Vivica A. Fox joined an expanding list of celebrities who have entered a plea deal to settle a drunken driving case. The 43-year-old actress pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of driving with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit, according to a city attorney’s spokesman. The former
Dancing With the Stars contestant was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to a 90-day alcohol education program in addition to a $390 fine. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped a charge of misdemeanor driving under the influence, which carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but means the defendant will not fight the charges.
Fox was stopped in March in the San Fernando Valley after her 2007 Cadillac Escalade passed a California Highway Patrol car, according to a CHP report. She failed a series of sobriety tests, the report said. Fox said later that she regretted the incident.
In related news, did you all know that Vivica's 2003 split from short-term lover 50 Cent taught the actress so many valuable lessons, she was inspired to get a tattoo of the name of the song which helped her through her heartbreak? After the 41-year-old beauty spent hours listening to India.Arie's
Strength, Courage and Wisdom, she decided to have the words permanently displayed on her body in a bid to avoid suffering such emotional pain again.
AFTER THE JUMP, FIND OUT WHY VIVICA CONSIDERED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH 50 CENT AS 'GHETTO LOVE.'Fox says she was left shell-shocked when the rapper publicly accused her of using their relationship in a bid to boost her public and industry profile. "He was like, 'She's exploiting me, she's trying to use me to get publicity.' But, you know, I just considered that ghetto love. It was his way of dealing with the break-up. After my break-up with 50 Cent, that was a song I listened to almost every day because I needed strength, courage, and wisdom to never let that happen to me again."
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