Rapper Eve Charged With Drunk Driving
Posted May 5, 2007 12:00 pm.
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Prosecutors in a Los Angeles court filed misdemeanour charges including drunk driving Friday against rapper-Eve stemming from a traffic accident in Hollywood last week.
The rapper-actress, whose real name is Jihan Jeffers, was charged with driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or above, and failure to provide proof of insurance, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office.
Eve was arrested on April 26 after her car struck a raised concrete centre median on Hollywood Boulevard around 2am. A breath test showed her blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit.
Eve, 28, is scheduled to be arraigned May 17. She faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
Mateljan said a statutory minimum sentence would include a minimum of three years probation, a fine of at least $390, and an alcohol education program.
Eve has released several solo albums and won a Grammy in 2001 for the single “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” with Gwen Stefani.
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