Shannen Doherty arrested on drunken driving charge
2000-12-29 11:45
Los Angeles - Actress Shannen Doherty, star of
the WB network television hit "Charmed'', was arrested on
suspicion of drunken driving on Thursday after officers saw her
black pickup truck weaving on a California freeway, police
said.
The 29-year-old Doherty, who stars with Alyssa Milano and
Holly Marie Combs on "Charmed", was stopped by officers at
about 3 am PST while driving in Thousand Oaks, north of Los
Angeles, California Highway Patrol spokesperson Mike Moriarty
said.
A spokesperson for the Memphis, Tennessee-born Doherty, who
first shot to fame on the hit TV series "Beverly Hills 90210",
could not be reached for comment on her arrest.
Moriarty said officers had observed Doherty's truck weaving
across lanes of the Ventura Freeway.
Doherty was given a field sobriety test at the scene, Moriarty said, and then taken to jail for a blood test to
determine her level of intoxication before she was released
several hours later and ordered to be in court on Jan 26.
He said the results of Doherty's blood-alcohol content test
were not immediately available.
The arrest was not Doherty's first brush with the law. In
1997, a Beverly Hills judge ordered her to attend
anger-management counseling after she smashed a beer bottle on
a car window during an argument.
Doherty, Combs and Milano star on "Charmed" as the
Halliwell sisters of San Francisco, who use witchcraft to
vanquish evil.