EVE'S ANKLET
Eve must wear an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet for 45
days after pleading no contest Thursday to driving with
a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit.
The rapper-actress was not in Superior Court when her
attorney entered the plea to a single misdemeanor count.
Under the plea agreement, a second count of driving
under the influence was dropped.
An e-mail to her publicist, Amanda Silverman,
was not immediately returned.
Eve, whose real name is Eve Jihan Jeffers, was arrested
early April 26 after her gold Maserati struck a center
median on Hollywood Boulevard.
Eve had faced a maximum sentence of six months in jail
and a $1,000 fine. After her plea, she was sentenced to
36 months of probation and a $390 fine. With fees and
restitution for repairs to the median, her bill could top $1,400.
Also, besides having to wear the monitoring device,
she has to attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
and a three-month alcohol education
program for first-time offenders.
She must appear personally in court on July 20 to show
proof that she has enrolled in the alcohol program and
is hooked up to the monitor, said Frank Mateljan,
a spokesman for the city attorney's office.
If the monitor shows Eve had alcohol during the 45-day
monitoring period, that period will start over again.
If she tests positive a second time, she will serve
10 days in county jail, Mateljan said.
"This was handled like any other of our DUI cases,"
Mateljan said. "This was an appropriate sentence,
we believe, for the facts of this case."
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