Reese Witherspoon No Contest Arrest Plea For Disorderly Conduct, Husband Guilty For DUI
Reese Witherspoon has pled no contest and her husband Jim Toth pled guilty in Atlanta to charges stemming from their arrest on April 19.
Witherspoon was arrested for disorderly conduct April 19 after disobeying an officer's order to stay in the car. She also verbally assaulted him by demanding to know if he knew who the Oscar winner was. The Mud actress did not appear in court. She was represented by her attorney, Bruce Morris . He entered the plea of no contest to the infraction and said that his client would pay $213 fine for physical obstruction.
Toth was in court. He pled guilty to DUI. At the time of his arrest, he blew a .139 on his sobriety test. The legal limit in Georgia is .08. He was pulled over because he was driving in the wrong lane. The presiding judge placed him on 12 months probaation, 40 hours of community service and Toth will have to attend an alcohol education program. He did not receive any jail time. The judge also had a few words for the CAA agent.
"Consider yourself fortunate you didn't injure your passenger [Reese] and didn't kill anyone," the judge said.
Earlier in the day, Witherspoon appeared on Good Morning America. She addressed her lapse in judgment. She called it "one of those nights" that since became national news. Witherspoon said she and her husband had too many glasses of wine.
"We thought we were fine to drive," she said, "and we were absolutely not, and we are so sorry and just so embarrassed."
Witherspoon added, "We know better and we shouldn't have done that."
The 37-year old also spoke of her behavior towards the arresting officer. She acknowledged she was disrespectful.
"I have no idea what I was saying. That night I saw him arresting my husband, and I panicked. I said all kinds of crazy things. I said I was pregnant," she said. ""I'm not pregnant. I said crazy things. I had no idea what I was talking about."
Witherspoon also revealed what she has learned from the headline making experience.
"When a police officer tells you to stay in a car, you stay in a car," she said.
