News Arhive: Paula Abdul Pleads No Contest In Freeway
At an arraignment Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, Paula Abdul's lawyer helped her to face the music, pleading no contest to a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge on behalf of the singer.
The incident occurred during a December fender-bender on a Los Angeles freeway (see "Prosecutors Mulling Hit-And-Run Charges Against Paula Abdul"). "Celebrity Justice" has reported that the driver of the other car took a photo of Abdul's Mercedes-Benz's license plate with his camera phone, and his passenger allegedly recognized the "American Idol" judge. Abdul reportedly left the scene of the scrape without exchanging information with the other driver and later denied to California Highway Patrol investigators that she was involved in the collision.
The former Laker Girl's plea is not an admission of guilt. According to the Los Angeles city attorney's office, Abdul was sentenced to two years of informal probation and ordered to pay $775 in restitution to the other driver as well as fines and penalties totaling $900.
