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Reese Witherspoon’s arrest video released

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:48:00 +0000

Celebrity gossip site TMZ has released the full video of Reese Witherspoon's now-notorious arrest in Atlanta on April 19, and it is as embarrassing for Witherspoon as she claims.

In it, she accuses a police officer of "harassing me as an American citizen" and challenging his authority in a minute-long tirade.

Witherspoon, who was charged with disorderly conduct, acted out when police pulled over her husband James Toth and on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Update: TMZ has obtained another video from law enforcement, this one featuring a sound byte of Witherspoon and her husband in the backseat of the police car.

Reese Witherspoon on arrest: “I literally panicked”

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:41:00 +0000

America's sweetheart Reese Witherspoon tainted her image two weeks ago when she and husband Jim Toth were pulled over for drunken driving in Atlanta. Toth was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and failure to maintain the lane while Witherspoon, outraged, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Although Witherspoon has offered a public apology, the star emphasized how embarrassed she is on today's "Good Morning America." “I saw him arresting my husband and I literally panicked,” she said. “I told him I was pregnant. I’m not pregnant. I said all kinds of crazy things.”

Witherspoon, who also told an officer, “Do you know my name?”and “You’re about to find out who I am,” said: "I think we made a mistake and it was something that will absolutely never happen again.”

Reese Witherspoon and husband arrested

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:42:00 +0000

In a rare misstep for girl-next-door Reese Witherspoon, the actress and her husband, CAA agent Jim Toth, were arrested on suspicion of DUI in Atlanta Friday morning.

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Toth, who was driving erratically and whose blood alcohol level was reported to be .139, was charged with DUI and not staying in the lane.

According to TMZ, Witherspoon was also taken into custody after allegedly becoming upset and getting out of the car twice. She reportedly said "Do you know my name?" and when the police officer said no, she answered: "You're about to find out who I am. ... You are going to be on national news."

The two were released shortly after arrest, and a "deeply embarrassed" Witherspoon released the following statement on Sunday:

Akin arrested three times

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:20:00 +0000

Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin was arrested at least three times in the 1980s while protesting abortion clinics, according to a forthcoming St. Louis Post-Dispatch story that the Akin campaign leaked this afternoon.

Akin has already acknowledged being arrested once, but according to the draft report the campaign leaked, the congressman was arrested on three previous occasions, all in 1985 for criminal trespassing and resisting arrest at abortion clinics in St. Louis and Illinois. In one instance, Akin “had to be carried by police to an elevator because he refused to walk.” The paper found the arrests by searching through its archives (it had previously missed them because Akin changed his first name).

The Akin campaign leaked the story when spokesperson Rick Tyler (of Newt Gingrich fame) posted on the campaign website an email exchange with Post-Dispatch reporter Kevin McDermott, who included a draft of the story in an email seeking comment.

Charges dropped against homeless man brutalized by NYPD

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:28:00 +0000

Salon reported last week on disturbing footage captured at a Brooklyn synagogue outreach center, showing a shoeless, shirtless homeless man brutalized by two NYPD officers. Despite having permission to sleep in the Crown Heights community center, the 21-year-old man, Ehud Halevi, was charged with trespassing, assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and harassment.

Video of the arrest caught on a security camera was passed to a local news site and soon garnered viral attention. On Monday, according to the AP, The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said all charges were being dismissed against Halevi. Meanwhile, "the officers are under investigation by the New York Police Department's internal affairs unit and the district attorney's office," the AP reported.

Watch the video of Halevi's arrest below via CrownHeights.info (Warning: Graphic):

Fiona Apple arrested for hash possession

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:49:00 +0000

Police arrested singer Fiona Apple after finding marijuana and hashish, a stronger form of marijuana, on her tour bus in Sierra Blanca, Texas. The singer is currently being held in Hudspeth County Jail, about 500 miles from Austin City Limits Live where she has a concert tonight. Apple is on tour promoting her new (and awesome) album, "The Idler Wheel..."

H/T TMZ