Rapper Eve has been told she must wear some kind of clever "alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet" after pleading no contest to drink driving charges in an LA court last week. As previously reported, Eve was arrested in April after she crashed her car on Hollywood Boulevard while over the drink driving limit.
She could have got six months in jail for the crime, but she was instead presented with a package of non-custodial punishments, including the snazzy bit of alcohol-detecting jewelry, plus a $390 fine, 36 months probation, instruction to attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and an order to cover the cost of any damage caused by the crash. I think she's not allowed to drink at all for the 45 days she is wearing the alcohol-detecting device, and if she does she could end up in jail after all, though I'm not 100% clear on that bit of the sentence.
Either way, the prosecution in the case were keen to stress that they had not treated Eve favourably in deciding on her sentence because of her celebrity status. Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney's office, told reporters on Friday: "This was handled like any other of our driving under the influence cases. This was an appropriate sentence, we believe for the facts of this case".