LOS ANGELES — City prosecutors on Friday charged actor Kiefer Sutherland with two misdemeanor drunken driving counts and accused him of violating the terms of his probation in a 2004 DUI, a move that could land the “24” star in jail for up to 18 months.
Sutherland, 40, was charged with driving a vehicle under the influence and having a blood alcohol level above the 0.08 percent state limit in connection with his arrest early Tuesday in Hollywood. City attorney’s spokesman Nick Velasquez said prosecutors were also seeking to revoke Sutherland’s probation stemming from the 2004 arrest.
The actor faces up to a year in jail if convicted on the new charges and six months for any probation violation. Because of the previous conviction, Velasquez said, “if convicted under California law, Mr. Sutherland must serve a minimum of 96 hours in jail.”
Sutherland is to be arraigned Oct. 16 in the courtroom of Judge Michael Sauer, who sentenced Paris Hilton to jail for violating the terms of her DUI probation.
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