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Harsh Reality: Richie Draws 4-Day Sentence

Posted Jul 27, 07 4:14 PM CDT in Gossip,  Crime & Courts,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Giving the cast of The Simple Life an 0-for-2 record in the California courts, Nicole Richie was sentenced to 4 days in jail today after pleading guilty to driving the wrong way on an LA freeway while under the influence of drugs. The skeletal starlet must attend 21 days of alcohol-education classes and pay a $2,048 fine, E! Online reports.

Ex-jailbird Paris Hilton's onetime best friend and co-star was arrested in December after cops pulled over her black SUV. She failed a sobriety test, then admitted to smoking marijuana and taking Vicodin. Richie, who is rumored to be pregnant, appeared in court in Glendale today with rocker beau Joel Madden. She has until September 28 to complete her sentence.

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Nicole Richie arrives at the courthouse in Glendale, Calif., on the arm her boyfriend Joel Madden Friday, July 27, 2007. Richie, 25, pleaded not guilty in February to a misdemeanor charge of driving...   (Associated Press)
Nicole Richie departs the courthouse in Glendale, Calif., Friday, July 27, 2007. Richie pleaded guilty Friday to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to 90 hours in jail and fined $2,048...   (Associated Press)
Los Angeles Superior Court Public Information Director Allan Parachini talks to the news media in front of the Glendale Courthouse in Glendale, Calif., Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Nicole Richie's driving-under-the-influence...   (Associated Press)
This file photo released by the Glendale Police Department, shows Nicole Richie's booking mug after her arrest Dec. 11, 2006, for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol, in Glendale,...   (Associated Press)
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