Reese Witherspoon arrested in Georgia
Reese Witherspoon
“Do you know my name?’’ Witherspoon is quoted as asking the trooper. She also said, “You’re about to find out who I am” and “You’re about to be on national news,” according to the arrest report.
The trooper had noticed the car driven by her husband wasn’t staying in its lane early Friday morning, so a traffic stop was initiated. Her husband, James Toth, had droopy eyelids and watery, bloodshot eyes, and his breath smelled strongly of alcohol, according to the report.
Toth told the trooper he’d had a drink, which Witherspoon said was consumed at a restaurant two hours before the traffic stop, the report says.
Before the field sobriety test began, Witherspoon got out of the car and was told to get back in and obeyed, the report said. After she got out a second time, the trooper said he warned her that she would be arrested if she left the car again.
As the test continued, “Mrs. Witherspoon began to hang out the window and say that she did not believe that I was a real police officer. I told Mrs. Witherspoon to sit on her butt and be quiet,’’ Trooper First Class J. Pyland wrote.
Toth was then placed under arrest. He was charged with driving under the influence and failure to maintain the lane.
At that point, the report says, Witherspoon got out and asked the trooper what was going on. After being told to return to the car, she “stated that she was a ‘U.S. citizen’ and that she was allowed to ‘stand on American ground,’?’’ the report states.
The trooper then began to arrest Witherspoon.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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