Celebrity Justice
Kiefer Could Face Bigtime Jail Time

Keifer SutherlandKiefer Sutherland is in deep you-know-what.

In November, 2004, Kiefer was popped for driving with a .22 blood alcohol level, and plead no contest to drunk driving. He was placed on 5 years probation. That means if he's convicted on this morning's DUI, he will have violated his probation.

Now here's where the news gets worse: Guess who the judge was in the 2004 case? That would be Judge Michael Sauer, the guy who threw the book at Paris Hilton for violating her probation. And remember, Paris was not drunk when she was driving on a suspended license -- and she was sentenced to 45 days in jail!

Stay tuned.



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46. what if someone had a DUI in one state 4 years ago and got one in another state last month??

Posted at 4:30PM on Sep 25th 2007 by 686

47. Wow. Another stupid celeb. Big surprise, I'm gonna have a heart attack and die from that surprise....

Posted at 4:35PM on Sep 25th 2007 by I hate stupid celebs

48. paris did go to jail for violating her probation; driving with a suspended license was the offense she commited to violate her probation..

so he should go to jail too .. they give you one chance and you mess up you deserve to go to jail

Posted at 4:38PM on Sep 25th 2007 by liliana

49. I love and respect Jack Bauer, but have no such feelings for Keifer. He has enough money for a limo, a cab, or to call a friend to drive him home. Drinking and driving disrespects your family, your co-workers, your fans, and most of all yourself. I expected better of Keifer.

Posted at 4:50PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Mom

50. Even if he isn't convicted, he's already violated his probation. Standard condition of any DUI probation in CA is that you are not allowed to drive with any measurable amount of alcohol in your system. Meaning, even if he only blew a .02 or .03, he still violated a term of his probation. He's facing a revocation of the probation (which reinstates the suspended jail sentence of 30 days), as well as a multiple offender conviction (tack on another 45-60 days - probably more if his BAC was over .14). I see house arrest and a SCRAM in this guy's future. All the best to him.

Posted at 5:15PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Legal Eagle

51. Also, to #46 - you might want check your facts and maybe sit in on a few court sessions. Did you get your JD from a Cracker Jack box?

CA DUI records go back 10 years. This will be a second offense. And nobody gets their probation cut short, especially when it's informal and for a DUI.

Posted at 5:20PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Legal Eagle

52. What a bummer. He should be more careful.

Posted at 5:21PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Madeline

53.
# 20 by Censorship
(I have neve been censored btw)
This is not a political web site but a celebrity gossip web site!.
if you cannot find anyone to listen to your ramblings off the internet why would you think TMZ posters would be interested.
It seems sadly desperate to come here and vent on and on about politics. Try short and simple, then moving on to the subject matter ...

Posted at 5:33PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Chris

54. Kiefer is that you... your still ok with me .... we all make mistakes.... it is how you handle your mistakes that counts..... admit guilt, do the time and go on with your life .... these people don't have lives but you do......
me I love Kiefer! and your father too....

Posted at 5:39PM on Sep 25th 2007 by dm

55. Kiefer, Kiefer, Keifer

what were you thinking

obviously you were not

what about those around you-why would they let you drive that way where you could potentially have an accident and kill someone?

your judgement was impaired by the alchol-bad enough
but what's the excuse for other people around you

sure we're not our brother's keeper

buy how, with a clear conscience, can we not speak up when someone in this condition decides to drive! I he or others were killed would that not bother the ones who watched him drove off

as a society we need to really look at how the bar/bartenders/patrons/parking lot attendants etc. look the other way for celebs and enable them
thereby endangering all of our lives (us, our children, friends etc.) if we happen to be driving/walking in the area at that time

the law needs to work-but we all need to speak up when appropriate-including Britney''s bodyguard-speak up at the time and maybe save a life-rather than remain silent and leave it all to chance! speaking up months after the fact isn't helpful to society

I've lost a family member to a drunk driver-the people around the guy knew he was wasted when he went to his car-apparently they all laughed at how wasted he was-and nobody thought of what could happen to an innocent person-he survived-my cousin did not!

start having a dialogue about this with your friends & family-decide in advance the right thing to do if a friend etc. is drunk and heading to the car---that way if & when you see it happen-it will be a reflex action to stop them and save a life maybe








































Posted at 5:46PM on Sep 25th 2007 by sally

56. So Lindsay Lohan has 2 DUIs within a two month span, and that twit only gets one day? Just don't drink and drive plain and simple. Sutherland will probably do some credible time, but the other stars don't get crap done to them.

Posted at 5:59PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Seana

57. Pleeeeeeeze. do not compare jack Bower to Paris Hilton. I do think he should hire a driver. I think though people do care what happens to Keifer. I hope he gets well and stays that way.
Paris Hilton? Who cares what happens to that idiot.....

Posted at 6:01PM on Sep 25th 2007 by patirol

58. Pleading no contest to a DUI is the same thing as a conviction. Five years probaiton is five years probation, and it looks like Mr. Sutherland is in trouble for violating it if he's convicted again, which looks like what will happen.

And TMZ, stop tying to "white wash" what Hilton did. Here's what led up to her jail sentence:

The judge sentenced her as a result of a sequence of events: 1) Reckless driving due to alcohol, 2) caught driving on a suspended license; 3) driving a second time on a suspended license at 70 mph in a 35 mph zone with her lights turned off, plus violating her probation for the reckless driving due to alcohol, 4) violating the other terms of her probation, and 5) refusing to take responsibility for her actions in front of the judge.

Posted at 6:11PM on Sep 25th 2007 by GeorgeS

59. Here Here... For one, Kiefer ... and Paris or to different people ...one is complete douch bag an the other is nott..... Just don't drink and drive period....

dm

Posted at 7:13PM on Sep 25th 2007 by dm

60. I'm not saying that what he did was right but to put him in the same category as Paris Hilton is stupid.

Posted at 7:19PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Marie S

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