Kiefer: Once, Twice, Three, Four Times a Busted!

Posted Sep 25th 2007 4:44PM by TMZ Staff

"24" star Kiefer Sutherland's DUI arrest last night isn't his first brush with the law. Or his second. Or even his third.

Kiefer plead guilty in 1989 and 1993 to reckless driving charges, and in 2004 to driving with a blood alcohol level above .08 -- the legal limit in California. It's the 2004 case for which Sutherland is currently on probation.

But things could have been a lot worse for Kiefer. The 1989 case had two gun charges tacked on -- carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle and carrying a loaded firearm in a public place -- both of which were dismissed. The 1989 and 1993 cases both had DUI charges as well, and both were dismissed.

Kiefer got three years probation for both of those cases, the second of which fell just after the probation was up for the first. Time was on his side in that one.

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31. If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.

Posted at 8:13PM on Sep 25th 2007 by isitin

32. Next time Kiefer call me and I'll come pick you up and drive you wherever you'd like to go!

Posted at 8:30PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Sylvia

33. Although what he did is wrong, I STILL LOVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 8:34PM on Sep 25th 2007 by KK

34. Kiefer is a free spirit that likes to enjoy life! He just needs to learn to do it with a designated driver...........Hey Kiefer, call me! I am up for the task!

Posted at 8:56PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Denise

35. I want to know if Citroen (a French auto marque) will pull their ads with him driving their new car, recently launched

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2yRnJHPRjY

(the aforementioned ad with him)

Posted at 9:41PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Eduardo

36. Kiefer, Kiefer, Kiefer. Shame. I'm not honestly surprised by this since it was kind of obvious, but I can't believe it still. Tisk, tisk.

Posted at 9:51PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Alicia

37. You think with all the money these morons have he would have somebody drive him. Duh ,I got a DUI before Duh, I don't want to hurt anybody aw screw it I don't give s--t. DROP THAT WEAPON, Duh, That what I always say on 24..........DUh.....

Posted at 9:51PM on Sep 25th 2007 by ~Lar

38. DAMN IT!

Posted at 10:18PM on Sep 25th 2007 by bruce

39. Kiefer. Let me spell it out for you. TAXI

Posted at 10:20PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Sarducci

40. I was afraid this would happen. He has to work at sobriety. Otherwise he's a sober drunk.

Why don't celebrities use "designated drivers"? It's much cheaper than using a deadly weapon like an automobile!

But there's another deadly process going on here: Alcohol goes to the kidneys, the brain, the liver, the bladder, etc! etc! Over time, these organs cannot purify as easily as when one is young. This means the organs will store these poisons. And the brain will deteriorate. And we want to tell Kiefer, that

A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE!

Posted at 10:38PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Observer

41.
What kind of friends does Kiefer have who would not insist on driving him last night? It boggles the mind that people just allowed him to leave in that condition.

I'm not saying he should not be responsible for his actions, but those actions would not have occurred if his friends had been responsible for theirs.

Posted at 10:42PM on Sep 25th 2007 by melanie wilkes

42. He couldn't afford cab fare?

Posted at 11:02PM on Sep 25th 2007 by TK

43. well tell ya what....I'd rather drive around drunks than you soccer mom's with 5 ill mannered brats in the back seat and a cell phone in your hands, all 5' 2" of you driving the Hummer your hubby had to have, but you can't drive.... tell your husband to get you a hybrid you phone fondling bitches

Posted at 11:03PM on Sep 25th 2007 by vextor seven

44. I still want to know why there was a $25,000 bail.... Never heard of that before. Normally book and release... Is there more to this?

Posted at 11:18PM on Sep 25th 2007 by Sherry

45. it is a well known hollywood fact that he is a degenerate alcoholic that drinks all the time. he was always at the hollywood dive bordners drinking almost every night. this is nothing new - he's a big time boozer.

Posted at 12:54AM on Sep 26th 2007 by insidescoop

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