Celebrity Court

Despite the fact that Michelle Rodriguez was ordered to serve 180 days in jail for violated her DUI probation, she is already out of jail after only 18 days.  The Sheriff reportedly stated that due to prison overcrowding, it is normal procedure to let a female inmate out after they have served 10% of their time.  This despite the judge’s insistence that she serve the whole 180 days.  How very Paris Hilton esque the whole thing sounds.

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Former Lost star Michelle Rodriguez was sentenced to 120 days in jail for violating her probation from previous DUI and hit-and-run convictions.

As I reported previously, she was under fire from the judge in her case for repeatedly refusing to complete the terms of her probation, such as court-ordered community service.

According to TMZ, Rodriguez reportedly signed a document which stated that she had completed community service by picking up trash on side of the road in California.  In fact, she was allegedly in New York at the time.

If there is one thing that you can learn from the bad acts of celebrities it is this: it is always worse to lie to the court about something than it is to admit that you did something wrong.

She must begin serving her sentence by December 24th of this year.

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The Los Angeles County prosecutor’s office filed a motion to terminate Michelle Rodriguez’s probation. Rodriguez, who formerly starred in the television show Lost and appeared in such movies as Girlfight and The Fast and the Furious, is on probation following convictions of several traffic offenses, including hit and run, DUI and driving on a suspended license.

The prosecutor alleged that Rodriguez violated her probation by “by not performing community service and not following her alcohol monitoring program.” Rodriguez could face up to 537 days in jail if she is found to have violated her probation.

The prosecutor is apparently very angry at the fact that Rodriguez has continuously violated her probation, seemingly without a care about what the possible punishment could be. The judge has previously found Rodriguez to be in violation of her probation, but after Rodriguez admitted to the court that she was in violation, she was not sent to jail.

Her arrest in California is not her only run-in with the law and not her only alcohol-related offense. Rodriguez was also arrested for DUI when she was in Hawaii filming Lost. Her co-star, Cynthia Watros, was also arrested for DUI the same night. Both characters were written off the show shortly after that, leading viewers to speculate that the writers were sending some kind of anti-drunk driving message.

In this latest court appearance the judge assigned Rodriguez to complete 16 hours of community service by picking up garbage on the side of the road. Rodriguez will next appear in court on October 12 to face the new allegations.

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