Amanda Bynes Breaks Silence by Getting Arrested for DUI
It was only last year that Amanda Bynes—tossing bongs out of windows, lighting dogs on fire—was briefly one of the most unpredictable celebrities in America. But last September she entered into rehab and since then she's only been in the press on her own terms. That is, until today: TMZ is reporting that Bynes was picked up for a DUI early this morning.
Per TMZ, Bynes was stopped at 4 a.m. Monday morning in the San Fernando Valley and was booked for a DUI for driving while under the influence of pot.
Here's what we know — Bynes was driving a Mercedes in the San Fernando Valley when she stopped in the middle of an intersection on Van Nuys Blvd.
A CHP officer spotted her and determined she was under the influence. She was taken to the LAPD Van Nuys division where a drug recognition officer evaluated her and determined she was under the influence of a drug.
TMZ also says that she posted $15,000 bond.
Bynes, who was a terror on Twitter during her most reckless period, has only tweeted 10 times in 2014, the contents of which are merry and banal updates on her life. These have more or less been her only public statements this year, and each one was constructed to make Bynes' seem "normal," a word that no one would've used to describe her when she, say, showed up to court in a frazzled blonde wig.
But those tweets were exactly what they seemed like: flimsy facades designed to conceal the reality of Bynes' life. Driving while stoned is far from the worst thing in the world, but when it comes to Bynes, it could put her right back where she started, the protestations of her handlers be damned.
[image of Bynes in 2013 via Getty]