With Joel Madden on her arm and her Black attorney doing all the talking, Nicole Richie arrived at the Glendale, California court house this morning wearing a black dress and dark shades, Nicole plead today to driving under the influence for a second time.Get ready for another Paris Hilton circus Sheriff Lee Baca.
With a longer probation period, heavier fines ($2,048) a longer suspension of her license and a 21 day alcohol education course, Nicole needs to come to terms with the fact that baby, the party's over. but she already got credit for 6 hours because when she first got arrested she spent 6 hours in jail.
A third conviction will result in a minimum of 120 days in jail. After that, she would be looking at prison. Not daddy Lionel Richie or even her attorney, legal eagle Shawn Chapman Holley, will be able to save her if she doesn't come to terms with her addiction.
Saying that she was very lucky she didn't hurt anyone driving on the wrong side of the freeway, a Glendale Superior Court Judge sentenced Richie to the minimum 4 days in jail, with the bi-racial sister already having 6 hours credit (which in many instances is the equivalent of 1 day).Thus, the pregnant celebutante will have to serve a remaining 90 hours) of custody time. She must report to serve her time by September 28. In the real world, she would be booked and sent home within hours due to the overcrowding in jail. In the alternative, they would give her a work furlough. Richie is expected to give birth in January.
But this is Hollywood folks, so the sheriff's department now must have Nicole do the full amount of time like Paris Hilton, or risk being accused of giving "The Simple Life" star celebrity justice.
Is this a fair sentence, or do you think Richie is still getting off too easy?