Michelle Rodriguez

[edit] Career

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Legal troubles

• In March 2002, Rodríguez was arrested and charged for assaulting her female roommate. The charges were later dropped after the roommate declined to press the allegations in court.^[4]

• In November 2003, Rodríguez went to court to face eight misdemeanor charges based on two road incidents: On July 22, She left the scene of an accident after hitting another motorist. And on November 4, she sped through an intersection while under the influence of alcohol. She had a suspended license both times.^[5] In June 2004, Rodríguez pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to three of the charges: hit and run, drunken driving, and driving with a suspended license. She went to jail for 48 hours, performed community service at the morgues of two New York hospitals, completed a three-month alcohol program, and was placed on probation for three years.^{[citation needed]}

• In 2005, while filming Lost in Hawaii, Rodríguez was pulled over by Honolulu police multiple times; She was cited for driving 83 mph in a 55 mph zone on Oahu on Nov. 1 and was fined $357, paid a $300 fine for driving 90 mph in a 35 mph zone on Oct. 20, was fined $197 for going 80 mph in a 50 mph zone on August 24.^[6]

• Rodríguez and her Lost co-star, Cynthia Watros, who were driving in separate cars, were each pulled over and arrested on the morning of December 1, 2005 in Kailua, Hawaii. According to the arresting officers, the actresses were weaving in and out of traffic on Pali Highway, which connects Kailua and Honolulu. Rodriguez and Watros were arrested at 12:05 and 12:20 am, respectively, and both failed sobriety tests. They were booked at the main Honolulu police station for driving under the influence (Rodríguez was booked under her birth name, "Mayte Michelle Rodríguez"). They were released on $500 bail.^[7] Their police mugshots were posted at The Smoking Gun website.^[8] Rodriguez pleaded not guilty when arraigned^[9], but on the day of her trial in April 2006, She pleaded guilty to one charge of driving under the influence. she chose to pay a $500 fine and spend five days in jail instead of doing 240 hours of community service.^[10] Rodríguez blamed her allergy-relieving steroids for the drunk driving and "energetic" behaviour.^[11] During a May 2006 interview with on ABC's Good Morning America, Rodriguez said that the ordeal forced her to grow up. The fact that her and Watros' characters were killed off lead some fans to believe that it was a result of the arrests, however Rodriguez and producers said their exit from the show had been planned before the season began and the arrests were just coincidental.

• Because the Kailua incident was a violation of her Los Angeles probation, Rodriguez was sentenced to 60 days in jail, a 30 day alcohol rehabilitation program and another 30 days of community service, including work for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, by a judge in Los Angeles on May 1, 2006.^[12] Because of overcrowding, She was released from jail on the same day she entered it. As of June 2006, She will still have to serve the community service.^[13]