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16 celebs who got off easy
List of charges & measly sentences

1. WHO: Nicole Richie.
CHARGE: Driving while under the influence of drugs.
DESCRIPTION: Richie got caught going the wrong way on a Los Angeles highway. SENTENCE: 82 minutes in jail.

2. WHO: Chrissie Hynde.
CHARGE: Criminal mischief.
DESCRIPTION: Hynde slashed leather jackets at The Gap in a protest for animal rights.
SENTENCE: Nothing. Charges dropped when she promised to stay out of trouble for the next six months.

3. WHO: Christian Slater.
CHARGE: Carrying a concealed weapon.
DESCRIPTION: Security found an unlicensed loaded gun in his luggage at the JFK airport.
SENTENCE: Three days community service working with homeless children.

4. WHO: Dennis Hopper.
CHARGE: Carless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, evading arrest. DESCRIPTION: While driving in New Mexico, Hopper allegedly caused an accident, fled the scene and hid from police.
SENTENCE: $250 fine.

5. WHO: Jane Fonda.
CHARGE: Assaulting an officer.
DESCRIPTION: Fonda allegedly kicked a cop at the airport after security found a number of prescription pills in her luggage.
SENTENCE: Nothing. Charges thrown out.

6. WHO: Naomi Campbell.
CHARGE: Assault against two police officers.
DESCRIPTION: Campbell fought with a British Airways cabin crew. She then kicked and spat at officers in London’s Heathrow airport.
SENTENCE: 200 hours of community service.

7. WHO: Keanu Reeves.
CHARGE: DUI.
DESCRIPTION: Pulled over for driving recklessly in 1993 and failed a sobriety test. SENTENCE: Nothing. He was released after a confession.

8. WHO: Amy Winehouse.
CHARGE: Cops tried to charge her with possession of cocaine.
DESCRIPTION: Winehouse was videotaped snorting a white substance, but since police couldn’t prove it was cocaine, they didn't have a case.
SENTENCE: Nothing for her, but two men WERE charged for trying to supply her with drugs.

9. WHO: Lindsay Lohan.
CHARGE: DUI, possession of cocaine.
DESCRIPTION: Crashed her Mercedes on the Sunset Strip early in the morning. Cops found what appeared to be cocaine in her car.
SENTENCE: 1 day in jail, 10 hours of community service, completion of a drug treatment program.

10. WHO: Zsa Zsa Gabor.
CHARGE: Driving without registration, driving without a license, obstruction of government process, having an open flask of alcohol in the car, assault against an officer.
DESCRIPTION: Gabor slapped an cop after she was pulled over twice and tried speeding away.
SENTENCE: Three days in jail, community service.

11. WHO: Rebecca Gayheart ('Beverly Hills 90210' alum)
CHARGE: Reckless driving.
DESCRIPTION: Gayheart swerved around stopped cars and fatally struck a 9-year-old boy walking across the street.
SENTENCE: Community service; making a driving safety video.

12. WHO: Scott Weiland.
CHARGE: DUI.
DESCRIPTION: Weiland crashed his car while driving on a Los Angeles highway. He refused to take blood or urine tests.
SENTENCE: Served 14 minutes of 8-day jail sentence.

13. WHO: Chad Kroeger.
CHARGE: DUI (his blood alcohol was twice the legal limit.)
DESCRIPTION: Cops pulled him over for speeding through Surrey, B.C. in his Lamborghini.
SENTENCE: Judge apologized for ‘inconveniencing’ Kroeger with having to show up to court. He was fined $600 and had his license revoked for a year.

14. WHO: Mischa Barton.
CHARGE: DUI, possession of drugs, driving without a valid license.
DESCRIPTION: Pulled over after straddling both lanes of a West Hollywood highway.
SENTENCE: $2,000 fine and unsupervised probation.

15. WHO: Jason Priestley.
CHARGE: DUI.
DESCRIPTION: Crashed his car into a pole in 1999.
SENTENCE: 5 days of community service.

16. WHO: O.J. Simpson.
CHARGE: Double homicide.
DESCRIPTION: Prosecutors believe Simpson brutally killed his ex-wife and her friend. Years later, most people agree with that theory.
SENTENCE: Jury found him not guilty and he was set free.