability of the urine test that she was given based on the fact that urine only yields metabolites of the drug substance, traces of the drug after it has been metabolized. A great many experts agree that the urine test given in these DUI drug cases cannot precisely determine when the drug was last used or even reliably determine a person's present impairment. Testing the concentration of THC in the blood stream is the most accurate test for that purpose. A person can smoke a marijuana joint and the metabolites of the drug will begin to be detectable in urine within 10 to 30 minutes, depending on a person's metabolism, but the urine test will also yield a test positive for marijuana metabolites for days, even weeks, after the substance was last used, long after the impairing effects of the drug has ceased.

I think Nicole would have a good chance at acquittal in the jury trial if she had not confessed to the cops that she had smoked marijuana when she failed the field sobriety test. That confession establishes when the drug was used and I think the jury might consider that the confession is "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that she was presently impaired, something that a police officer's subjective opinion of a field sobriety test and the urinalysis might not convince them of.

I wonder what the plea bargain was that was offered her today and how wise it was to reject it in light of the fact that upon failing the field sobriety test she confessed to smoking marijuana before the traffic stop? And I wonder if what she confessed was a verbal declaration only that will be recounted in the cop's testimony at trial, or if her declaration was written on the traffic ticket she signed? I expect that what she told the cop was written on the traffic ticket she signed, aka a signed confession, and she will have a serious problem if her lawyer is not successful in getting her declaration suppressed.

Posted at 12:15AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Bodo

62. Posted at 1:45PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Boy Howdy Rides Again! And Again! And Again!

Boy Howdy Doodie spanking his monkey - Again! And Again! And Again!

Boy Howdy was that whacked out little guy dressed up as a Pirate holding vigil till Parass got out of jail!

Now it seems he's taken up another cause for another pathetic, drug addicted, piece of trash.

Posted at 12:38AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Buffalo Bob

63. Her public records:

1] Caucasian, Black Creole and Hispanic extraction.
Father: Peter Michael Escovedo (musician, musical director on The Wayne Brady Show)
Father: Lionel Richie (adoptive father)
Mother: Brenda Harvey-Richie (adoptive mother)
Boyfriend: Tobey Maguire (briefly dated)
Boyfriend: Justin Guarini (singer, dated 2005)
Boyfriend: Adam Goldstein (aka Los Angeles DJ A.M., dated 2005-06)
Boyfriend: Jeff Goldblum (actor, briefly dated 2006)
Boyfriend: Brody Jenner (son of Bruce Jenner, dated 2006)
Boyfriend: Joel Madden (musician, Good Charlotte, dated 2006-)


High School: Montclair Prep, Van Nuys, CA
University: University of Arizona (dropped out)


Environmental Media Association
Adopted
Drug Possession: Heroin Malibu, CA (Feb-2003)
Driving with a Suspended License Malibu, CA )Feb-2003)
Intervention (Nov-2006), according to press reports
Driving While Intoxicated Burbank, CA (11-Dec-2006)
Risk Factors: Smoking, Heroin, Marijuana


All these are public files.. I am just informing all the people which think nicole is so innocent. she is a known heroin addict. How many do you look up to her now?
This is not an invasion of privacy, if it is all public record.

Posted at 12:29AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Busting Nicole on TMZ

64. 42. sorry meant squeeze! I am dumb but I a RICH and THIN YIPEEE!!!!!

Posted at 3:03PM on Jul 11th 2007 by slim blonde trophy wife that has a hubby that makes 500K
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YEP, DUMB BLONDE ALRIGHT!

Posted at 12:40AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Heidi Fleiss

65. WOW - Bodo, you should be on Larry King or something as one of those expert pundits! I'm going to bookmark this page so I can explain this to other people when we celebrity gossip instead of work - lol. I was also confused about whether DUI's were just alcohol or drugs but you answered that too. Hey thanks!

That would be so sad if the jury took Nicole Richie's word over the police officer's . . . I never would have thought that could happen if not for the OJ trial :o

Posted at 12:35AM on Jul 12th 2007 by STC

66. Buffalo Bob your lack of sympathy for what Nicole is going through is sad as is your pathetic screen name. Also why are you so hostile to Boy Howdy? Are people not allowed to have different opinons? Take your meds buddy!

Posted at 7:27AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Fomerly Irene Krywy

67. Heidi/Sherry,

My husband was with me all last night... sick of the attacks. Sorry about your weight problem but don't take it out on me.

I will pray for you.

Posted at 7:28AM on Jul 12th 2007 by slim blonde trophy wife that has a hubby that makes 500K

68. Hey Boy Howdy Imitators:

You can use the Boy Howdy name for your post (and yes, I'm flattered that your admiration for me has spilled into your writing!) but you will NEVER shake or shape BH's high opinion of Nicole! Only BH imitators would anonymously use the BH name to spread slander and hate. Boy Howdy is all about peace, love, and spreading positive mojo around the planet - so if you think you "got me" by stealing my name, dear ones, think again!!

Boy Howdy finds it interesting that the BH imitators are so uneducated! My condolences on your lack of diplomas, dears. And Boy Howdy would NEVER resort to bad poetry in tmz musings! And no matter what is said, Boy Howdy is NEVER chagrined by the toothless wonders who hide behind anonymous postings on tmz!

Nicole, baby - the world supports you and your baby! We wish you health, happiness and all things good. Paris - we love you as well! LiLo and DiLo - much love from camp Boy Howdy!

The rest of you - BH hopes that one fine day, you'll wake up and realize that projecting your miserable lives onto celebrities that you do not know and wish you did only spreads more negative energy into the Universe! So much so, that Boy Howdy is off to take a shower to get the grime of your negativity off!

Peace Out!

Posted at 9:22AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Boy Howdy Rides Again! And Again! And Again!

69. Slim Blonde Trophy Wife: thank you, thank you, thank you for telling it like it is! I don't for ONE MINUTE think that Sherry, Heidi and their "pals" are smaller than a size 16! But I don't think they shop at QVC - too high brow. It's Wal-Mart and Nascar for that crowd!

My sister, I salute you! Just because we look good, have great lives, and are fond of celebutants like Nicole and Paris, they (as Boy Howdy Ride Again would say) just project their sad, sorry minimum wage lives onto those of us who are more fortunate.

Hey Blonde - what Ivy League school did you go to? I went to Brown - Class of '97!

Rock on, sister! And Nicole - we love you!

Posted at 9:32AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Slim Brunette Trophy Wife

70. Brunette,

This is wild I am a bit older than you but also Brown! Graduated in 87! I will go to the Brown Alumni site this afternoon and post so look for me... I will mention TMZ. We have a home in Midtown as well as Camden (Maine) and Jupiter Island... wonder if we have crossed paths? I grew in Kansas City my dad was a farmer and my bother is running the farm.

I hate the Nicole and Paris haters. I have casually met Paris several times and she is a lovely girl. I hope all works out for both of them.

I look forward to talking to soon.

Posted at 9:42AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Slim blonde trophy wife who has a hubby that makes 500Ke

71. Hey Blondie!

Thanks for the update! I'll check the Alumni site this afternoon. I'm in Boulder, CO, but we have a small place in Chelsea in NYC - so maybe we'll get together and have a Mojito sometime and laugh at the fatties who disparage us! Should be fun!

Boy Howdy - just a quick note - loved your recent post! If you're in the Boulder or NYC area we need to get together! You're great!!!

Blonde, have a great day - and I know you will! I've never met Paris or Nicole, but am on the board of a NYC Hospital Committee with Dina Lohan - she is great - and just gorgeous! I told her to bring Stedman to the next fundraiser party - I'd like to meet him, too!

Later, my sister!

Posted at 9:58AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Slim Brunette Trophy Wife

72. Look I am not ivy league educated but these two trophy wives have a point that makes sense to me.

Why do so many of the TMZ posters wish hharm on Nicole Richie? She made a mistake...haven't you made a mistake in your life?

I used to be addicted to herion and thankfully there were people who wanted to help me instead of condemming me.

Anytime that loser Buffalo Bob was to fight a man instread of instulting women on this TMZ post let me know... I will cripple him!

Posted at 10:03AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Tommy Vitalic---long haul trucker

73. Voice of reason.... who is saying she is innocent? Just saying don't condem her...what is your point?

Posted at 10:35AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Tommy Vitalic---long haul trucker

74. Why the gay bashing "voice of reason"?

Posted at 10:45AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Baba Krywy- anytime you want to fight let me know

75. do we have to see "voice or reason's post again?

Posted at 10:47AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Voice of Reason's gay lover

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