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While cops in Boston were risking their lives trying to capture two terrorists early Friday morning, another one was reportedly being disrespected in Atlanta by Reese Witherspoon.
According to
Variety Witherspoon and her husband James Toth were arrested in the wee hours on Friday morning after Toth was pulled over for allegedly driving drunk. While the officer was arresting her husband, Reese is said to have become agitated over that. The police report says, “Mrs. Witherspoon began to hang out the window and say that she did not believe that I was a real police officer.†Then the report added, “I told Mrs. Witherspoon to sit on her butt and be quiet.†It goes on to say, she “stated that she was a ‘US citizen’ and that she was allowed to ‘stand on American ground.’â€
Then the report claims she went from America’s Sweetheart to a Mel Gibon wannabe, “Mrs. Witherspoon asked, ‘Do you know my name?’ I answered, ‘No, I don’t need to know your name.’ I then added, ‘right now.’ Mrs. Witherspoon stated, ‘You’re about to find out who I am.'” Then the report adds, she told him he was about to become national news and he told he was OK with that.
The couple were booked and released a few hours later after being bailed out.
Variety adds the couple have a court date tomorrow, but they will request it to be postponed. If I were her, I would go and apologize to the police officer for doing his job. She asks for the cops to defend her against the paparazzi, but when they try to defend civilians from what appears to be an unsafe driver she goes ballistic on them. Not cool, not cool at all. Especially with what all those cops were going through in Boston as that very exact time. One of them lost his life and another was left fighting for his life, while she was reportedly fighting with a cop who was trying to protect people from a man he says he saw weaving over the double line.
UPDATE: Reese Witherspoon issued a statement to In Touch about her arrest and she apologized for the way she acted.
“Out of respect for the ongoing legal situation, I cannot comment on everything that is being reported right now. But I do want to say, I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said. It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. The words I used that night definitely do not reflect who I am. I have nothing but respect for the police and I’m very sorry for my behavior.”
