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Jaime Pressly pleads no contest to drunken driving

Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:28 PM EDT
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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2011 file photo, actress Jaime Pressly arrives at the InStyle Summer Soiree in West Hollywood, Calif. Pressly through her attorney pleaded no contest Thursday, Aug. 25, to drunken driving and was ordered to spend three years on probation and do a 6-month alcohol education program. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)

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LOS ANGELES — Actress Jaime Pressly has been sentenced to three years of informal probation after pleading no contest to drunken driving. Santa Monica Deputy City Attorney Melanie Skehar says Pressly's attorney entered the plea Thursday for the former star of "My Name is Earl."

Pressly was also ordered to attend a six-month alcohol education class. Skehar says the Department of Motor Vehicles is also requiring an ignition locking device be installed on her car.

Pressly was arrested Jan. 5 after police say she was stopped for a traffic violation and charged with driving while having a blood alcohol content of more than .20. The legal limit is .08.

Her attorney, Richard Hutton, did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

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ZenFreedom

Must be nice to be rich. I wonder what would have happened if poor Jamie had just been one of us regular people?

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Reply#1 - Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:34 PM EDT
Michael Sautter

What exactly is "informal probation"? Does she just have to check-in with her probation officer whenever she feels like it?

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Reply#2 - Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:06 PM EDT
greeneyedcherokee

how many DUI's does that make for her? yes it must be nice to be rich.she comes off in interviews as being so sophisticated (better than)everyone else .what do y'all think?

    Reply#3 - Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:01 PM EDT
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