California DMV Suspended License

Newsflash from your Hollywood Attorney:

In the State of California, both the officials of the courts and the Department of Motor Vehicles can suspend your driver’s license. A license can be suspended for anywhere from 30 days to an indefinite period of time depending on the seriousness of the offense. Sometimes, if your license is suspended in states such as California, you can receive a restricted license. For instance, if you were convicted of a first-offense DUI, you may be eligible for a restricted license that allows you to drive to your job and back.

Your license could be suspend in California for reasons such as accumulating too many points on your driver’s license in a specific period of time or getting involved in a car accident and not having proper insurance. For those individuals who drink and drive, a DUI can certainly mean the suspension of driving privileges. Even a first conviction can result in a suspension of at least 4 months. A second or third DUI can cause you to lose your license for a period of years.

The state has a Zero Tolerance Policy for persons under the age of 21. If the driver tests with a blood alcohol content of .01 percent or higher, his license is taken immediately and he will lose it for up to one year. People who refuse to take a breathalyzer or a blood or urine test if they are pulled over for a DUI will automatically have their license suspended under the state’s implied consent laws.

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Guilty of DUI - Drunk Driving for Actor Gerard Depardieu

A French court fined him $5,290 and suspended his license for six months.

In Paris, Gallic acting legend and newly minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu was found guilty Friday morning of driving while intoxicated following an arrest in Nov. 2012. He was fined $5290 (€4000) and had his license suspended for six months. Depardieu was not present at the hearing.

The charge stemmed from an incident last year when Depardieu fell off of his scooter and tested with a blood alcohol level of 1.8, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.5. No others were involved in the incident when he tipped over, but police statements said the actor smelled strongly of alcohol at the time of his detention and began to yell at officers that he did not want to be controlled. During the hearing Depardieu’s lawyer, Eric de Caumont, claimed the actor had consumed a single glass of champagne hours earlier.

Though Depardieu could have faced up to two years in prison, prosecutors had requested a license suspension of ten months and the fine.

Today’s decision ends a drawn-out court process that has seen three postponements already, but despite the many delays Depardieu still did not attend. “It’s always frustrating when a defendant who contests the facts is not there to be questioned directly,” said prosecutor Aurelia Devos.

The famously debaucherous actor is filming the art thief themed Turquoise with Elizabeth Hurley in Grozny, Chechnya, where he also keeps a home. Depardieu has been declared an honorary citizen there, having befriended Kremlin-supported strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been accused of multiple human rights violations. Earlier this week, Depardieu gave an interview in Paris to Le Journal du Dimanche stating that the situation in Chechnya has been unfairly judged and is not as depicted in the press.

He also claimed that his drunkenness is part of his charm. “[I’m] drunk sometimes, but my drunkenness is part of my excess,” he said. “I think it corresponds to an image that the French love.  Someone who is a bit of a rebel, who shakes things up, and is sometimes drunk."

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